November, 2020

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How to reduce bug holes in concrete

GCP Applied Technologies

How to reduce bug holes in concrete. Phillip.fry@gc…. Tue, 11/10/2020 - 13:13. GCP Applied Technologies. November 10, 2020. Discover best practices for improving the aesthetics of your concrete, including reducing bug holes. When working on a concrete structure where aesthetics are important, extra care needs to be taken to prevent bug holes. These unsightly surface voids occur when air is trapped between the form and the fresh concrete.

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6 Quick Tips for Calculating Concrete Yield

Construction Business Owner

6 Quick Tips for Calculating Concrete Yield. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 11/17/2020 - 16:48. When pouring concrete, it's important to make sure you know all the variables involved and calculate with them in mind. Here's how to accurately estimate concrete yield with construction tech.

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Connecting Service Contractors’ Back Offices and In-Field Technicians — In an Instant

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Vista Field Service gives service techs faster, easier tools to work with in the field while closing the data loop with the back office.

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Job Order Contracting Overview

Job Order Contracting

This Job Order Contacting Overview provides the basics for establishing a best value and fully compliant JOC Program. Unfortunately, most JOC Programs are not optimized to achieve best value. While traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems, Job Order Contracting can consistently deliver quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget.

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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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Cloud Computing in Construction: Are we Availing all its Benefits?

The Constructor

Cloud computing in construction is the use of virtual servers to access documents, drawings, and data relevant to a project through an internet.

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How to Dispose of and Recycle PPE

Construction Equipment

There is good news for fleets that care about safe disposal of PPE and the environment. With the Covid-19 threat ongoing, an estimated 129 billion face masks and 65 billion plastic gloves are being produced every month.

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How to Create & Maintain a Productive Training Program

Construction Business Owner

How to Create & Maintain a Productive Training Program. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 11/24/2020 - 12:18. Simulators—by their very nature—are well-positioned to help construction firms and vocational schools overcome the training challenges brought on by COVID-19. Workers involved in essential construction like public infrastructure, housing and health care cannot do their jobs from home, and training must continue to ensure that employees have the right qualifications to execute in a safe and product

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Top 155 Architecture Firms for 2020

BD+C

Gensler, Perkins and Will, and HKS Architects top the rankings of the nation's largest architecture firms for nonresidential and multifamily buildings work, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2020 Giants 400 Report.

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[VIDEO] Watch 1400 Days of Work Building the NFL’s Largest Stadium in 3 Minutes

Construction Junkie

via EarthCam // YouTube. While I’ve written a lot about the new Las Vegas Raiders stadium over the past couple of years, that stadium wasn’t the only one to make its NFL debut this season. SoFi Stadium , located in Inglewood, California and the new home to the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers, officially held its ribbon cutting ceremony on September 8 of this year, but, as well all know, it’s not real until the timelapse video is released.

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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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Design Procedure of Reinforced Concrete T-beam with Example

The Constructor

T-beams are formed when reinforced concrete floor slabs, roofs, and decks are cast monolithically with their supporting beams. Generally, formworks.

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Get There Florida: The Sunshine State’s New Workforce Education Initiative

Business Facilities

Get There Florida is a new workforce education initiative aimed at raising awareness of short-term but high-value career and technical education programs. - Read: Get There Florida: The Sunshine State’s New Workforce Education Initiative at BusinessFacilities.com.

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5 Tips to Steer Your Maintenance in the Right Direction

Construction Equipment

This year has been full of unexpected changes in operations and activities that have had a profound effect on private and public fleets. Many things were thrown out of sequence and activities were either cancelled or deferred.

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Understanding the Difference Between Design-Assist & Delegated Design

Construction Business Owner

Understanding the Difference Between Design-Assist & Delegated Design. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 11/17/2020 - 15:47. The architecture, engineering and construction industries are chock-full of buzzwords and terminology that—although they may be used casually and often—can have different meanings depending on the teams you are speaking to and the role that team or team member plays in the life cycle of a project. .

