The Constructor

JULY 30, 2020

An earthquake is an unexpected rapid shaking of the earth triggered by the movement of rocks underneath. The ground is subjected to intense.

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Guidelines 167

Construction Dive

JULY 30, 2020

Construction Dive readers who answered our latest survey voiced a growing acceptance, and concern, over the novel coronavirus persisting well into 2021 and beyond.

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Construction 145

The Constructor

JULY 30, 2020

Construction is one of the largest sectors that provide employment to millions to both manual and non-manual categories starting with helpers to.

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Construction Dive

JULY 30, 2020

State transportation officials expect to select the winning team and secure the approvals necessary to get the Washington, D.C.-area project underway by spring of next year.

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The Constructor

JULY 30, 2020

Construction is one of the largest sectors that provide employment to millions to both manual and non-manual categories starting with helpers to.

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Construction Equipment

JULY 30, 2020

Mining companies have now hauled more than three billion metric tons of materials leveraging Komatsu’s FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS).

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Materials 124

Business Facilities

JULY 30, 2020

The national pet food company will add new processing and packaging lines, and 94 new jobs, at its Hampden Township, PA operations. . - Read: Nestlé Purina PetCare Investing $167M In Pennsylvania Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Construction Junkie

JULY 30, 2020

For over a decade, Milwaukee Tool has hosted an annual media event called the New Product Symposium (NPS) , in which the company would show off hundreds of new tools that they planned to release over the next year. In the past, that had been an invite-only media event, but this year Milwaukee is opening its doors to ANYONE that registers. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, NPS is going to look a lot different and is branded by a different name.

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Pro Builder

JULY 30, 2020

Median Home Prices Hit Record High in July. cbroderick. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 09:18. July became another month of record breaking numbers for the housing industry as median home prices shot up to a new all-time high. Home prices grew 8.5% year over year, pushing the median price up to $349,000, according to Realtor.com. It may seem odd that the highest median home prices on record are in the middle of a pandemic and recession, but Realtor.com’s chief economist says it’s a result of the housing short

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BD+C

JULY 30, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers, already gasping for air under pressure from ecommerce, were dealt a critical blow by the spread of the coronavirus that forced most stores and restaurants to close, or at best operate as carryout- or delivery-only providers.

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Retail 98

Pro Builder

JULY 30, 2020

Bay Area Tech Workers Flee to Lake Tahoe, Dramatically Reducing Housing Supply. cbroderick. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 09:26. Lake Tahoe, a peaceful retreat on the edge of California and Nevada, has been swarmed with tech workers fleeing the dense, pricey San Francisco area. CNBC reports that Lake Tahoe area brokers are seeing an inventory shrinkage like no other, with only one-fifth to one-tenth of the usual listings available.

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GCP Applied Technologies

JULY 30, 2020

Complete home protection system: From roof to wall. michael.delros…. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 18:32. GCP Applied Technologies. July 30, 2020. GCP offers a complete and continuous system in its robust line of roofing underlayments—ICE & WATER SHIELD® and ICE & WATER SHIELD® HT for high-temperature applications—coupled with the VYCOR® house wrap system that consists of a self-adhered weather barrier (VYCOR® enV-S™ membrane) and flashing tapes in VYCOR® Pro and VYCOR® Plus. house wrap / complete system /

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Construction Equipment

JULY 30, 2020

A Las Vegas-based design build general contractor, SR Construction, has deployed the first Xtreme Opti-Clean Cube in the fight against Covid-19.

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GCP Applied Technologies

JULY 30, 2020

Complete home protection system: From roof to wall. michael.delros…. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 18:32. GCP Applied Technologies. July 30, 2020. GCP offers a complete and continuous system in its robust line of roofing underlayments—ICE & WATER SHIELD® and ICE & WATER SHIELD® HT for high-temperature applications—coupled with the VYCOR® house wrap system that consists of a self-adhered weather barrier (VYCOR® enV-S™ membrane) and flashing tapes in VYCOR® Pro and VYCOR® Plus. house wrap / complete system /

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Construction Dive

JULY 30, 2020

The company's revenue rose to $1.3 billion, thanks to a 20% year-over-year increase in civil construction.

