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Mansard Roof: Features and Advantages

The Constructor

A mansard roof (french or curb roof) is a four-sided roof characterized by two slopes on each side. The top slope is flatter than the bottom slope on.

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How To Properly Transport A Crane

Construction Marketing

Transporting heavy machinery, like a crate, is no walk in the park. It requires a ton of effort in order to avoid damage to the equipment. It’s also important to remember that a couple of industries around the globe depend on industrial moving companies to move large machinery from one place to another. Such loads can be too heavy and difficult to transport using the traditional methods.

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How Construction Robotics Will Affect the Industry

Lets Build

Between the construction labour shortage and the challenges brought on by COVID-19 , construction companies are looking for new ways to operate more efficiently. Construction robotics is one solution that some firms are adopting to combat these challenges, so let’s break down how it’s affecting the industry. 5 ways construction robotics and construction automation are changing the industry.

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Housing Inventory Won’t Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels Until 2024, Experts Say

Pro Builder

Housing Inventory Won’t Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels Until 2024, Experts Say. ldeakins. Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:17. A nationwide housing supply deficit has made homeownership an unattainable goal for a growing number prospective buyers, and some experts say they may have to wait another two years. . A panel of housing market experts polled by Zillow anticipate that housing inventory will return to pre-pandemic levels with a monthly average of 1.5 million units by 2024.

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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Attracting Construction’s Top Talent Starts With Keeping Your Best Workers

Jobsite with Procore

In order to successfully attract and retain talent, some construction companies are transforming themselves into places where people not only want to work but also where they’ll actually want to stick around.

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Canada Lands Its First Large Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Production Plant

Business Facilities

In a joint venture, Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will invest $4.1B in Canada's first large scale, domestic, electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ontario.

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Autodesk Goes Into the Wild With Latest Acquisition

ENR Construction

Purchase terms for The Wild, a technology firm with an immersive virtual/extended reality environment for industry professionals and a dedicated virtual meetings tool, were not disclosed.

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Discovery Builders: At The Forefront Of An Ever Evolving Industry

Jobsite with Procore

To mark its 20th anniversary, Procore wanted to celebrate its customers and share some of the highlights of their journeys with Procore. This article is the second in a series of customer stories that Jobsite will feature throughout the year.

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How to Get Burnt Smell Out of Microwave

CivilJungle

How to Get Burnt Smell Out of Microwave? In the kitchen, the microwave is the most useful appliance. It is useful for preparing sumptuous dishes to reheat delicious leftovers without overcooking them. The microwave gives another level of experience for our cooking. But while these sweet and delightful experience of cooking in the microwave, sometimes there is the formation of funky smell due to burning popcorn, plastic, and other dishes like macaroni fish set, which create a bad odor.

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Optimize Operational Processes With an Industry-Specific ERP

As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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How One Concrete Alternative Start-Up Guarantees Low Waste Deconstruction

Pro Builder

How One Concrete Alternative Start-Up Guarantees Low Waste Deconstruction. ldeakins. Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:21. Nexii’s building systems can be easily assembled and disassembled with only two buckets of waste left behind. Nexii, a Vancouver-based concrete alternative start-up, recently unveiled one of its first demonstration projects, a panel-based construction system that produced a mere two buckets of waste when torn down.

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How to Get Rid of Paint Smell

CivilJungle

How to Get Rid of Paint Smell? The paint smell is one of the very annoying things in our house or room. We are naturally using water based paint that does not contain too much smell. There are a few steps or processes are available to remove that smell, those are-. Good Ventilation: Good ventilation in the room is one of the most important and effective processes.

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New Home Sales Decline Despite Highest Inventory Since 2008

Pro Builder

New Home Sales Decline Despite Highest Inventory Since 2008. ldeakins. Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:26. For-sale inventory is being added to a heated housing market at a lightning pace, but buyers are still reluctant to jump into the fray. The total supply of new homes rose to its highest level since 2008 in February, but new home sales across the U.S. decreased 2% to an annual rate of 772,000, Realtor.com reports.

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Building a Survival Mini House in the Woods

Natural Building

This video made by Athos shows him building a completely natural small dream house with dead wood, pine needles, thorns, moss, rocks and clay. It took him over two weeks and there are still some finishing touches he plans. You can watch the video at www.youtube.com. and y ou can find out more at his channel: www.youtube.com. The post Building a Survival Mini House in the Woods appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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The Ultimate Procurement Software Buyer’s Guide

Choosing the right procurement software is a crucial step in ensuring third-party risk management, process governance, and bidding efficiency. With so many procurement solutions to choose from, it can be overwhelming without a frame of reference and a solid starting point. This free buyer’s guide will cover: Benefits of Procurement Software –– Why do you need it?

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Some COVID-Era Workplace Practices Are Easing, But Others Are Here to Stay

Pro Builder

Some COVID-Era Workplace Practices Are Easing, But Others Are Here to Stay. ldeakins. Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:32. COVID-19 may be easing its grip on the U.S. after a disastrous two years, but lingering supply chain disruptions have builders holding onto their pandemic business tactics. While some COVID-era workplace precautions like masking and social distancing are expected to fade once the pandemic subsides, other recent practices will be more widely adopted for the long term, Home Innovation Res

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The Utah Preconstruction Lien Process Explained

Levelset

Many Utah contractors are familiar with the construction lien process to secure payment for work or materials used in a building project. But what about the surveyors, architects, engineers, and others who provide services before breaking ground on the project? Utah actually gives them a similar payment tool, known as a preconstruction lien. However, the steps to claim one differ from the standard construction lien process.

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Property Taxes Made Up the Largest Share of State and Local Tax Receipts in 2021

Pro Builder

Property Taxes Made Up the Largest Share of State and Local Tax Receipts in 2021. ldeakins. Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:37. Property taxes accounted for $672.5 billion in state and local tax receipts throughout 2021. Property taxes accounted for 36.2% of state and local tax receipts from the fourth quarter of 2020 to the final quarter of 2021 for a whopping $672.5 billion, NAHBNow reports.

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Are Cargo Pants Considered Khakis?

Work Gearz

Keeping your pants on all day during the trying days might not seem that easy of a task. But staying cool and comfy in pants is extremely simple these days with the wide variety of cargo pants that are indeed paving its way into our wardrobes.  The baggy pants with a whole lot of pockets has emerged to become one the trendiest and most comfortable garments today.

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Stop Making These Mistakes and Start Scaling Your Specialty Contractor Business

Anything that is built on a poor foundation will soon crumble from the ground up. This is literally the case in the construction stage of projects and it applies just the same during the pre-construction stage. This free eBook is your ultimate guide to scaling your business with customizable software as early as during the bidding stage.

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Georgia DOT Contractors Find, Repair Bridge Damage

ENR Construction

Contractors on a highway widening project spotted bridge damage and alerted the state.

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Howard University Launches $750 Million Construction, Renovation Program

ENR Construction

Howard University will start a five-year, $785 million construction program l ater this year, .

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Howard U. Launches $750M Construction, Renovation Program

ENR Construction

Five-year effort is Washington, D.C., school's largest real estate investment in 155 years and largest single classroom addition since 1984.