Tue.Nov 09, 2021

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Chip Shortage Brings Fleet Frustrations

Construction Business Owner

Chip Shortage Brings Fleet Frustrations. Alex Headley. Tue, 11/09/2021 - 07:30. Businesses of all sizes and across multiple industries are facing challenges brought on by a global shortage of semiconductor chips. This shortage is impacting new trucks and fleet vehicles, making it harder to find and more expensive to upgrade a commercial fleet — which makes maintaining existing vehicles more important than ever.

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Is Your Construction Technology Optimal For Your Future Growth?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

New report shows construction executives and frontline employees may not agree on tech stack capabilities.

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What are Wood-Plastic Composites (WPCs)?

The Constructor

Wood-plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials formed by combining wood-based elements and plastic fibers. WPCs can be manufactured entirely.

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How To Choose The Best Construction Design Software

Construction Marketing

Building a house or an office from scratch is not as easy as it seems. If you don’t have the right experience and professional teams, the chances of failure are higher than success. . In your business, you need the best construction software that you can get. But here is the somewhat tricky part, you’re not just choosing your software and its functions based on where you are as a business now.

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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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Amazon Web Services To Create 950 Jobs In Calgary

Business Facilities

AWS has already broken ground on the $3.5 billion Data Center Region in Alberta, which will be one of two in Canada. The post Amazon Web Services To Create 950 Jobs In Calgary appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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Arizona Wants You To Visit

Business Facilities

A new $101-million program is designed to spur recovery of the state’s tourism industry using American Rescue plan funds. The post Arizona Wants You To Visit appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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Award of Merit Manufacturing Fii High-Performance Computing Data Center

ENR Construction

The FII High-Performance Computing Data Center is a 100-ft-tall, 28,000-sq-ft glass sphere that’s the centralized network and data center control hub for the Foxconn campus in the Wisconn Valley.

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5 Best Full Brim Hard Hat

Work Gearz

Full brim hard hats offer as complete protection as you can hope when selecting a hard hat. The full brim style offers added protection because the brim surrounds the entire hard hat as opposed to a small brim limited only to the front. Regardless of your profession, if you are at risk for head injuries you need a hard hat, and you’ll want one of the best available.

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Best Project Landscape/Hardscape/Urban Design Lick Run Greenway Project

ENR Construction

With nearly 800 million gallons of combined sewer overflows discharged annually from Lick Run, the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati sought a creative solution that would reduce CSO and greatly improve water quality of Lick Run, Mill Creek and the Ohio River.

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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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Why One Prominent Market Analyst Sees No Sign of Housing Shortage

Pro Builder

Why One Prominent Market Analyst Sees No Sign of Housing Shortage. ldeakins. Tue, 11/09/2021 - 09:22. Ivy Zelman of Zelman & Associates argues that the U.S. might actually be overbuilding. After accurately timing the 2005 market before its crash, Ivy Zelman is once again raising concerns about the 2021 market, but for reasons which seem to contradict the sentiments and frustrations of other analysts, The Real Deal reports. .

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Administration Won't Close Line 5 Pipeline as Canada, Tribes Write Letters

ENR Construction

White House has clarified comment that it might consider partial shutdown of Enbridge oil and natural gas line under the straits of Mackinac.

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10 Metro Areas Where Investors Are Taking Over the Market

Pro Builder

10 Metro Areas Where Investors Are Taking Over the Market. ldeakins. Tue, 11/09/2021 - 09:37. Realtor.com shares its list of 10 cities where first-time buyers are battling real estate investors. . In some U.S. cities, first-time buyers are struggling to compete with real estate investors, particularly those who are scooping up homes with all-cash offers.

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ENR New England Announces Top Young Pros

ENR Construction

The 2022 class of ENR New England’s Top Young Professionals represents the best and brightest emerging design and construction leaders from across the region, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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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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Congress Democrats Push Spending Bill to Help With Affordable Housing

Pro Builder

Congress Democrats Push Spending Bill to Help With Affordable Housing. ldeakins. Tue, 11/09/2021 - 09:28. Democrats in Congress are ready to invest in affordable housing, but will Republicans get on board? To increase housing supply and affordability for homebuyers, Congressional democrats are pushing a spending bill called ‘Build Back Better,’ which would allocate over $150 billion for affordable housing, says NPR.

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Biden Administration Won't Shut Down Existing Line 5 Pipeline as Canada, Tribes Write Letters

ENR Construction

The Biden administration has clarified comments that it might consider shutting down parts of Enbridge's Line 5 oil and natural gas pipeline that run under the straits of Mackinac.

