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Women to the Rescue: How to Solve The Skilled Labor Shortage in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If you work in the construction industry, you likely know the labor shortage has been a significant problem for some time now. Beyond just a shortage of workers, a gap in skilled labor is particularly challenging for contractors. Construction firms are struggling to find trained carpenters, welders, masons and other construction professionals. To address this shortage, construction organizations across the country have begun focusing on women as a target demographic for hiring.

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Information as a Jobsite Imperative

Construction Business Owner

CBO recently caught up with Nicholas Mangon, vice president of AEC business strategy at Autodesk, to talk about how business owners could fully utilize tech solutions to connect the jobsite and ensure that the most up-to-date information possible is being passed from one team member to the next. Read his answers—including details on artificial intelligence, BIM, construction management platforms and machine learning—to our questions here. .

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Women to the Rescue: How to Solve The Skilled Labor Shortage in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

To address this shortage, construction organizations across the country have begun focusing on women as a target demographic for hiring.

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Construction Cost Estimating isn’t an art.

Job Order Contracting

Far to many organizations and professionals call construction cost estimating an art. It simply isn’t true. Is surgery an art? Is engineering an art? The simple fact is that all these professions require a great deal of technical knowledge, business knowledge, people skills, and real life EXPERIENCE. … arguably a decade or more of experience!

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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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Dotted Line: Cultivating bid-winning relationships with public agencies

Construction Dive

Effective communication and trust are keys to productive relationships with local and federal officials.

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Los Angeles speeds up review for Musk's test tunnel

Construction Dive

An environmental review granted an exemption that could shave months or even years from the test project's schedule if the full city council gets behind it.

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The ins and outs of inmate healthcare

BD+C

What happens inside prison walls stays inside prison walls. Well, not really. In the U.S. alone, 95% of inmates will return to society. Research has shown that inmates are getting older and sicker. More than 42% of state and 38% of federal prisoners report having a chronic condition. The numbers make a profound statement: Inmate healthcare is a public health issue.

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BUILD Grants to Replace TIGER Funding

Construction Equipment

The U.S. Department of Transportation published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on April 20 to apply for $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) transportation discretionary grants program. BUILD transportation grants will replace the pre-existing Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program.

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Formosa Investing $9.4B In Louisiana Manufacturing Complex

Business Facilities

In two phases, the petrochemical company will build ethane crackers and downstream plants in St. James Parish that will create up to 1,200 new direct jobs. - Read: Formosa Investing $9.4B In Louisiana Manufacturing Complex at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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Caterpillar Sales Up 12%

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar Q1 2018 sales and revenues were $12.9 billion, up 11.9 percent compared with $9.8 billion in 2017. First-quarter 2018 profit was $2.74 per share, up from $0.32 in 2017. Adjusted profit per share in the first quarter was $2.82, compared with $1.28. Machinery, Energy & Transportation (ME&T) operating cash flow was $948 million and the company repurchased $500 million of Caterpillar common stock.

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96-unit senior housing community opens in Orland Park, Ill.

BD+C

Orland Park, Ill., is the new home to Pathway to Living’s new 96-unit assisted living community, Heartis Village. The community’s 96 units will be spread across a 89,622-sf property. A three-story assisted living building will house the 72 assisted living apartments that range in size from 371 to 1,032 sf.

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MyLogic Announces New Dump Truck Math App

Construction Equipment

MyLogic, Inc., has launched Dump Truck Math , a mobile app that consolidates three vital dump trucking tasks into one easy to use smartphone application.

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Re-introducing the Design and Construction Report

Construction Marketing Ideas

Here’s a look at our national US publication, The Design and Construction Report (dcnreport.com). The original idea for this publication back in 2009 led to its viable Canadian counterpart, the Canadian Design and Construction Report, but we needed to put the US title on hold for several years, as we developed our network of regional […].

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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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Volvo Posts 30 Percent Sales Gain

Construction Equipment

Volvo Construction Equipment posted 1Q 2018 sales of $2.5 billion, up 30 percent over 2017. Operating income was up 79 percent, to $340 million.

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Design firm contenders selected for $784M Pittsburgh terminal project

Construction Dive

The airport authority also may decide to build a sensory "calming" room, making it only the third airport in the world to offer a such a feature.

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Vibrant downtown core the key for urban multifamily development

BD+C

For suburban cities looking to attract multifamily development to their downtowns , finding ways to make those areas vibrant throughout the day and into the night is critical. While amenities such as mass transit stops are also important, luxury renters want something more. Elmhurst, a suburb west of Chicago, addressed this challenge with a plan to boost its downtown in 2016.

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Video: Feds Not Liable for Katrina Flooding in NOLA

Construction Equipment

The federal government is not liable for Hurricane Katrina flood damage, an appeals court ruled Friday in a major case that's likely to affect other litigation over flooding tied to natural disasters.

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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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City officials split on who should pay for $17B California Delta tunnels

Construction Dive

Delegations from Los Angeles and San Diego voted against investing billions in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta project.

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Caterpillar Reports First-Quarter 2018 Results

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar Inc. today announced first-quarter 2018 sales and revenues of $12.9 billion, compared with $9.8 billion in the first quarter of 2017. First-quarter 2018 profit of $2.74 per share was a first-quarter record. Profit was $0.32 per share in the first quarter of 2017. Adjusted profit per share in the first quarter of 2018 was $2.82, compared with first-quarter 2017 adjusted profit per share of $1.28.

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In Hot Water: New York Engineering Executives Charged in Pay-to-Play Scheme

ENR Construction

Executives from HAKS, SIMCO, Haider and others, along with an ex-NYC DEP manager, are charged with bribery and corruption related to water system construction contracts.

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Emergency exit hatches provide swift egress in L.A. rail project

BD+C

Six emergency exit hatches manufactured by The BILCO Company will provide safe, reliable and code-compliant egress for riders of a new transit line that is currently being constructed in Los Angeles.

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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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Kentucky Governor’s Report: From The Boardroom To The Governor’s Mansion

Business Facilities

Gov. Matt Bevin is bringing his CEO skills to the dealmaking table, and the results are spectacular: an annual record of $9.2 billion in capital investment in the Bluegrass State. - Read: Kentucky Governor’s Report: From The Boardroom To The Governor’s Mansion at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Trimble To Acquire Viewpoint for $1.2 Billion

Construction Equipment

Trimble has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Viewpoint in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.2 billion.

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Steps to work out road filling in hilly area

Construction Cost Estimating

S.L. Khan, the eminent civil engineer, presents another informative construction video tutorial where he briefly explains the process for working out the road filling in hilly area. In this video, solution is given to the following examples :- Examaple 1 With specified cross section of road in hill area, work out the quantity of earth work in banking toward the length of 100 ft.

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Dodge Momentum Index Climbs in March

Construction Superintendent Magazine

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Dodge Momentum Index moved 6.1 percent higher in March, rising to 155.0 (2000=100) from the revised February reading of 146.0. The momentum index is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year.

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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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How to design any one way simply supported slab

Construction Cost Estimating

In this construction video tutorial, you will learn how to create the design of one way slab (simply supported slab) that is standing on the masonry wall. You will also gather information on all checks for making design of the slab. The requirements and materials of the slab are given below :- Clear span = 3m Live load = 4000 N/m2 M20 concrete and fe 415 steel are used here.

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture designs 47-story condo tower in Miami

BD+C

Miami certainly isn’t lacking in the luxury multifamily tower department.

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Johnson Controls holds grand opening for new research and development complex

Contractor Magazine

The 357,000-square-foot facility is the newest and most advanced engineering and testing facility for chillers in the world.