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Why Now Is the Right Time to Work on Your Company Culture

Construction Business Owner

Why Now Is the Right Time to Work on Your Company Culture. Elizabeth Manning. Thu, 04/23/2020 - 18:50. Your company culture could be the driving force keeping key talent away. Improve your employees' working environment to keep the good ones around and hire a better team.

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What is Self-Sensing Concrete? [PDF]

The Constructor

Self-sensing concrete is a smart concrete technology that can sense the stress, strain, and damage in itself. It is also called as self-monitoring or.

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Are You Using the Wrong Tires for Your Equipment?

Construction Business Owner

Are You Using the Wrong Tires for Your Equipment? Elizabeth Manning. Thu, 04/23/2020 - 16:23. The tires you are using on your construction equipment could make all the difference in your return on investment—make sure yours are right for the equipment and the job at hand.

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AIA index points to major downturn in commercial construction

Construction Dive

The record decline in billings reflects how quickly business conditions have changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and portends a grim outlook.

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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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Roof to wall flashing

GCP Applied Technologies

Roof to wall flashing. michael.delros…. Thu, 04/23/2020 - 18:39. GCP Applied Technologies. April 23, 2020. house wrap / flashing / roof to wall. . Watch videos on how to properly install a self-adhered weather barrier to the wall, how to install window flashing tape, how to install roofing underlayments, and how to properly connect the house wrap system to the home's roofing underlayment.

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Window flashing tape

GCP Applied Technologies

Window flashing tape. michael.delros…. Thu, 04/23/2020 - 15:43. GCP Applied Technologies. April 23, 2020. house wrap / flashing / tape / window. . Below, find detail drawings for securing the house wrap system around window fixtures. Contents. Flanged window flashing installation. Flashing tie-in at window sill. All window details. [VIDEO] Window flashing installation. . .

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Take a virtual tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House

BD+C

The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, located in Chicago and Oak Park, has recently uploaded a video to its Youtube channel that allows you to take a guided tour of Wright's Frederick C. Robie House. The Robie House was Chicago's first Landmark building, is a National Historic Landmark, and has recently been inscribed to the World Heritage list. Watch below as David Badnall, the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust curator, takes you on a guided tour of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most significant projects. .

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IoT Systems Help Social Distancing

Construction Equipment

Several workers are concerned about how to properly execute social distancing on-site so work can be completed safely. As a result, new products aiming to assist these workers are beginning to surface. One example, SmartVid.

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COVID-19 epidemic demonstrates value of flexible hospital space

BD+C

The value of flexible hospital space is being demonstrated as administrators rush to increase the number of hospital ICU beds to meet the expected peak in COVID-19 cases. In many states, regulations require treatment rooms to be different sizes depending on the stage of patient care being provided. Facilities may now be more likely to specify space for acuity-adaptable units that are designed to match the square footage of ICU rooms.

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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 Lessons Construction Companies Can Take From Episodes 1 & 2 of The Last Dance

Construction Junkie

via ESPN. If you would have asked me what I wanted to be when I was young, I would have told you I wanted to play professional basketball – all thanks to Michael Jordan. It wasn’t going to happen, but my man MJ made it look so easy. Sports fans probably watched parts 1&2 of ESPN’s documentary, The Last Dance, which chronicles the final season of the Chicago Bulls dynasty in the 1990s last weekend (because what else are you doing?).

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Focus Services Creating 200 Jobs In North Carolina

Business Facilities

The Utah-based customer contact solutions company will invest $1 million to establish a new operations center in Tarboro, NC. . - Read: Focus Services Creating 200 Jobs In North Carolina at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Volvo CE Sales Drop 17% in First Quarter

Construction Equipment

Volvo Construction Equipment sales dropped 17 percent in the first quarter to SEK 20.1 billion, or about $2 billion, compared to 2019. The company cited “the rapid deterioration of global demand” caused by Covid-19. Operating income dropped from SEK 3.65 billion to SEK 2.

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Ultra-High-Performance Concrete is Ready to Revolutionize Precast, Prestressed Concrete

ENR Construction

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute has recently commissioned the largest Ultra High-Performance Concrete implementation project in which six major precast concrete companies are collaborating to develop their own ultra mixture proportions and to implement the technology.

