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How to Check and Maintain Slopes of Pipes and Drains at Construction Sites?

The Constructor

How the slope system in pipes and drains works and how to check and maintain the same at construction sites? What are the methods for the same? What.

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Is the future of Australian construction already here?

Lets Build

Construction is a significant part of the Australian economy and the issue of efficiency is considered to be more than fundamental. The good news is that the Australian construction industry seems to be aware of this need. A great example is RESCON Builders who specializes in granny flats in New.

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Vista 6.15 Operations Enhancements

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint offers tools that manage your construction operations, your service operations, and material sales.

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slope system

The Constructor

plzz describe the slope system in pipes and drain.how to check slope.maintain slope…method.what is the mean of 1:4 slope???? Read More at.

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

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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Vista 6.15 Platform Enhancements

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The Vista platform is the technology that underpins the various modules that make up Vista.

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ProContractor Estimating 3.10 Enhancement

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Previously, the estimate tab name showed “Manage Estimates” for every open estimate.

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New York Construction Worker Safety Update

Construction Equipment

On Monday, New York Mayor de Blasio signed a new law that mandates NYC construction workers complete least 40 to 55 hours of training by March 1, 2018. The law is in response to the more than 18 percent increase in injuries on the city's construction sites in fiscal year 2017, from 526 to 622. This year alone, 8 NYC construction workers have died on jobsites - 39 deaths since 2014.

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ProContractor 3.10 Enhancements

Viewpoint Construction Technology

E-mail Paystubs / Save Copy of Payroll Checks and Advices.

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Advanced Airfoil Components Manufacturing Facility Lands In Tampa

Business Facilities

Siemens and Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation have chosen Florida’s Hillsborough County as the headquarters location for their new joint venture, Advanced Airfoil Components. The Advanced Airfoil Components manufacturing facility will result in the creation of 350 new jobs with a capital investment of approximately $139 million. Siemens and Chromalloy evaluated multiple states before ultimately choosing Florida as the best location for the new company’s headquarters.

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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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Vista 6.15 Accounting Enhancements

Viewpoint Construction Technology

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Loop NYC would reclaim 24 miles of park space from Manhattan’s street grid

BD+C

What was once a busy thoroughfare filled with exhaust fumes and the sounds of honking horns becomes a quiet strip of land, its oil-stained concrete reclaimed by nature and the angry honks of traffic relegated to the past. This reclamation of New York’s streets may seem like a post-apocalyptic vision in a dystopian summer blockbuster, but it’s actually a radical new proposal from New York-based Edg, an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm, that would bring 24 miles of park space to New

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New York Construction Worker Safety Law Signed

Construction Equipment

On Monday, New York Mayor de Blasio signed a new law that mandates NYC construction workers complete at least 40 to 55 hours of training by March 1, 2018. The law is in response to the more than 18 percent increase in injuries on the city's construction sites in fiscal year 2017, from 526 to 622. This year alone, eight NYC construction workers have died on jobsites; 39 deaths since 2014.

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Updated versions of EnergyPlus and OpenStudio building energy modeling tools released

BD+C

New versions of the EnergyPlus engine and the OpenStudio software development kit have been released by the U.S. Department of Energy and national labs. EnergyPlus 8.8.

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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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$8 Billion Worth of Pipelines Approved by FERC

Construction Equipment

. . The three-person Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted approvals for the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast natural gas pipelines last Friday, in a 2-1 decision with commissioner Cheryl LaFleur dissenting.

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The reconnecting call: A simple way to (re)build business referrals and recover old clients

Construction Marketing Ideas

Bruce Johnston in WiredtoGrow provides an elegantly simple business-building solution for anyone who has been around a while, serving clients who only need your services occasionally. It is the “keep in touch call” and he suggests a format for you to follow if you haven’t done this sort of thing in a while (and most likely […].

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Measure Expands Construction Drone Solutions

Construction Equipment

Measure , the largest U.S. provider of Drones as a Service company for enterprise customers, has announced the expansion of its drone-powered solutions for the architecture, engineering and construction industries with packages designed to optimize site development, project monitoring/documentation and stockpile/earthwork measurement.

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Marketing for the lean start-up (and any lean AEC business)

Construction Marketing Ideas

I encourage you to read this post from Eric Gagnon of the Business Marketing Institute (BMI). While it is geared for tech start-ups, it provides some basic guidance to help you avoid the “reality distortion field” — that is the entrepreneur’s blind vision that defies the actual facts of the situation — and suggests how […].

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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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Virtual Reality Finds a Niche in Equipment, Skilled-Trades Education

ENR Construction

When designing virtual-reality training programs for equipment operators, Serious Labs works to simulate as much of the real-life experience as possible.

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Who’s not getting paid? You!

Contractor Magazine

The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker and you. I have to laugh because that is a pretty good starting list for who doesn’t get paid what they are worth.

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Excellence in Safety: North Central Baptist Hospital Orthopedic Addition

ENR Construction

The scope of work on the $32-million orthopedic surgery and patient tower addition included a 75,000-sq-ft, three-story patient tower along with a 15,000-sq-ft renovation of the existing facility.

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You need a life plan, not a death plan

Contractor Magazine

There is an army of real-life lawyers who don’t ever seem to get things done. I’ll bet the farm that most contractors reading this column — who have done estate planning — can relate to the sad story that follows.

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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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The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Academic Office Building and Parking Structure

ENR Construction

The College of Medicine Academic Office Tower is nine stories tall with a three-story atrium, two elevated pedestrian bridges and a suspended building connector that stretches from a 700-car parking garage to the tower.

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Defeating your worst enemy (It’s not who you think)

Contractor Magazine

Think of your worst enemy. Was it a grade school bully whose scars still linger in your mind? A business partnership gone sour? A cut-throat competitor?

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Speedy Rise of Cowboys’ Mixed-Use Complex: Project of the Year and Sports/Entertainment Best Project

ENR Construction

The size and scope of this massive project—combined with a fast-paced schedule—required close coordination among all stakeholders.

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Nashoba Tech, UMass Lowell Join Forces to Build Workable Solar Mower

Green Industry Professionals

What if all you needed to power an electric mower was the power of the sun? No need to run to the gas station.

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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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Health Care Award of Merit: Bunny Mellon Healing Garden Dedicated to the First Ladies of the United States

ENR Construction

The project team renovated part of the roof area above the Children’s National Medical Center’s clinical laboratory in Washington, D.C., to create a healing garden where young patients can safely enjoy being outside.

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Top 60 office engineering firms

BD+C

TOP 60 OFFICE ENGINEERING FIRMS. RANK. COMPANY. 2016 OFFICE REVENUE. 1. AECOM. $255,200,000. 2. WSP.

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Colorado Higher Education/Research Best Project: University of Wyoming High Bay Research Facility

ENR Construction

The $58.7-million, 108,100-sq-ft High Bay Research Facility is a critical part of the University of Wyoming’s bid to become a Tier 1 school in engineering and the sciences.

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