Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Improving construction procurement requires the ability to consistently generate value for stakeholders involved in facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds. It can not be accomplished by a sole focus upon short-term capital cost reduction and traditional win-lose procurement methods. Negative conflict-ridden and relatively inefficient construction procurement and delivery methods such as design-bid-build, design-build, construction manager at risk, etc., rarely generate the mo

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Why the Time is Ripe for Widespread BIM Adoption. Elizabeth Manning. Thu, 10/01/2020 - 23:10. A study from Dodge Data & Analytics reports significant benefits for contractors of all sizes that are adopting BIM (building information modeling) on their projects.

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The Constructor

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Great Wall of China is an approximately 21,196 km long series of several walls constructed across northern China with an objective to protect the.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 1, 2020

What Your Surety Relationship Can Do for You. 5 ways surety can reduce risk & maximize business success. Greg Ragsdale. Thu, 10/01/2020 - 08:54. You know what surety is and how to establish a relationship with an agent and a carrier. You understand that the work you put into obtaining and maintaining your surety relationships results in the issuance of bonds which aim to protect the party you are doing work for (obligee).

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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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FDR Safety

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Challenges Employees Face. You are welding on the construction site and the work is rarely (actually, almost never) on a bench with ventilation. The welds must be made at working surface level, in tight spaces and in body positions that are hot and cause you to sweat. Using a supplied air welding helmet means you might be constrained by the air hose and all the potential hazards it raises (i.e., tripping, entanglement and fatigue).

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BD+C

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Technology has always been about being smarter, but it wasn’t until 1995 that the word “smart” was seamlessly attached to an individual piece of technology - the smartphone. (And we do mean seamlessly – today, “smartphone” is almost always written as one word.) From there, it took less than 15 years for smartphones to replace traditional analog cell phones as the communication method of choice.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The new 800-mile Grain Belt Express electric transmission line will carry low-cost, Kansas wind energy to consumers across the Midwest, and create nearly 1,000 jobs. - Read: New Electric Transmission Line Will Create 1,000 Jobs In Kansas at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Construction Junkie

OCTOBER 1, 2020

courtesy of GoFormz. This article is part of Construction Junkie’s coverage of Groundbreak 2020, Procore’s annual technology conference. GoFormz will be in attendance in the virtual exhibitor hall. More details can be found below. One thing that many people don’t realize about the construction industry is the large amount of forms we have to fill out, such as inspections, daily logs, checklists, and meeting minutes.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The McLaughlin Middle School/Marshall Elementary School, located in Vancouver, Washington, is one of the largest mass timber projects in the Pacific Northwest, at an astonishing 203,000 square feet. The project was carried out by Western Wood Structures, a local construction company based out of Tualatin, Oregon, that specializes in mass timber installation. .

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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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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 1, 2020

How Excessive Design Standards Hurt Home Affordability. mbeirne. Thu, 10/01/2020 - 06:00. Stringent residential design standards imposed by local governments are affecting housing costs; the impact of new residential construction on the broader economy (chart). NAHB Housing Policy Briefing. Design regulations are supposed to ensure the health, safety and welfare of residents, but superficial and excessive rules that price lower- and moderate-income families out of the market should not be priori

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BD+C

OCTOBER 1, 2020

National real estate development and construction services provider The McShane Companies announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Molly McShane as Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2020. Ms. McShane previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer.

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 1, 2020

by Isaac Sorensen, CSI, Russ Snow, CSP, CTR, BSS, LEED AP, Scott Wolff, CSI, CDT, BEC, Conleigh Bauer, CSI, Stacey Bogdanow, CTR, Taylor Wodzinski, Patrick Raney, CSI, ICRI, and Roger Smith, CSI, ICRI. Photos courtesy W.R. Meadows. After centuries of use, fluid-applied waterproofing continues to evolve as the primary method of structural waterproofing.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 1, 2020

