Tue.Feb 19, 2019

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5 Ways to Eliminate Waste with a Constructible Process

Construction Business Owner

Waste is all too common on construction projects today. That waste is not only bad for the environment, it also cuts into budgets and diminishes a project’s overall return.

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Incorporate These 4 Video Trends into Your 2019 Marketing Efforts

Construction Marketing

Video content has taken its rightful place in construction companies’ strategic marketing conversations. It provides a powerful way to communicate your brand, share your story, and build relationships through sight, sound and motion. Experts expect this year that businesses will produce an average of one video per day. This type of content continues to grow by leaps and bounds because of it effectiveness in helping clients along their buying journey.

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3 cash flow forecasting tips for your next big construction project

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Effectively managing cash flow is critical for contractors’ success. Managing cash flow for a large construction project is tricky — not just because you don’t get paid immediately, but also because you’re dealing with progress claim preparation, submission deadlines, varying substantiation requirements and variation and claim negotiations — all of which distract you from actually doing the work and finally getting payment.

Cash Flow 130
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Why construction should stop thinking of software as a cost

Lets Build

In construction, technology has been gradually replacing outdated machines and systems. Nevertheless, a digital tool is not a cure. It’s not a system that can function independently without us. It is an investment to improve current work processes and fix a problem. But in order for a digital solution to succeed, there needs to be.

Software 158
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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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3 cash flow forecasting tips for your next big construction project

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Considering these complexities, it’s easy to understand why, throughout the life of a project,

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Cover Story: Virginia Is Business Facilities’ 2018 State Of The Year

Business Facilities

Virginia may be for lovers, but these days the Commonwealth also is getting a ton of love from emerging high-tech growth sectors and businesses looking for the perfect corporate HQ site. - Read: Cover Story: Virginia Is Business Facilities’ 2018 State Of The Year at BusinessFacilities.com.

Virginia 111
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3 suffer fall injuries on $2.3B I-4 Ultimate project

Construction Dive

In addition, since 2016, four workers have died working on the 21-mile expansion of Interstate 4 through Orlando, Florida, including one on Feb. 4.

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Caterpillar M Series Medium Wheel Loaders 2019 Updates

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar has updated is M Series medium wheel loaders, models 950M through 982M, with new and improved features. Loaders have Tier 4-F engines, enabling change intervals to move from 500 to 1,000 hours for engine oil, engine oil filter, and hydraulic oil filter.

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Amazon may sign PLA for Virginia HQ2

Construction Dive

With the tech giant nixing its New York plans, Arlington officials may push harder to give local construction unions pre-hire bargaining rights.

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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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Sunset Library in Brooklyn will be capped with 50 affordable residences

BD+C

Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning, the Sunset Park Library in Brooklyn will be a 21,000-sf facility topped with 50 affordable residences for qualified low-income occupants.

Income 82
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North Dakota city 'poised for billion-dollar boom'

Construction Dive

Potential projects include reconstruction of a major downtown avenue as well as mixed-use and residential developments, Grand Forks' mayor said.

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ABC Construction Backlog Indicator steady in Q4 2018

BD+C

Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator contracted to 8.9 months during the fourth quarter of 2018, down 1.1% from the third quarter and 7.5% compared to a year ago. CBI reached a record high of 9.9 months in the second quarter of 2018 and averaged about 9.1 months throughout all four quarters of last year.

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Staker Parson Offers Hands-On Experience with Job Shadow Day

Construction Equipment

Staker Parson hosted four students attending the Utah Diesel Technician Pathways (UDTP) program, which aims to improve the quality of technicians through guided job-shadowing.

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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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Online Quiz: How To Create A Lead Generation Tool That Drives Traffic And Engages Your Audience

Contractor Bookkeeping

Today's Guest Article Is From Allie Bloyd. Quizzes are one of the best ways that home improvement or remodeling businesses can grow their email lists, engage their audience, and add a little fun to their social media or web assets! A quiz will do 2 things: Allow your audience to self identify as a potential customer by simply taking the quiz. Allow you to diagnose and prescribe a solution for your prospect's problem on a personal level.

