Construction Dive

JANUARY 16, 2018

The U.S. News & World Report infrastructure ranking of 50 states is based on scores in energy, transportation and internet access, among others.

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Infrastructure Transportation News 98

BD+C

JANUARY 16, 2018

On Manhattan’s West Side, adjacent to the 26-acre Hudson Yards commercial redevelopment, a 200,000-sf cultural and arts center under construction is one of the latest—and, at $435 million, priciest—demonstrations of the practical and aesthetic value that kinetic architecture can bring to an ambitious project.

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Architecture Commercial Construction 89

Construction Dive

JANUARY 16, 2018

When training shortcomings start affecting the bottom line, it's time to identify exactly where employees are missing the mark.

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BD+C

JANUARY 16, 2018

Cities are the laboratories of innovation that power the world. They also hold the key to avoiding the most devastating impacts of climate change. Major cities, like Washington, D.C., make up less than 2% of the world’s landmass, but they contribute 77% of the world’s CO2 emissions. Based on the dense concentration of wealth, infrastructure, and people located in urban areas, it makes sense that the sustainable transformation of the world’s cities has become a focus of the climate change movemen

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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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Construction Marketing Ideas

JANUARY 16, 2018

Matt Handal has provided a useful article Marketing Budgets: 5 Easy Building Blocks Nobody Talks About suggesting the formula for allocating marketing expenses/budgets. Like many good ideas, in implementing it, the devil is in the details, and the problem is, the details require you to have data from previous experiences to make the calculations — and […].

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Budgeting Budget IDEA Management 70

Construction Equipment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Danfoss Power Solutions recently debuted DAVIS and its ground-breaking autonomous capabilities with a technology demonstration at AGRITECHNICA in Hanover, Germany. The Danfoss Autonomous Vehicle Integration System (DAVIS) is a flexible technology solution that will allow OEMs to add autonomous characteristics to their off-highway machines. Danfoss already has the capability to introduce some autonomous functions, such as remote control steering, to off-highway vehicles.

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BD+C

JANUARY 16, 2018

Local building code officials should be involved early in a project to produce better building performance, according to a new white paper by the National Institute of Building Sciences National Council on Building Codes and Standards (NCBCS). Engaging Code Officials Early in the Process to Achieve High-Performance Buildings makes the case for code officials to act more as collaborators and facilitators on projects.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 16, 2018

The Volvo-branded line of rigid haul trucks includes four models. Development of the trucks has relied heavily on the longstanding rigid-hauler expertise of Volvo’s subsidiary, Terex Trucks, in combination with new Volvo engineering, the company says. The new hauler range, which will initially be launched in less-regulated markets, includes the 45­-ton R45D, 60-­ton R60D, 72­-ton R70D, and 100-­ton R100E, the latter a newly designed model.

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Construction Dive

JANUARY 16, 2018

The eventual replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct is still years behind schedule, but months ahead of officials' most recent projection of 2019.

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Seattle Schedule 68

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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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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Keyword 'Infrastructure' has found its way into almost daily conversations as the country continues to organize and find funding to repair and rebuild U.S. roads, bridges, ports and other public works. U.S.News & World Report has compiled a report, Infrastructure Rankings - Measuring states' energy, transportation and internet which ranks each state's quality of life according to the condition of its transportation, energy, and internet access.

Infrastructure 59

Infrastructure Transportation Roads Organization 59

DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 16, 2018

‘Carillion PLC was a British multinational facilities management and construction services company headquartered in Wolverhampton , United Kingdom. It was the second-biggest construction company in the UK. [4] Listed on the London Stock Exchange , the company experienced financial difficulties in 2017, and went into compulsory liquidation on 15 January 2018.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Nine workers were killed Monday when they fell from a collapsing cable bridge under construction about an hour outside Bogota, Colombia. A tenth worker died later in a hospital. The cable-stayed bridge was being constructed in the Bogota-Villavicencio road corridor as part of a highway improvement project being carried out by Coviandes, a majority- owned Colombian investment corporation.

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Construction Roads 56

Contractor Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2018

A seven-story atrium, 650,000 square feet of classrooms and labs, and a whopping $375 million budget: The University at Buffalo’s new Jacobs School of Medicine facility has been a lofty project, to say the least.

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Budgeting Budget 58

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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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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Nine workers were killed Monday when they fell from a collapsing cable bridge under construction about an hour outside Bogata, Columbia. A tenth worker died later in a hospital. The cable-stayed bridge was being constructed in the Bogota-Villavicencio road corridor as part of a highway improvement project being carried out by Coviandes, a majority- owned Columbian investment corporation.

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Roads Construction 56

Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 16, 2018

New findings show need for better regulation of road salt, fertilizers and other salty compounds.

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Roads Regulation 74

Construction Dive

JANUARY 16, 2018

More than 22 million square feet of new Manhattan office space is expected to come online in the next five years.

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Office 59

Contractor Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2018

The fifth annual Design & Construction Week was held January 9-11 in Orlando, FL., once again co-locating the Kitchen and Bath Show and the International Builders Show. The combined events drew more than 85,000 attendees. Editorial Director Bob Mader was on hand to view the latest and the greatest in a wide variety of residential plumbing and heating products.

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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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Business Facilities

JANUARY 16, 2018

North America’s largest metal food packaging manufacturer is investing $15 million to expand into the Lehigh Valley. - Read: Silgan Containers Expanding In Pennsylvania at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Pennsylvania Employment Site News 46

Contractor Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jerry Rollen was appointed Director of Pre-Construction and Design-Build at Orlando-based Comprehensive Energy Services, Inc.

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Design Construction 51

Business Facilities

JANUARY 16, 2018

New data centers in Singapore and South Korea will meet the needs of customers who operate globally distributed applications. - Read: Joyent Expands Data Centers Into Asia at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Site News 46

Construction Cost Estimating

JANUARY 16, 2018

Generally, post-tensioned (PT) slabs belong to flat slabs, band beam and slabs or ribbed slabs. PT slabs provide the leaner slab type, as concrete functions to its strengths, mostly being maintained in compression. Longer spans are obtained because of pre-stress, which are also utilized to resist deflections. Post-tensioned slabs employ high-strength tensioned steel strands to compress the slabs to retain most of the concrete in compression.

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Concrete Employment US Design 40

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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!

Contractors

Business Facilities

JANUARY 16, 2018

Cape Coral-based Architectural Metal Flashings is seizing the vast, long-term opportunity of this nearby development, which plans to ultimately have 19,500 homes and 6 million square feet of commercial space. - Read: Architectural Metal Flashings Earns Florida Product Approval Rating at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 16, 2018

With less snow than average this winter, some companies who rely on snow for business are forced to get creative.

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Colorado 49

ENR Construction

JANUARY 16, 2018

Five Corps project already are in the queue for authorizations, if new WRDA bill emerges.

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Resource 32

Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 16, 2018

When a man was faced with the task of clearing snow, he came up with a MacGyver idea.

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IDEA 49

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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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BIM & Beam

JANUARY 16, 2018

In this post of the Structural Precast series I would like to show you how in Revit we can easily add grout tubes and tubes on top to precast walls. Grout tube and tube on top are families that come with the installation of Structural Precast Extension for Revit. They are both face-based families. When modeling you can use them or your own families.

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Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 16, 2018

With less snow than average so far this winter, some companies who rely on snow for business are forced to get creative.

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