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Limit Your Concrete Surface Distress

Construction Business Owner

Concrete cracks got you down? With modern tweaks and an age-old approach, field investigations into limiting high-frequency vibration to control the amount of concrete material separation in commercial applications, are successfully limiting the surface distresses in concrete pavements.

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5 Construction Trends to Watch in 2020

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Technology is expected to play a major role in all facets of construction industry growth in 2020 and beyond.

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6 Types of Marketing Organization Structures for Construction

Construction Marketing

Choosing the best organizational structure for your company in the construction industry can be challenging. In the world of organizational structures, the options you have to choose from include things like chain of command, span of control, centralization, and the list goes on. What is Organizational Structure? An organizational structure is a visual diagram of a company that describes what employees do, whom they report to, and how decisions are made across the business.

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Bioswales and Green Infrastructure and ….

Job Order Contracting

Embracing green infrastructure as an approach and installing specific interventions comes with many challenges. It demands educating clients, communities, contractors, and designers; experimenting with new techniques and learning from failures; and making changes to policy and regulations. What is Green Infrastructure? Storm water management and plant-based approaches to managing floodwaters.

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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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The Dotted Line: How contractors are finding and vetting subcontractors

Construction Dive

General contractors risk violating contract clauses if they can't find labor, but savvy, well-established GCs have ways of finding subs, and it’s more about relationship-building than anything else.

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Atlanta transit authority approves $27B regional plan

Construction Dive

The plan includes 192 projects, with $21 billion earmarked for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

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[VIDEO] One Worker Killed, One Injured During Bridge Project

Construction Equipment

One person was killed and a second badly injured in an accident at a bridge construction project on Interstate 495 in Massachusetts on Wednesday morning. According to the report, the workers fell from the bucket of a lift truck as they were working on a bridge over the Merrimack River.

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Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier project 2 years behind schedule

Construction Dive

AECOM's 2017 acquisition of Shimmick Construction, part of the JV project, delayed the start of construction and led to an underestimation of how long it would take to complete some tasks, bridge officials contend.

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Navistar Reports $102 M Net Income in Q4

Construction Equipment

Navistar announced fourth quarter 2019 net income of $102 million compared to fourth quarter 2018 net income of $188 million. Navistar reported net income of $221 million for fiscal year 2019, versus net income of $340 million for fiscal year 2018.

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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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4 bad planning habits to kick in 2020

Construction Dive

Time to kick those bad planning habits. Learn how to create more achievable and risk-adjusted plans.

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Takeuchi Adds New Dealer in Tennessee

Construction Equipment

Takeuchi has announced that Mountain Farm International will be its new dealer in Crossville, Tennessee, serving the Middle Tennessee region. It will carry the full lineup of Takeuchi equipment, including excavators, skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, and wheel loaders.

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Fire at $1B Globe Life Field stadium in Texas won't delay March opening

Construction Dive

The Arlington Fire Department said it responded to a two-alarm fire at the Manhattan Construction Co.-led project and found "significant smoke and flames" emanating from a subfloor near the fifth floor of the ballpark.

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Architecture Billings Index continues to show modest growth

BD+C

Demand for design services in November increased at a modest pace for the second month in a row, according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA). AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score of 51.9 for November reflects an increase in design services provided by U.S. architecture firms (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings).

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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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Tutor Perini-Dragados JV will appeal $57M breach of contract verdict on $2B Seattle tunnel project

Construction Dive

A superior court in Olympia, Washington, rejected Seattle Tunnel Partners' counterclaim of $330 million against the Washington State DOT.

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Two LMN Architects-designed academic science buildings move forward for completion next year

BD+C

Building Teams that include designer LMN Architects are on pace to complete two new science labs at Washington State in Pullman and Eastern Washington University in Cheney by the fall of 2020. The 80,300-sf five-story Plant Sciences Building at Washington State integrates several disciplines from the College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resources.

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Team Takes Historic Finds in Stride at Waterfront Site

ENR Construction

Trench-cutting machine keeps project on course after remains of 18th-century ships discovered on site.

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Moving from interdisciplinary science to interdisciplinary learning

BD+C

There is no doubt interdisciplinary science is becoming more popular throughout academia. With new technologies, greater interconnectedness, and incentive grants, there has been no better time to take our established notions of interdisciplinary science and advance the concept even further.

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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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Five-Year-Old Firm Quickly Finds Footing

ENR Construction

Founded in 2014, C3M Power Systems, ENR MidAtlantic's Specialty Contractor of the Year, has made a name for itself across the nation.

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Does a No-Damage-for-Delay Clause Also Preclude Acceleration Damages?

Constructlaw

Ted R. Gropman Christine Z. Fan This article was originally published on December 3, 2019 on ConsensusDocs. It is reprinted here with permission. Construction contracts often include a “no damage for delay” clause that denies a contractor the right to recover delay-related costs and limits the contractor’s remedy to an extension of time for noncontractor-caused … Continue reading Does a No-Damage-for-Delay Clause Also Preclude Acceleration Damages?

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Definition Efflorescence | Efflorescence in Concrete

CivilJungle

How to Define Efflorescence: Effloresces is a crystalline set down of salts that can shape when water is present in or on concrete, stone, brick, stucco, or other building surfaces. It has a white or grayish shade and consists of salt deposits remain on the surface when water evaporates. In addition to it, efflorescence can become […].

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Kawasaki's GIE+EXPO Display Provided Education and a Chance to Give Back

Green Industry Professionals

Two new engines, a better understanding of Kawasaki, and helping to fee the hungry

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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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Miniature Bridges at Miniature Golf Courses

ENR Construction

Crossing That Bridge We Come To It scours the world to come up with this list of the top five mini-golf courses that feature bridges.

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Kawasaki's GIE+EXPO Display Provided Education and a Chance to Give Back

Green Industry Professionals

Two new engines, a better understanding of Kawasaki, and helping to fee the hungry

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Regional Specialty Firms Expect Steady Growth Through 2020

ENR Construction

Despite forecasts of an industry downturn, area subcontractors expect most market sectors to remain healthy next year.

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ECHO SHC-2620S Shafted Trimmer

Green Industry Professionals

ECHO SHC-2620S shafted trimmer provides an efficient cut every time

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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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MidAtlantic Pulse: Construction bids for December 2019

ENR Construction

Bids on projects in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

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ECHO SHC-2620S Shafted Trimmer

Green Industry Professionals

ECHO SHC-2620S shafted trimmer provides an efficient cut every time

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MidAtlantic People: Construction business updates for December 2019

ENR Construction

Updates about construction professionals in the MidAtlantic region.