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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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Maintenance Tips for Compact Machines

Construction Equipment

Maintaining equipment on the job can not only reduce downtime, but it can also prevent unexpected costs of repairs and parts. To keep compact equipment performing at peak levels it’s critical that maintenance is prioritized accordingly.

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Person County, NC Launches COVID PIVOT Impact Loan

Business Facilities

The Person County Economic Development Commission's COVID PIVOT Impact Loan program will provide short-term assistance to small businesses. - Read: Person County, NC Launches COVID PIVOT Impact Loan at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Terramac Adds Cowin Eqt. Co. to Dealer Network

Construction Equipment

Cowin Equipment Co., Birmingham, Alabama, now represents Terramac products in Alabama, the Florida panhandle, and the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area.

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How Much Weight Can Composite Toes Take: (Impact & Compression Test Case Study)

Work Gearz

People generally bear the wrong idea that as composite toe caps are made of lighter materials than the steel, they are generally less durable and can take less load than their steel counterparts. This is completely wrong! And today in this article I am going to tell you the truth about composite toe caps and break the myth with proofs! Composite toe caps are as good as the steel toe caps and can bear the same load or sometimes even more with even better protection and of course they are even lig

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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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21 today – Avant Tecno (UK)

Digger Blog

Avant Tecno (UK), the Norfolk-based subsidiary of Finnish compact loader manufacturer Avant Tecno, is celebrating 21 years of service on 23rd April 2020.

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Spencer Dam Failure Report: Utilities, Owners Must Prepare for Ice Runs

ENR Construction

Dam owners, state and local authorities must do a better job of understanding the history of the dams in their inventory as well as preparing for ice runs that could destroy dams like Nebraska's Spencer Dam, which collapsed under the weight of heavy rain combined with cold temperatures and frozen ground last spring.

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Different Types of Plumbing Pipes for Different Use

CivilJungle

Various types of plumbing pipes are used in building construction works for various purposes like water distribution, drainage, waste disposal made from different materials. In every construction, a sufficient quantity of water ought to be available in the required locations to meet the various needs of occupants. Thus, water needs have to be properly computed before the construction of the structure.

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State DOTs Expedite Millions in Construction, With Highways Empty

ENR Construction

Low traffic counts across allow more work and COVID-19 protection measures, but added funding shortages loom over future projects.

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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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Solid as a Rock

Digger Blog

That’s what it says on the side of this new dump truck from German manufacturer GHH Fahrzeuge – solid as a rock.

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Toro Gives $500,000 to Coronavirus Relief Efforts

Construction Equipment

Toro is giving $500,000 to assist families and communities worldwide that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Construction Contractor Confidence plummets in February

BD+C

Confidence among U.S. construction industry leaders plummeted in February due to expectations of the economic fallout associated with COVID-19, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors Construction Confidence Index released today. Readings for sales, profit margins and staffing levels expectations fell below the threshold of 50 for the first time in the history of the series, signaling expected contraction along all three dimensions.

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New Dodge Study Shows Contractors Concerned about Longer-Term Impacts of COVID-19 Crisis

Construction Superintendent Magazine

In order to better understand the degree of impact and biggest concerns that the construction industry has about the COVID-19 crisis, Dodge Data & Analytics conducted a survey of 172 contractors across the U.S. from March 19 to March 31. The results of that study, published in the Keeping Business Going in a Time of Crisis: Findings from the Dodge Contractor Panel Study on Contractors’ State of Business During the COVID-19 Outbreak white paper, reveals that most contractors are feeling at le

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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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5 must reads for the AEC industry today: April 23, 2020

BD+C

1. Architecture Billings Index points to major downturn in commercial construction (AIA). "Largest monthly decline in billings a direct result of pandemic response.".

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Judge Orders New Orleans, Hard Rock Developer to Decide on Demolition

ENR Construction

If approved, the conventional demolition would take down the upper floors of the collapsed building by July.

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Group will create ecosystem for smart building data

BD+C

A group of companies say they will join forces to create an ecosystem for smart building data.

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