Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
'The typical construction jobsite has drastically changed in the last decade. Processes that used to require piles of paperwork and trips from the field to the office and back again are becoming simpler and more efficient with the use of mobile technology. The mobile apps described below are eliminating paperwork, streamlining work flows and helping to make contractors’ lives a little bit easier.
HardHatChat
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
'Englewood recently completed a Trader Joe’s in Libertyville, Ill. The grocery market has been extremely hot in the Chicago area. In the depths of a historically cold Midwestern winter, one market has remained particularly hot for Chicago commercial general contractors—grocery store construction. The Chicago grocery construction market has long been dominated by two titans of the industry-Jewel-Osco and Dominick’s.
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Construction Marketing
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
'A while back, the Construction Marketing Association released an industry leading book, Tools of the Trade: Modern Marketing for Construction Brands. This book contained groundbreaking information on the best tactics for construction marketers looking to improve brand engagement and exceed new business goals. Modern Marketing for Construction Brands.
Constructonomics
FEBRUARY 2, 2014
'Home improvement; you either love it or hate it. For most of us it’s a necessary hassle, something we grit our teeth and bear while we wait for our state of the art new kitchen or our new-fangled en suite to be built. There are, however, people in the world who revel in the smell of sawdust, who awake each morning to the sound of a drill or the crash of a hammer and don’t groan in frustration or plug their ears and hope it’s a bad dream; they smile!
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Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
'I had a conversation with Jerry Yudelson last week, six weeks after he became the President of the Green Building Initiative, the non profit with the rights to distribute Green Globes in the United States. Jerry is known to many in the green building world. He was a cofounder of the first USGBC chapter. And in the room when the Greenbuild convention and expo was conceived.
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Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
'The idea of construction workers playing video games on the jobsite would make most construction professionals cringe. Most construction executives who walked on a jobsite and saw workers playing video games would likely fire those workers immediately. But what if those employees were looking at a video game showing an instructional video on window flashing, a jobsite safety animation or a demonstration of how to best access a site for a large delivery?
Carol Hagen
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
'Bluebeam Revu is used by many Architects and General Contractors that also use AutoCAD. When you convert AutoCAD files to PDF, there’s a setting that you’ll want to check if you want to make the text searchable in your PDF. It’s called SHX Fonts and is an option at the time of the file transfer found under the General Settings > Transfer Data Tab as shown above.
BIM & Beam
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
'A new feature is available for users of Structural Analysis 360, the cloud based analysis service for Autodesk Revit Structure. Users of the service are now able to view and investigate the analytical model used by the analysis service directly from within their WebGL enabled web browser. Once a model has been pushed to the cloud for analysis, users will be able to access a convenient 3D model viewer at anytime to view the analytical model that has been submitted to the cloud.
Constructonomics
FEBRUARY 15, 2014
'I’ve spent the past four years starting a construction company through the public bidding process. While I have arguably been successful in doing this, it has not come without plenty of headache, heartache, and just plain unimaginable stress. I’ve probably bid at least 100 public RFPs, but I’ve only been awarded less than 10. I’ve dealt with pretty much everything from erroneous disqualifications to last minute bid deliveries where I tossed my proposal in with only sec
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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
'Apple’s new manufacturing facility will rise on the site of the former First Solar plant in Mesa, AZ. (Photo: solarsystems-usa.net). By Business Facilities Editorial Staff. From the January/February 2014 issue. Gold. Project Title: Apple Manufacturing Facility. Entered By: Greater Phoenix Economic Council. A huge solar panel plant in Mesa, AZ that did not survive the slump in global panel prices will be transformed into an advanced manufacturing facility for tech-giant Apple in a $1.5-billion
BD+C
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
'Gensler has put out its 2014 design forecast, which covers the trends the company believes will dominate design over the next decade. 44 trends are covered in the report, as are six “meta-trends” that define Gensler’s overall outlook on the future of design. The report divides design into 22 focus areas, and the 44 trends are spread out over these. read more.
Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
'When do you feel truly engaged at work? Chances are it’s when you believe in what you are doing, you are actively involved and you enjoy the people you work with. You are truly engaged when you are fully present, committed to the task at hand and enjoying what you are doing.
Carol Hagen
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
'When adding photos to PDFs, you can quick run out of real estate on your document. Bluebeam has addressed this limitation with their Photo gallery capture feature now available in Revu 12. Your photo gallery can attach to any markup so use it with Punch symbols, cloud existing jobsite conditions, callouts of project milestones inside walls before you drywall, etc.
