August, 2017

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What is Punching Shear? Punching Shear in Slabs and Foundations

The Constructor

Punching shear is a failure mechanism in structural members like slabs and foundation by shear under the action of concentrated loads. Calculations.

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4 Ways to Bid with Confidence

Construction Business Owner

If you are a commercial construction business owner planning your bids for spring and summer of 2018, controlling fuel expenses for your fleet is a major consideration. Based on the laws of supply and demand, the variability of diesel fuel costs is driven by a range of factors, from regional and global events to Mother Nature. How do construction businesses stay profitable when one of the largest expenses—fuel—is a moving target?

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Introducing Our New Blog: Viewpoint Surveyor

Viewpoint Construction Technology

It’s been a busy summer here at Viewpoint: We announced our exciting acquisition of Dexter + Chaney , a leader in cloud-based ERP software. Viewpoint’s Enterprise Cloud platform launched as the next generation of construction software. Our team has been on the road at trade shows, conventions, and seminars. We rolled out updates and enhancements to Field View, ProContractor, and Vista.

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Green Globes to be Approved in Maryland

Green Building Law Update

Last week the Maryland Green Building Council voted unanimously to recommend that Green Globes, at the two Green Globes level, be approved by the Maryland Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services as a “high performance building” as defined in Maryland law. The vote is being widely heralded as a significant step forward in expanding green building in the State and across the country.

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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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The State Of Women In Construction

Lets Build

Society has progressed and evolved in many ways. One significant change has been the increasing presence of women in the business world. Women have progressed in leadership and taken up challenges that were once considered too difficult for them to perform. In 2017, one can observe the resulting change in.

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Failure Modes of RCC Beams Strengthened with NSM FRP Techniques

The Constructor

The near surface mounted strengthening of reinforced concrete beams improves its flexural strength. Failure modes of such beams is discussed. Read.

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5 Tips for Tackling the Skilled Labor Shortage

Construction Business Owner

For the construction companies left standing after the Great Recession, an even greater challenge weighs heavily on owners: the shortage of skilled labor required to replace retiring workers and allow for growth.

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20 Songs about Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

From bluegrass groups to jam bands, country to alternative rock, we’ve got you covered.

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Deere Q3 Sales Up 16 Percent

Construction Equipment

Deere announced its third-quarter earnings today, showing a net income of $641.8 million for the quarter ended July 30, 2017, compared with $488.8 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2016. For the first nine months of fiscal 2017, net income attributable to Deere & Company was $1.649 billion, compared with $1.239 billion, for the same period last year.

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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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The 50 Construction Blogs That Will Change How You See Our Industry

Lets Build

We hereby bring you our list of 50 biggest construction blogs and places to get updates about the construction industry. A great list for you to check out in order to find influential companies in the industry, that talks about the newest trends and pulse of the industry. The list.

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European debut for 120-tonne Hyundai R1200-9

Digger Blog

Hyundai’s new 120-tonner has been showing what it can do on a demolition project in Luxembourg. Hyundai’s new 120-tonner has been showing what it can do on a demolition project in Luxembourg.

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Types of Pile Driving Equipments -Applications, Advantages and Details

The Constructor

There are several machines and equipment which are employed for pile driving during construction. These machines and tools are discussed. Read More.

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Why Your Company Needs Multicultural Leadership

Construction Business Owner

According to an article by Andrea Durkin, principal of Sparkplug, a consulting firm based in Washington D.C., globalism has taken root in the hearts of millennials. Borders are being erased, and immigrants are flooding into western countries by the millions. Circumstances dictate actions, and businesses are compelled to either respond properly or become a relic of the past.

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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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Innovation at 72 design firms

BD+C

Where architecture and A/E firms broke new ground in ’16: Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Using HadCM3 weather files to simulate building performance against climate change and stormwater scenarios. AHL Created “Pedal Parc” from recycled materials; people can pedal stationary bikes to charge their smartphones. api(+) New focus: food retailing and food service markets.

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Replacing Hard Hats with Safety Helmets

Construction Equipment

While traditional style hard hats for construction workers are better than nothing, doesn't it make better sense to wear purpose-designed headgear that does a far better job of protecting the worker in a dangerous work environment? The introduction of the helmets—don’t call them hard hats—is driven by the belief that helmets provide better side impact protection than traditional hard hats and won’t tumble away if a worker falls, company safety officials told Bloomberg BNA.