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Best Project Higher Education/Research Iowa State University Student Innovation Center

ENR Construction

The $59-million, 146,000-sq-ft Iowa State University Student Innovation Center was designed to be flexible. Unlike so many buildings on campus, the SIC was not defined by one college, user group or entity as the sole occupant.

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Award of Merit Renovation/Restoration 24 E. Washington (Macy's State Street)

ENR Construction

It’s not easy tinkering with an iconic structure, but that’s what Clayco had to do with Chicago’s famous Marshall Fields State Street building.

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The Specialty Contractor's Guide to Job Cost Accounting

Supply chain challenges and rising material costs are forcing specialty contractors to pay more for what they need to complete each job. Following a simple set of principles, this easy-to-follow guide can help you manage job costs, ease the pains of accounting, and run a more profitable businesses. If you are a Specialty Contractor or Self-performing GC, you do not want to miss out on this essential guide!

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Award of Merit Higher Education/Research Michigan State University STEM Teaching and Learning Facility

ENR Construction

Adjacent to one of the largest college football stadiums in the U.S. and situated on a site of a decommissioned power plant, Michigan State University’s STEM Teaching and Learning Facility faced a mountain of challenges. .

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Court Pushes FERC to Reassess Its 2020 Signoff of $10B Jordan Cove LNG

ENR Construction

But Canada-owned natural gas export project now is paused, with more risk faced from lack of permits and energy market shifts

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Award of Merit Office/Retail/Mixed Use Innovation One

ENR Construction

Exact Sciences is a Madison, Wis.-based molecular diagnostics and early cancer detection laboratory analysis provider.

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Award of Merit K-12 Marygrove Early Childhood Education Center

ENR Construction

While drawing plans for Detroit’s 28,000-sq-ft Marygrove Early Childhood Education Center, lead architect Marlon Blackwell and general contractor Barton Malow met with parents, caregivers and existing child-care providers in the area to receive input on the center’s design aesthetic and services to really get a sense of community needs.

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Report: Optimism for Construction Growth in the Next Year Remains High

Research reveals 96% of respondents are very or fairly optimistic about their organization’s growth prospects for the next year. The InEight Global Capital Projects Outlook also finds over half see digital technology as the greatest growth opportunity. But these are only some of the findings. Don't be kept in the dark when it comes to the future. Read the report today!

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2021 Top Young Professionals Announced by ENR Midwest

ENR Construction

ENR Midwest has named its 20 Top Young Professionals for 2021.

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Best Project Manufacturing Norix Global Holdings

ENR Construction

One Innovation Drive—the official address for this 205,000-sq-ft consolidated headquarters and manufacturing facility—is a testament to the sustainability commitment by furniture maker Norix as the project evolved from its original goal of basic LEED certification to LEED Gold.

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Maryland Adds Millions to Boost $6B Beltway Toll Lanes Engineering

ENR Construction

Consultant team on I-495/I-270 Express Lanes gets $45M to advance project to financial close, while Lane Construction finalizes $600M design-build contract for work on Virginia side of key D.C.

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Best Project Highway/Bridge Brent Spence Bridge Fire Rehabilitation

ENR Construction

On Nov. 11, 2020, a trucking accident on the Brent Spence Bridge—a key thoroughfare between Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati—caused a fire that damaged the double-decker cantilevered truss bridge’s upper deck floor system steel, drainage, deck, barriers, electrical components and the lower deck’s overlay.

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Discover 7 Ways to Cut Construction Inefficiencies

Construction sites are often just-barely-controlled chaos. Without clear coordination, you risk everything from clashes to delays, cancellations, and missed deadlines. Get the free eBook & learn how to solve the biggest challenges in construction!

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Award of Merit Interior/Tenant Improvement Gilbane Building Company Chicago Office

ENR Construction

For its new Chicago office, Gilbane created a workspace that also serves as a company showroom, exhibiting the contractor’s project portfolio and demonstrating its people-first approach.

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Best Project Health Care Omaha VA Ambulatory Care Center

ENR Construction

Built as a public-private partnership—a first for the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs—this three-level, 157,000-sq-ft outpatient care facility maximized the benefits of construction manager at-risk project delivery and concurrent designer-contractor collaboration.

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Award of Merit Highway/Bridge Lakefront Trail Pedestrian Bridge

ENR Construction

Chicago’s Lakefront Trail Pedestrian Bridge incorporates architectural steel railings and panels, custom steel deck nosing and a LED lighting system to improve visibility.