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How to Revolutionize Your Annual Sales Planning

Construction Business Owner

How to Revolutionize Your Annual Sales Planning. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:29. In today’s competitive environment, builders must focus their energy to ensure that all members of the organization are working toward the same goals. This is where a sales and marketing plan comes into play—providing direction and focus for all employees. It points to specific results that are to be achieved and establishes a course of action for achieving them.

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Viewpoint, BuildingPoint Midwest Align on Business Partnership

Viewpoint Construction Technology

BuildingPoint Midwest and Viewpoint combine efforts to bring the latest technology and software solutions to the Illinois market.

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How to Expand Jobsite Capabilities with Proper Attachment Selection

Construction Business Owner

How to Expand Jobsite Capabilities with Proper Attachment Selection. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 07/21/2020 - 16:58. As a construction business owner, your needs grow and diversify, so it’s important to maintain a nimble fleet capable of taking on multiple projects. Versatile attachments are designed to enhance the capabilities of compact track loaders, skid steer loaders and compact excavators, while also increasing operator productivity, reducing the cost of labor and opening up new revenue source

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Cities, OSHA crack down on COVID-19 jobsite violations

Construction Dive

In jurisdictions across the country, officials are citing and fining contractors that don't follow coronavirus precautions, and warning they'll shut down projects for repeat offenses.

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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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Test post

The Constructor

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How to Plan a LEED-certified Project?

The Constructor

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), developed by the U.S Green Building Council in 1998, is a certification system for rating.

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International Cushioning Investing $3.6M In Northwest Ohio

Business Facilities

The New Jersey-based packaging company will create 75 new jobs at its new Fremont, OH advanced manufacturing facility. - Read: International Cushioning Investing $3.6M In Northwest Ohio at BusinessFacilities.com.

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What is difference between Asphalt and Bitumen?

The Constructor

What is difference between Asphalt and Bitumen? The post What is difference between Asphalt and Bitumen? appeared first on The Constructor.

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Nonresidential building spending to decline through 2021

BD+C

As a result of the partially shutdown economy, businesses and organizations will continue to be hesitant to invest in modernized or new facilities, according to a mid-year update to the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Consensus Construction Forecast. The trend ends an almost decade-long expansion in construction spending.

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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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How to prepare a bar bending schedule?

The Constructor

How to prepare a bar bending schedule? And which software is used for bar bending schedule? The post How to prepare a bar bending schedule? appeared.

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A UK Company is Testing Elevators for Tower Crane Operators

Construction Junkie

via YouTube. Tower cranes soar above any project they’re on, offering a unique view of the jobsite for their operators. But, that view comes at a cost, as they require climbing a fixed vertical ladder all of the way up. Handling the physical stress of all of that climbing may be the least of the concern, because the actual time it takes to climb up and down create additional issues.

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What is the best answer for ”Why did you choose Civil Engineer?

The Constructor

What is the best answer for ”Why did you choose Civil Engineer? The post What is the best answer for ”Why did you choose Civil Engineer?

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Freightliner Updates Smart Source App

Construction Equipment

Freightliner Smart Source app has been upgraded to include a new design, personalized notification options, and enhanced product support features to provide an improved user experience for drivers, according to the company.

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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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What is boundry line in plan of construction site?

The Constructor

What is boundry line in plan of construction site? The post What is boundry line in plan of construction site? appeared first on The Constructor.

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Phase one of The Orbit masterplan detailed for Innisfil, Ontario

BD+C

The Orbit is Toronto-based architect Partisans’ vision for a next generation community. Located in the town of Innisfil in Ontario, The Orbit will create a cohesive center for Innisfil that will gravitate and grow around a new regional transit link and cultural center.

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The Constructor

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7 must reads for the AEC industry today: July 21, 2020

BD+C

1. Abandoned 15-story high-rise becomes mixed-use luxury apartment building (BD+C) . "After being abandoned in 2009, GSP Development purchased the building and tasked Kimmich Smith Architecture and McShane Construction Company with redeveloping the structure into a Class A multi-family residence.".

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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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Who have higher modulus of elasticity rubber or steel

The Constructor

Who have higher modulus of elasticity rubber or steel? The post Who have higher modulus of elasticity rubber or steel appeared first on The.

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[VIDEO] Concrete “Trees” Made Within Home

Construction Equipment

Designer Omer Arbel’s Vancouver studio has made a film documenting the concrete forms of House 75.0, which is being built on a hay farm near Surrey in British Columbia, Canada.

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What is difference between site plan and layout plan?

The Constructor

What is difference between site plan and layout plan? The post What is difference between site plan and layout plan? appeared first on The.

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Fecon Adds Dealer in Missouri, Illinois

Construction Equipment

Fecon announces the addition of Luby Equipment as a new distributor for Missouri and Illinois. Luby sells new and used construction machinery from locations in Cape Girardeau, Fenton, and O’Fallon, Missouri, and Caseyville, Quincy, and Springfield, Illinois.

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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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How size of aggregate affect on strength of concrete?

The Constructor

How size of aggregate affect on strength of concrete? The post How size of aggregate affect on strength of concrete? appeared first on The.

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Current State of Electric Equipment

Construction Equipment

Electrification of equipment is not new, as the industry has seen decades of electric technology in mining, as well as the hybrid diesel-electric dozers, wheel loaders, excavators, and MEWPs on job sites right now, but what is noteworthy is movement toward all-electric yellow iron.

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What is bar bending schedule in RCC?

The Constructor

What is bar bending schedule in RCC? The post What is bar bending schedule in RCC? appeared first on The Constructor.

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New York City Accepts Use of SpeedCore High-Rise System

ENR Construction

The New York City Dept. of Buildings has granted permission to use SpeedCore in New York City. The high-rise lateral-load resisting system of tied dual-plate wall modules field-filled with concrete has the potential to slash superstructure construction time compared to steel frames with reinforced concrete cores.

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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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ALDI To Invest $100M In New Alabama Regional HQ

Business Facilities

The retail grocer's new regional headquarters and distribution center will bring 200 new jobs to Loxley, AL. - Read: ALDI To Invest $100M In New Alabama Regional HQ at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Ohio House Speaker, Four Others, Indicted In Bribery Scheme Involving FirstEnergy

ENR Construction

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and political allies used more than $60 million from nuclear energy provider FirstEnergy to win back the Ohio Speakership and then paid back the company with $1.1 billion in ratepayer subsidies, according to federal charges.

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Service and Safety in a COVID World

Flynn

Adapting Customers Service and Safety Protocols to a COVID World. Pivoting company processes to keep staff and customers safe. This article was first published in Building Rural Manitoba Magazine, July 2020. As facility managers worldwide observed World FM Day on May 13, the conversation in the profession at the moment was, and still is, dominated by the COVID 19 outbreak.

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