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BIM & Beam
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
'Checking for clashes of structural members and MEP is considered industry standard for BIM but LGS or CFS framing is sometimes left out of the equation. Framing, manufacturing and on-site construction are certainly some of the final frontiers for a complete BIM process. With MWF or Metal Wood Framer by StrucSoft Solutions, powerful clash detection tools are available directly in Revit ® to auto-detect MEP clashes with walls, floors and ceilings and MEP objects, structural members and generic Re
Contractor Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
'BY ROBERT P. MADER & CANDACE ROULO. The editors have met and built relationships with so many passionate and committed industry professionals. We at CONTRACTOR magazine believe these individuals deserve recognition of the mark they have made in the plumbing and hydronics industries; hence we give you our cream of the crop: the most influential people in the plumbing and hydronics industry. read more.
Construction Equipment
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
'The heavy mobile equipment industry is expected to show steady improvement in 2014, according to a report from Great American Group Inc. The report notes that the expansion of domestic oil and gas operations and commercial construction rebounds helped the industry thrive in 2013.
BD+C
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
'New York-based Barbarian Group wanted a collaborative work space--an office where all employees would be able to sit at a desk, but where they could still escape to creative work areas. Clive Wilkinson was the architect who made their vision a reality, according to Business Insider. The desk, made out of 4,400 sf of plywood and one continuous sheet of resin, is so big that all 145 employees can share it.
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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.
Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
'It’s no secret—construction is hard work that requires unrelenting physical and mental toughness. Whether you’re in the field or behind a desk, men and women who take on a career in construction must exert high levels of physical and mental energy to consistently meet industry demands. Construction is tough, and your employees need to be tougher. A fit, powerful team is the foundation of a high-performing company that reaches its greatest potential.
Carol Hagen
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
'These handy Bluebeam Keyboard shortcuts will help Estimators get their work done a bit faster: If you aren’t likely to commit these to memory, you can still work more efficiently with these helpful toolchest estimating tool tips. A Markup and its layer can be defined in the toolchest. To add a layer to a markup, right click on your toolchest markup tool and choose layer.
Digger Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
'The large Zaxis excavator was delivered directly to a wharf on the River Thames last month by Hitachi dealer, HM Plant, to work 24/7 at the hub of the project’s earthmoving operation. DSJV is the main contractor at Limmo Peninsular until all of the tunnelling works are complete at the end of 2015. The tunnelling work began in late 2012 with two of Crossrail’s 1,000-tonne, 150m-long tunnel boring machines (TBMs) engaged on this site.
Contractor Magazine
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
'Although the market for smart communicating thermostats has struggled to gain traction, recent developments — particularly the purchase of smart thermostat maker Nest Labs by Google, for a reported $3.2 billion — indicate that growth is likely to accelerate. read more.
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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!
Construction Equipment
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
'Overall North American rental revenue totaled $38 billion in 2013, according to the American Rental Association’s (ARA) Rental Market Monitor. ARA projects North American rental revenues to be $41.1 billion in 2014 and to reach $52.3 billion by 2017. This gain will be led by strong growth in the U.S. equipment rental market coupled with steady growth in Canada.
BD+C
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
'For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Energy has made its EnergyPlus energy analysis and thermal load simulation program available for free to Building Teams. Using EnergyPlus, AEC professionals can model heating, cooling, lighting, ventilation, and other energy flows, as well as water consumption, within a building design. read more.
Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
'Ask many construction business owners about marketing and business development, and the response will show a general understanding of assembling proposals, demonstrating past projects and winning bids. However, an often overlooked segment of marketing is having a deep understanding of who customers are and what they need, even if they don’t know it themselves.
Help Everybody Everyday
FEBRUARY 23, 2014
'So, you are reading an RFP that makes no sense. In one section, it tells you to do one thing. But in another section, it tells you something completely different. Oh, well! Just submit it in the most logical way, right? WRONG! RFPs commonly need clarification. That’s why there is a question and answer period. Whenever you read language that you even suspect might be contradictory or needs clarification, it is your obligation to ask a question.
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Digger Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
'Worsley is promoting the Remu Big Float as just the thing for aquatic environments like shoreline, rivers, swamps, waste ponds and canals. Finish company Remu has been making amphibious excavators for 10 years now. Its Big Float is an excavator mounted on a patented pontoon undercarriage that can be narrowed to make it easier to transport on roads.
Contractor Magazine
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
'With winter storm Titan preparing to overwhelm millions of Americans, Mr. Rooter Plumbing has released a list of tips for homeowners to help protect their home plumbing systems. “Frozen pipes can be an extremely costly problem if proper precautions are not taken,” states Mary Thompson, president of Mr. Rooter Plumbing. “Often times, homeowners find themselves unprepared when winter weather hits, leading to burst pipes and costly repairs.
Construction Equipment
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
'Construction employment increased in 192 of 339 metropolitan areas between December 2012 and December 2013, according to analysis of federal data by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Employment declined in 84 areas and was flat in 63 for the same time period.
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