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4 Modern Kitchen Ideas

Construction Marketing

So, you are planning to remodel your kitchen in the near future, but you want more than just the traditional design and ideas? The kitchen is considered the heart of the home so you want to make it look inviting for not just your family members but your guests as well. If you are out of ideas, you might want to go with a modern concept instead. Here are some design ideas you might want to consider. 1.

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Save the Sticky Notes for Bookmarks

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Remove Paper Processes and Streamline Construction Human Resources. We get it. You’re busy. Human resource teams in the construction industry have to manage everything—from finding and hiring new talent to making sure benefit material is up-to-date to assuring that every employee has access to training documents and so much more. With the construction labor shortage impacting the industry, construction HR professionals need to prioritize finding new employees while juggling current organizationa

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Autonomous construction equipment key to improving site safety, efficiency

Construction Dive

While jobsites are tougher to navigate than the average roadway, two emerging sensor types used in combination could offer the industry the robust detection it needs, writes an expert in the technology.

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Save the Sticky Notes for Bookmarks

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Remove Paper Processes and Streamline Construction Human Resources.

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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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Tech Toys: Autodesk, John Deere, DPR and NASA flex new offerings

Construction Dive

AutoCAD and Revit 2020 editions are live, and a John Deere simulator kit swaps controls between six machine types. DPR rolls out Skycatch across its projects while NASA brings its tech to the jobsite.

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Dodge: Almost three-quarters of contractors turn to IoT for risk management

Construction Dive

Wearables and artificial intelligence auditing of jobsite images were named as the top emerging technologies curbing construction defects, safety hazards and more in a Dodge Data & Analytics study.

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4 fundamental relationships between buildings and machines

BD+C

The relationships between buildings and machines have always defined the fields of design and construction. More than 2,000 years ago, in the first treatise on architecture, Vitruvius dedicated all of the final volume to machines. Since then, arguably the entire history of construction has centered on the movement away from handicraft toward progressive degrees of mechanization.

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Astaldi voluntarily defaults on 4 Florida DOT projects

Construction Dive

The contractor's bonding companies and the agency are working to request new bids, starting with Lane Construction and others that bid originally.

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Sports teams get in the game: Mixed-use developments are using sports stadiums as their anchors

BD+C

In the summer of 2020, the most expensive sports stadium ever built is scheduled to open in Inglewood, Calif., four miles from Los Angeles International Airport.

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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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UpCodes building code database draws ICC ire

Construction Dive

The startup says its searchable platform gives users "free, unfettered access" to law. The International Code Council's copyright suit claims damages to its revenue model.

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The World’s Best Are Making Their Move — To New Brunswick

Business Facilities

The Canadian province offers an exceptionally low cost of doing business and all of the essentials required by the world’s most successful companies to reach a global market. - Read: The World’s Best Are Making Their Move — To New Brunswick at BusinessFacilities.com.

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NYC lawmaker stresses safety training after month's 3rd death

Construction Dive

There has been no indication from the city's Department of Buildings that these deadly accidents will speed up implementation of new safety training laws.

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Chewy Chooses North Carolina For $55M Fulfillment Center

Business Facilities

The online pet supply retailer will create 1,200 jobs at its new e-commerce fulfillment center in Rowan County, NC. - Read: Chewy Chooses North Carolina For $55M Fulfillment Center at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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$3.1B Federal Way Link light-rail extension advances

Construction Dive

The 7.8-mile Seattle-area project now moves to the engineering phase, putting it closer to securing a $790 million Federal Transit Administration grant.

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Increase Productivity with New Series of Professional Gas-Powered Hedge Trimmers

Green Industry Professionals

Husqvarna's new series of gas-powered hedge trimmers features a special knife design and gear ratio, a two-stage air filter and a well-balanced overall design

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$600M Miami transit-oriented development breaks ground

Construction Dive

The five-tower, mixed-use development in Coconut Grove is one of southern Florida's biggest projects ever.

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More thoughts about start-ups from 30,000 feet in the air

Construction Marketing Ideas

Last night, after an association meeting, I came home at 8:30 p.m. to three intense hours of work, pulling together the threads of existing publications and the new Ontario Construction News daily e-newspaper. And, yes, I needed to organize my personal affairs and pack — because Vivian and I were booked for a 7:00 a.m. […]. The post More thoughts about start-ups from 30,000 feet in the air appeared first on Construction Marketing Ideas.

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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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Komatsu Promises Electric Mini Excavator

Construction Equipment

Komatsu debuted an electric mini excavator at Bauma 2019 in Munich, Germany. Komatsu does not distribute compact equipment in North America. According to the company, the excavator is equipped with a new charger and high-voltage converter.

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St. Petersburg’s police headquarters is a transparent yet secure government facility

BD+C

The new 168,000-sf, $78.3 million St. Petersburg police headquarters building was designed and built as a new home for 526 St. Petersburg police officers and 220 civilian employees. The facility, built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, was designed by Harvard Jolly and uses glass extensively to convey a feeling of transparency to the public.

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Power Up to 13 Separate Tools with One STIHL Powerhead

Green Industry Professionals

STIHL's KMA 130 R lets landscapers trim, prune, edge, clean, cultivate and more with optional attachments – all without gas, fumes or exhaust emissions

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Design-Build Conference Highlights Risk, People Skills

ENR Construction

Communication skills and emotional intelligence are critical not only to successful design-build delivery projects but also to attraction and retention of new talent in the A/E/C industry.

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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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Got That in Writing?

Contractor Magazine

Ever search through five years of texts, emails, notes, proposals, letters written and any other correspondence? What a huge PITA.

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Urban placemaking: Building equity by design [AIA course]

BD+C

The U.S. is in the midst of an urban renaissance. People are returning to cities, sparking new investment and growth. This renewed interest in cities coincides with increasing pressure to address current challenges, including climate change and deteriorating infrastructure, and to repurpose former industrial sites and underused land in older urban centers.

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FAQ: How Can Collaborative Technologies Help Me On My Next Construction Project?

Contractor Magazine

Every day, collaborative construction management software is accelerating project delivery and helping contractors work more efficiently.

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Submersible Generator Readied for River Service

ENR Construction

The road to innovation can be a long and winding one, but it might be hard to rival the path followed by the Ocean Renewable Power Co., of Portland, Maine, and its RivGen submersible electric power generating system, which is designed for installation on riverbeds and is based upon the company’s tide-driven units for maritime locations.

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Discover 7 Ways to Cut Construction Inefficiencies

Construction sites are often just-barely-controlled chaos. Without clear coordination, you risk everything from clashes to delays, cancellations, and missed deadlines. Get the free eBook & learn how to solve the biggest challenges in construction!

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Process of tension test on steel

Construction Cost Estimating

Tension test is conducted on mild steel, tor steel and high tensile steel to find out different characteristics like Young’s modulus, ultimate strength, and the percentage elongation. Under this type of test, a steel rod is susceptible to tension load with the use of a Universal testing machine(UTM). The following equipments are used for conducting Tension Test on Steel: 1.

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Ironworkers Install Girder Splints at Troubled San Francisco Transit Hub

ENR Construction

Field work to fix two fractured girders is underway at the troubled Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco.

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Types of rollers and their functionalities

Construction Cost Estimating

Rollers are mainly utilized for the compaction of soil, gravel, sand, crushed stone layers, etc. The functionality of roller is primarily dependent on vibration, impact loading, kneading as well as direct pressure on the relevant layer. The following types of rollers are mostly recognized: 1. Vibratory Roller 2. Tamping roller/ sheep foot rolle 3. Smooth wheel rollers 4.