BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. — Abraham Lincoln. The last few months have been interesting to say the least. We’ve all faced personal and professional challenges while striving to manage both the day-to-day and longer-term realities of the pandemic. When the AEC economy is shaken to the core, firms’ most significant assets—their human capital and financial capital—require the greatest attention.

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a white marble bell tower standing beside the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, recognizable worldwide as an.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

An infrastructure project is underway in Queens to help alleviate flooding problems. According to New York’s CBS Local, crews are using advanced technology to complete one piece of it, with minimal inconvenience to those who live and work nearby.

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Several factors like poor concrete quality, improper structural design, inappropriate steel bar spacing, large slab span, improper aggregates, etc.

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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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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Air Products recently completed an expansion of its manufacturing facility at Port Manatee on Florida’s West Coast to meet the needs of the ever-growing liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. - Read: Air Products Provides World’s Leading LNG Technology From Palmetto, FL at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The E-II Series of Deere articulated dump trucks have a redesigned dump body, updated operator station, and new drive and transmission retarder modes. The John Deere ADT dump body is wider, and it has a lowered and leveled rail height to improve material retention.

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What is Trapezoidal Crest Wall? The post What is Trapezoidal Crest Wall? appeared first on The Constructor.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Thirty-nine states lost construction jobs between August 2019 and August 2020 while 31 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between July and August according to a new analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What are the construction practices used to avoid differential settlement in foundation? The post What are the construction practices which are used.

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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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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Businesses choosing to locate their next facility in Arizona will discover there’s gold in the Copper State. - Read: Arizona: Silicon Makes Gold In The Copper State at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

How to Keep Team Motivation High and Create a Healthy Workplace. ibush. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 11:57. With numerous new challenges, concerns, and worries facing construction workers today, boosting workplace morale and improving on-site safety may not be easy, but it's essential. Derek Jones. It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has made the U.S. construction industry more complex than ever before.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

U.S. cities are planning investments to make their communities greener and spur an economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. .

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Active Adult Buyers Are Back, Here’s What to Know. cbroderick. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 09:47. Active adult homebuyers are an important component of the current housing demand now that they feel safer with in-person sales and have increased confidence in selling. In order to better suit your sales for active adults, John Burns Real Estate Consulting gathered four tips for success.

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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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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Do you have architectural visualization skills? Maybe you’re asking yourself, “What does that even mean?” Well, you are in luck because this episode is dedicated to discussing all things related to architectural visualization and graphics. . Next Episode. Talking Shop with Building Science Fight Club ››.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Viewpoint has integrated its HR Management function into Spectrum. The company says the move gives human resources professionals and employees a “broader web-based onboarding platform and self-service capabilities designed to boost talent acquisition and scale and automate many HR processes.

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Bentley Systems Inc.’s leap from a 36-year-old, family-run provider of software for infrastructure design, construction and operation to a publicly traded company is the realization of a long-term goal to reward employees and “get liquidity to our colleague shareholders,” says Greg Bentley, chairman and CEO.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Barge damage to the Pensacola Bay Bridge during Hurricane Sally is worse than first thought and there is no timetable yet for the repair, reports NorthEscambia.com.

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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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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What This Home Construction CEO Thinks About the Current Market. cbroderick. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 10:02. Home builders are seeing unprecedented demand for new homes as existing home listings are minimal and consumer interests are shifting. One of the country’s largest home construction companies, KB Home, reported a net order increase of 27% compared to 2019, according to MarketWatch.

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Arizona's infrastructure is badly in need of additional funding, but the state's overall grade if C exceeds the national grade, which ASCE says is a D+.

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Construction Cost Estimating

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Gradient is the pace of rise or fall along the length of the road as for the even. The positive gradient or the climbing is indicated as +n and the negative gradient as – n. So, what precisely is road gradient? It is the pace of rise or fall of road level along its length. It is communicated either as the pace of rise or fall to the even separation or as rate rise or fall.

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Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Long Live the Palm is an art installation by architect Iwo Borkowicz and designer Ola Korba?ska that celebrates the full circle of nature. It is located near a river in the town of Agueda, Portugal. Decaying palm trees were mixed with local soils, which becomes a base for new life to grow. A local gardener helped them choose seeds of species suitable for the conditions by the river.

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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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Stok

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

While there have been mixed reviews of what many deemed a global work from home experiment, it seems there’s no going back to the pre-pandemic norm of full-time in-office work for all employees. Instead, most organizations will need to evolve blended virtual and physical workplace strategies. So, what does it mean to leverage long-term teleworking? And how will a distributed team transform your workplace ecosystem?

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

More Sellers List, Yet Demand Remains Insatiable. cbroderick. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 09:56. New listings of homes for sale jumped by 6% compared to last year during the four-week period ending September 20 thanks to more sellers feeling secure in listing their homes, yet it still barely helps to relieve demand. In the same four-week period, home prices jumped by 14% year over year, according to Redfin.

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CivilJungle

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Bridge Abutment Means. As a component of a bridge , the abutment provides the vertical support to the bridge superstructure at the bridge ends, connects the bridge with the approach roadway , and retains the roadway base materials from the bridge spans. Although there are numerous types of abutments and the abutments for the important bridges may be extremely complicated, the analysis principles and design methods are very similar.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Is the Housing Market Running Out of Fuel? cbroderick. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 10:06. Builders cannot keep up with demand due to material and labor shortages, but that is not stopping buyers. As demand begins to drain home builders, many are slowing things down, home prices are increasing, and shortages are only getting worse. The Philadelphia Inquirer says home builders may naturally begin focusing on higher end real estate for wealthy buyers, as they’re the only ones able to afford homes at this poi

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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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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Dodge offers data on projected 2020 construction starts in the Houston area.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Simplify Closets with Closet Selector®. kcichowicz. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 10:55. Think closets are complicated? Think again! Closets can be easy and profitable. With Closet Selector you can have one solution that integrates with your processes, saves you time, and ensures you profit. Let us show you how!

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Construction Cost Estimating

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The city of Milwaukee Plan Commission and the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee have consistently affirmed changes to New Land Enterprises' Ascent private project that will include height, parking space and private units to the tall wood project. Thornton Tomasetti is the structural engineer. In a letter to the board, Rocky Marcoux, leader secretary of the Plan Commission , said the progressions were driven by an update of the parking area that necessary an expansion in "strong div

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