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Doosan Portable Power P185WDO Air Compressor

Construction Equipment

The updated P185WDO air compressor delivers 185 cfm at 100 psi. It has a Tier 4-F Doosan D24 engine and a Doosan DSN100 airend. The unit runs 12 hours at 100 percent load, which is two hours longer than the previous P185 generation model, because of a 34.5-gallon fuel tank.

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Lean in Action: Small Timeframe, Big Project Plan

PC Construction

The challenge: Take the third floor Intensive Care Unit at the Central Vermont Medical Center, relocate all the staff and patients in the unit to other areas of the hospital, renovate the entire 14-bed unit.

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Doosan Portable Power G25, G50, G70 Generators

Construction Equipment

The G25, G50, and G70 mobile generators have Doosan Tier 4-F engines: D18, D24, and D34, respectively. The G50 replaces the G40 with increased output of 51 kVA. Onboard fuel capacity has been increased to provide 24 hours of run time at any load factor.

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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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Cultivating Cooling Tower Innovation

Contractor Magazine

In an age of shrinking operational budgets, customers are demanding lower installation and maintenance costs even for state-of-the-art products. One manufacturer reveals how it keeps up by staying plugged in.

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Doosan Portable Power C185WDO Air Compressor

Construction Equipment

The C185 compressor has a 65-percent larger fuel tank for a runtime of 12.6 hours at 100 percent load. It has a Doosan DSN100 airend and a Tier 4-F Doosan D18 engine that provides 185 cfm at a rated operating pressure of 100 psi.

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Some useful tips to enhance the longevity of concrete piles

Construction Cost Estimating

If concrete is mixed perfectly and compacted to a solid impervious, the longevity of all the construction materials is significantly increased in a non aggressive atmosphere. The strength of concrete is influenced by sulphate and sulfuric acid that takes place normally in soils, erosive chemicals existent in industrial waste in fill materials and organic acids and carbon dioxide existent in ground water.

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Doosan Portable Power P250/HP210 Air Compressor

Construction Equipment

The T4-F P250/HP210 air compressor replaces the P250/HP185, and offers dual compression modes: 250 cfm at 100 psi, and 210 cfm at 150 psi. It runs 8 hours at 100 percent load on low-pressure mode and 9 hours on high-pressure mode. The unit has a larger fuel tank than its predecessor—34.

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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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Strategies and tools to help navigate a successful M&A

BD+C

A thoughtful M&A plan should not only set the goal posts, it should identify the specific initiatives and tools you’ll need to carry it out. The most successful mergers and acquisitions anticipate and plan for every detail.

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Attach. Perform. Lead. With Pengo!

Construction Equipment

-sponsored- For nearly 70 years, Pengo has designed and manufactured drilling tools to give YOU the power to attach, perform, and lead.

Design 48
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AAMA updates two specifications for test methods related to seismic drift

BD+C

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association ( AAMA ) updated two documents for evaluating window wall, curtain wall, and storefront systems regarding seismic drift.

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US Appeals Court Slams FERC on Long-Muddled State Environmental Permits

ENR Construction

Big Calif.-Ore. dam removals, which triggered the Jan. 25 federal ruling on state clean-water okays, are proceeding to contract.

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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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EPA Takes Small Steps to Regulate PFAS

ENR Construction

EPA will take until 2021 to decide whether to develop ambient water quality criteria for the toxins that were widely used in cookware and firefighting.

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Construction Economics for the Week of February 25, 2019

ENR Construction

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics.

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High-Speed Rail Advocates Hope For Best After California Governor Narrows Project

ENR Construction

With Gavin Newsom announcement, the fate of a Bay Area to southern California link still is uncertain.