Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 1, 2019

Place your bets. Who will win the construction heavyweight belt? Paper. It’s always there when you need it. It comes in various forms and is used for various reasons: sticky notes are used to outline construction processes , invoices are printed and mailed to clients, notepads are used for taking notes … the list goes on and on. Besides paper, many organizations are holding on to older software and systems, but don’t deliver what is needed for the business to enhance collaboration and streamline

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Lets Build

MAY 1, 2019

Since its emergence, digital technology has affected a great number of industries across the globe. While it’s more visible in certain areas, such as agriculture, manufacturing, and retail, it’s the construction industry that’s taking the biggest advantage of it now. The era of digitalisation has finally reached contractors and their businesses, and it’s about time.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 1, 2019

Place your bets. Who will win the construction heavyweight belt?

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The Constructor

MAY 1, 2019

The use of expanded clay is expected to bring a revolution in the construction industry. It can be added as an initiative towards a step taken to.

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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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Job Order Contracting

MAY 1, 2019

LEAN Construction versus Black Belts. ?Search “LEAN Construction” in Google and you will get over 11 million hits. Most of these results define LEAN Construction as a variant of the following ” Lean construction is based on the lean manufacturing popularized by the Toyota Production System developed by Taiichi Ohno after World War II. ” You will also find terms such as “black belt”, “kaizen”, and “Last Planner” While some of this inform

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 1, 2019

Job Order Contracting, JOC, can deliver major benefits to public sector real property owners and their service providers… if deployed and managed property. Unfortunately, JOC is not well understood. One of the most important things to know about JOC is that it is a Program and not a Project. The takeaway from this is that focus must be upon strategy, people, and process first, and overall improvement of outcomes for all participants and stakeholders.

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Construction Dive

MAY 1, 2019

Part of Sunstate Equipment Co.’s fleet will be outfitted with Built’s kit to expand contractors’ access to autonomous technology, the companies say.

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Business Facilities

MAY 1, 2019

The battle for America’s future as a global technology leader is being waged in locations that have initiated innovative programs to increase the number of graduates with STEM skills. - Read: STEM Leaders: Moving To The Head Of The Class at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Construction Dive

MAY 1, 2019

Companies are focused on growing while the economy remains strong and expanding tech capabilities as a differentiator against tough competition.

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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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Contractor Magazine

MAY 1, 2019

Improvements include heating and cooling, windows, doors, siding and roofing, air sealing and insulation, electrical and plumbing, geothermal and whole home energy projects.

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Construction Dive

MAY 1, 2019

For the second year in a row, a shifting M&A landscape saw the AEC powerhouse claim the top spot. A collective $101 billion in revenue suggests the market will be strong for years to come.

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BD+C

MAY 1, 2019

Timing is one of the most common problems in construction work. Architects and design professionals create drawings and conceptual designs using data from the present to build structures in the future. Delays happen. Projects get dragged out because of approvals, permitting, weather and other unforeseen circumstances, further diminishing the relevance of the original design data.

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Construction Dive

MAY 1, 2019

Construction on the Chicago Transit Authority's largest capital project ever should begin later this year.

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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

MAY 1, 2019

Clark Nexsen’s Paul Battaglia and Susan Drew attended and presented at Future Offices 2019 in New York this winter. Between presentations, workshops, panels, and tours of cutting-edge office space, they gleaned some interesting takeaways for workplace design: .

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Construction Dive

MAY 1, 2019

If the developer gets the all-clear, the 46-acre redevelopment of a struggling shopping center could see retail, residential, hotel and office space added.

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BD+C

MAY 1, 2019

Spread across 1,250 acres in Israel’s Negev Desert, the new Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport is the country’s first greenfield civil airport project.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 1, 2019

Doosan Infracore has partnered with a big-data analytics startup, Palantir Technologies, to “accelerate digital transformation,” according to Doosan.

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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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Construction Marketing Ideas

MAY 1, 2019

In my last post, I expressed concern about the state of the new daily construction newspaper, Ontario Construction News, which launches today. Thankfully, in the past couple of days there have been some encouraging signs. We received our first two orders for Certificate of Substantial Performance (CSP) notice ads — the foundation of this unusual […].

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Construction Equipment

MAY 1, 2019

Hi-Cap Multi-Ripper Bucket is an excavator bucket designed for use in native limestone, blue shale, caliche, and coral, without the need for additional hydraulics. The staggered ripper teeth fracture the substrate in sequential order.

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Business Facilities

MAY 1, 2019

The state’s investment represents one of the largest Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for unmanned aircraft systems investments in the U.S. - Read: North Dakota Investing $33M In UAS Infrastructure at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 1, 2019

Genie has shared new resources that raise awareness about the safe use of MEWPs, in support of OSHA’s upcoming National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction (May 6-10). The new Genie “Safe Use Plan Guidance” whitepaper provides tips for creating a safe use plan when operating MEWPs.

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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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ENR Construction

MAY 1, 2019

A tower crane being dismantled collapsed Saturday, April 27 in Seattle, killing four people, including two of the ironworkers on the crane and two bystanders on the street below.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 1, 2019

Komatsu’s consolidated net sales totaled $24.5 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, up 9.0 percent from the previous year. Net income totaled $2.3 billion, up 30.6 percent. Operating income expanded by 48.2 percent from the previous fiscal year, to $3.6 billion.

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ENR Construction

MAY 1, 2019

The Design Firms of the Year are chosen by a vote of the regional ENR editors across the country from a carefully selected group of finalists.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 1, 2019

Oshkosh’s Q2 net income reached $128.5 million compared to $110.8 million in Q2 2018. Consolidated net sales in Q2 increased 5.5 percent to $1.99 billion due to higher access equipment and additional segment sales. Consolidated operating income in Q2 increased 12.3 percent to $175.6 million, or 8.

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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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Construction Cost Estimating

MAY 1, 2019

To make the design of the footings, it is necessary to have sound understanding about the transmission of stresses (caused by applied loads) from columns to the footings or piles. Factored forces and moments at the base of columns are delivered to the supporting foundations by providing support on concrete as well as by the extension of longitudinal reinforcement into the footing or arrangement of dowels.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 1, 2019

Aeon Flood Luminaire is designed for a lifespan of over 100,000 hours, the company says. It is available in five different LED-delivered lumen packages: 33,100lm, 44,100lm, 62,100lm, 73,500lm, and 105,000lm. It also has two multivoltage options, 100-277VAC and 347-480VAC.

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Green Industry Professionals

MAY 1, 2019

From the newest products to the comprehensive education sessions and networking opportunities, the 2019 Irrigation Show and Education Week keeps attendees on the cutting edge of the irrigation world in agriculture and landscaping.

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