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GCP Applied Technologies

JULY 30, 2020

Complete system: From roof to wall. michael.delros…. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 18:32. GCP Applied Technologies. July 30, 2020. house wrap / complete system / roof to wall. The complete house wrap system must cover the home completely. That includes both the roof and the outer walls. GCP offers a complete and continuous system in its robust line of roofing underlayments—ICE & WATER SHIELD® and ICE & WATER SHIELD® HT for high-temperature applications—coupled with the VYCOR® house wrap system that consists

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ENR Construction

JULY 30, 2020

COVID-19 kept this year's selected achievers from meeting in person to share ideas for tackling key construction challenges, but the virtual voices of these visionaries came through loud and clear.

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BD+C

JULY 30, 2020

1. San Francisco’s Millennium Tower fix approved, moving forward (BD+C) . "After a two-year permitting and approval process, a fix is finally set to move forward with SGH as the engineer-of-record. SGH evaluated whether the building required structural reinforcement to restore its integrity or seismic resistance to original levels.".

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Construction Equipment

JULY 30, 2020

Trimble has added two SITECH Technology Dealers to its network. SITECH Midway will serve civil construction contractors in Eastern Iowa, Northeast Missouri, Northern and Central Illinois, and Lake and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana.

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Business Facilities

JULY 30, 2020

Kansas is the top-ranked state for the percentage of electricity generated from Wind Power, Georgia is the frontrunner among Film Production Leaders in Business Facilities' 16th Annual Rankings Report. - Read: Kansas No. 1 In Wind Power Generation, Georgia Leads Film Production at BusinessFacilities.com.

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ENR Construction

JULY 30, 2020

In construction, we can’t solve a global pandemic, but we can protect our contracting companies by keeping overhead flexible in case business declines.

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Natural Building

JULY 30, 2020

I just finished reading The Head Hutt Picture Book: A photojournalistic overview of a 10 year learning experience by Gabrielle Lilly. This is one of several colorful kindle editions that she has published about this project. Gabrielle was trained as an artist, specializing in ceramics, and especially loved to create sculpted head shapes. When she got interested in creating a mega-sculpture in her back yard, she decided to learn about how Earthships were put together and spent some time at the E

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BD+C

JULY 30, 2020

In the recently released quarterly United States Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), the franchise companies with the largest construction pipelines at the end of the second quarter of 2020 are Marriott International with 1,487 projects/195,952 rooms, followed by Hilton Worldwide with 1,395 projects/160,078 rooms, and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) with 920 projects/94,499 rooms.

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Pro Builder

JULY 30, 2020

Zillow Now Offering In-Person, Self-Guided Home Tours. cbroderick. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 09:41. Zillow has jumped on the bandwagon of digital selling tools, while also introducing a new way for potential buyers to visit listings in person. Already offering 3D home tours, the listing site now offers digital floor plans, according to HousingWire. And in a response to the 55% of adults uncomfortable with touring an occupied home, Zillow now has an option for agents and prospective buyers to unlock an u

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BD+C

JULY 30, 2020

The Institute for Market Transformation ( IMT ) has acquired the Energy-Efficient Codes Coalition (EECC). Established by the Alliance to Save Energy in 2007, the EECC is composed of building sector advocates committed to improving the stringency of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Their goal is to achieve net-zero construction standards by 2050.

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Pro Builder

JULY 30, 2020

Are Modular Apartments the Solution for San Francisco's Housing Problem? cbroderick. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 09:50. According to Fast Company, building one affordable studio apartment in San Francisco can take up to six years and cost $800,000. But the city has a housing and homelessness problem, with upwards of 28,000 people who are homeless. A non-profit called Tipping Point Community is hoping their new take on apartment construction will help.

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Construction Cost Estimating

JULY 30, 2020

Walls are a critical structure segment that encases or separates a structure and structures the outskirts of a room. A wall underpins the heaviness of the roof as well as slab and the floor and gives cover from outside upheavals. It comprises the vast majority of the structure mass also. The fashioner chooses the kind of walling framework for a structure dependent on the structure's expense and the whole life-cycle cost of the undertaking.

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ENR Construction

JULY 30, 2020

ENR’s 2020 Top 20 Under 40 awardees were selected from nearly 500 nominations submitted last fall from across the U.S. and industry sectors.

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Industrial 65