5 Interior Design Trends Impacted by the Pandemic. cbroderick. Thu, 10/01/2020 - 09:41. The pandemic has been the single most influential event to impact interior design trends, a result of the pandemic drastically changing the way people are living. Forbes says telecommuting, homeschooling, and generally using the home as a catch-all has been the most impactful change.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2020

BIG has partnered with ICON, a developer of advanced construction technologies, and with SEArch+, to begin designing Project Olympus, a sustainable lunar habitat that will be the first human foray into extra-terrestrial construction. Project Olympus includes robust structures that provide better thermal, radiation, and micrometeorite protection than metal or inflatable habitats can offer.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 1, 2020

After Covid-19 forced the cancellation of a number of industry meetings and trade shows and introduced uncertainty about others, two major shows have announced their plans for in-person returns.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 1, 2020

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors spoke with leaders from Balfour Beatty, Farr Associates, and Graycor on three important topics: . • A five-point plan for decarbonizing Chicago. • Re-evaluating delayed capital projects. • The future of the construction jobsite. WATCH THE SEGMENTS ON DEMAND BELOW . .

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Civil Lead

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Various Types of Level Used In Building Construction Various types of levels are used in AutoCAD drawings, and they are. Read more Difference Between Plinth Level, Sill Level & Lintel Level.

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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.

Contractors

Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 1, 2020

WorkMax’s 2020 Live Field Data Report covers field data’s role in safely reporting, data analysis, labor tracking, and more.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Built for a new planned community, this fire station includes three deep bays for trucks, administrative offices and living areas that include a fitness room, kitchen, day room, restrooms and outdoor patios.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Continental Tire has released a new mobile app called ContiTireDrive, designed to be a one-stop-shop for commercial truck and bus tire information. It is aimed at busy dealer salespeople and fleet managers, the company says, who need to keep information at their fingertips.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As we mark nearly six months into the U.S. pandemic, Metals in Construction spent time talking with Peter Myers, business manager and financial secretary-treasurer of Ironworkers Local 580, on how the union’s workers have navigated safety requirements, new protocols and communication during this time.

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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!

Contractors

BD+C

OCTOBER 1, 2020

USGBC and GBCI are extending the LEED v3 certification deadline from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The additional year to submit for review is aimed at easing the burden of COVID-19 pandemic project schedule delays. LEED v3 includes all LEED 2009 rating systems.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Working at the busiest international border crossing in the Western Hemisphere, the Hensel Phelps team deconstructed and replaced existing pedestrian and bus inspection facilities while maintaining vital traffic flow between California and Mexico.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Saxe Gotha Industrial Park, home to Nephron Pharmaceuticals, Kennedy Innovation Complex and two Amazon facilities, makes this Park ideal for life sciences, advanced manufacturing and other related industries. This 714-acre Park is bordered by an East to West interstate and accessed by a North to South Interstate, boasts rail accessibility and all utilities are located within the Park. - Read: Business Facilities | County of Lexington, South Carolina at BusinessFacilities.com.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2020

This project provided a new underground power duct bank system and manholes between multiple substations that serve a mission-critical federal government facility.

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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!

Construction

Pro Builder

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Tips for Detailing Dissimilar Materials to Mitigate Cracking. rbinsacca. Thu, 10/01/2020 - 13:10. Creating adequate separation between materials is critical to mitigating cracks (and worse) along cementitious surfaces. John Koenig. Builders can eliminate a lot of first-year warranty calls and latent defects by paying closer attention to seemingly minor details.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A new coordination workflow between Autodesk BIM 360 Model Coordination and Navisworks allows users to assign and track clashes and other issuers from anywhere to anywhere without meetings and other face-to-face activities.

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The Korte Company

OCTOBER 1, 2020

It’s April 1959 in Hillsboro, Illinois. The world is starting to look green again. And there’s this guy banging away at the roof trusses of what will be a milking parlor. . These aren’t rocket science. But there’s always a way to build them better. It’s why Ralph Korte took his time to build the first truss. It was a template, its dimensions perfect, the prototype from which every truss of the structure would be made.

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