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Mental Health In Construction: The Ugly Truth

Lets Build

Did you know that working in construction you are six times more likely to die from suicide than from a fall from a height? That is a statistic that “ The Construction Industry Helpline ”, an organization to help those in the construction industry on a variety of topics, CEO Bill Hill has discovered. A quick search of “mental health in construction” and can you see countless construction related articles showing the heartbreaking statistics of workers who have either taken their lives or conside

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Construction Contracts And Arbitration Provisions: Is The Word “May” Mandatory? Maybe!

Best Practices Construction Law

You don’t always say what you mean. And you don’t always mean what you say. In construction contracts, parties attempt to use plain and ordinary words to describe their respective obligations. As an example, when the parties use the word “shall” in their agreement, they generally understand that the obligation specified is mandatory. Or when parties use the word “may” in their contract, performance is permissive or optional given the plain meaning of the word.

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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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Methods of Bridge Column Casing -Properties, Details and Uses

The Constructor

Purpose of providing bridge column casing is to improve its ductility, shear and flexural capacity. Methods of column casing, details and uses are.

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Training for Rented Compact Equipment

Construction Business Owner

Renting compact equipment continues to be a strategic alternative to ownership for a variety of reasons. It gives you and your operators the opportunity to take on short-term projects and access new revenue sources, as well as use the newest and most advanced equipment, all while reducing operating costs and minimizing downtime.

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How to create healthy learning environments with active design

BD+C

The philosophy of active design makes a student’s well-being and health a key priority in campus design. An active environment helps students develop the body and mind, creating a setting where they learn to make healthy choices and establish habits that last a lifetime. Active design can be incorporated into any facility or campus with a few simple steps.

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Hawthorne City Council Gives Musk OK for Test Tunnel

Construction Equipment

The Hawthorne, California city council has signed off on plans that will let Elon Musk bore his first 2-mile test tunnel for electric vehicles beneath city streets. Up until now, Musk has had to keep his Boring Company occupied digging under his own SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, but Thursday night city officials voted to let Musk dig into city property.

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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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How To Efficiently Decrease Your Accident Rate

Lets Build

Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in the world. In 2015, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 937 workers lost their lives on construction sites, only in United States. The Fatal Four (falls, electrocutions, struck by object, caught in/between) represent between 65% of the.

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Project Documentation: The Bad Little Email That Got Produced

Best Practices Construction Law

Believe it or not, there are always a wealth of emails and other documents produced in litigation that help “make the case” for the other side. Take, for the example, the e-mail I found in the files of one superintendent entitled “PROJECT DELAYS” … the words could not have been clearer … “ I think we need to begin to tell management that we are late.

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Sumps and Ditches for Dewatering of Excavations -Uses and Advantages

The Constructor

Application of sumps and ditches within an excavation is one of the elementary method of dewatering employed in construction. Uses and advantages of.

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3 Technologies Used To Improve Construction Businesses

Construction Business Owner

What would we do without technology? Whether it is to order food, get directions, shop, manage finances or speak to people—technology has become so seamlessly integrated in everyday life that not many people can imagine a world without it.

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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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Teflon’s little brother is breathing new life into big design

BD+C

Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene. A name that’s difficult to say but hard to forget, at least among those within the build world who have worked on projects using the versatile material. It’s much easier to just go with the more mnemonic acronym “ETFE”. This little-known plastic polymer, first created in the 1930s, has suddenly become a build world staple – especially in projects like sporting venues, commercial outlets, educational buildings, resorts, transportation hubs, and other high visibility

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Navistar Fined $30.8 Million for Fraud

Construction Equipment

A Jackson, Tenn., jury has ruled Navistar must pay $31 million in damages for failing to disclose problems with its MaxxForce engines in the first judgment against the truck maker from dozens of lawsuits filed for damages related to the MaxxForce engine.

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The 10 Pros And Cons Of Construction Site Inspections

Lets Build

Inspections are an essential part of the construction process. If done correctly, they can have tremendous advantages for anyone working in the industry. They can provide the certainty that everything proceeds as it should and in a safe way. It is clear that inspectors have a crucial job. They have.