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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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Top 100 Architecture Engineering Firms for 2020

BD+C

Stantec, HDR, and HOK head the rankings of the nation's largest architecture engineering (AE) firms for nonresidential and multifamily buildings work, as reported in Building Design+Construction 's 2020 Giants 400 Report.

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The Builder's Role in a Connected Home Future

Pro Builder

The Builder's Role in a Connected Home Future. rbinsacca. Wed, 11/25/2020 - 09:25. CEDIA's Giles Sutton offers insight on how home builders can gain a competitive advantage against existing homes. Rich Binsacca, Editor-in-Chief. Giles Sutton. SVP, Industry Engagement. CEDIA. Among its many ripple effects, COVID-19 has underscored the value of a strong and reliable in-home internet signal that allows multiple people—parents working from home, kids learning virtually, everyone binge-watching their

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Bandra-Worli Bridge: India’s Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge in the Open Sea

The Constructor

The Bandra-Worli Bridge, now known as the Rajiv Gandhi sea link, is a civil engineering marvel traversing an arc along the coastline of the city of.

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LED, LSUS Form $3M Technology Cooperative Endeavor Agreement

Business Facilities

A $1.2 million Louisiana Economic Development grant will match $2 million from LSU Shreveport to grow technology careers. - Read: LED, LSUS Form $3M Technology Cooperative Endeavor Agreement at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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Epiroc Launches ‘Try-and-Buy’ Drill Rig Program

Construction Equipment

Epiroc has introduced the Try-and-Buy program for the FlexiROC T30 R construction edition tophammer surface drill rig. The program offers free jobsite testing of the drill.

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How You Are Halting Your Company's Progress & How to Fix It

Construction Business Owner

How You Are Halting Your Company's Progress & How to Fix It. Elizabeth Manning. Thu, 11/12/2020 - 11:48. Organizations can often be characterized by the “Goldilocks principle.” Sometimes, there is too much management, creating a smothering effect or a feeling of micromanagement. In other cases, there is complete autonomy, leading to dysfunction and a lack of control.

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AIA honors cutting-edge designs with 2020 Education Facility Design Award

BD+C

The American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) is recognizing 11 projects for state-of-the-art designs of schools and learning centers.

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Home Trends: What’s Current and to Come, According to the Experts

Pro Builder

Home Trends: What’s Current and to Come, According to the Experts. cbroderick. Mon, 11/23/2020 - 10:00. The New Home Institute hosted a panel of four housing experts to examine the changing housing design trends. Caroline Broderick, Associate Editor. The New Home Trends Institute brought back four of their most popular speakers from the 2020 annual Housing Design Summit to give a glimpse into the future of home design, while reflecting on the current consumer needs.

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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 Protect Metal Roof Panels in Cold Climates?

The Constructor

It’s a well-established fact that metal buildings are strong and durable and serve as an excellent option for cold and snowy climates. However, to.

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DST Innovations Project To Create 1,000 Jobs In West Virginia 

Business Facilities

An agreement between UK company DST and Blue Rock Manufacturing will bring a new manufacturing facility, and up to 1,000 new jobs to West Virginia. - Read: DST Innovations Project To Create 1,000 Jobs In West Virginia at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Trimble Studies Show Machine Tech Results

Construction Equipment

Trimble side-by-side evaluations of excavator operators using conventional as well as guided methods of trenching produced data showing just how effective machine control can be.

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How to Determine the Data That Matters to Your Firm

Construction Business Owner

How to Determine the Data That Matters to Your Firm. Elizabeth Manning. Thu, 11/19/2020 - 23:51. Analytics dashboards continue to grow in popularity among contractors, but the discussion can omit an important consideration—metrics that are useful to one company can be meaningless to another. While certain financial yardsticks are universal, the relevance of other key performance indicators (KPIs) depends on many factors, such as how large the company is, what it builds, who its customers are and

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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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Top 135 Contractors for 2020

BD+C

Turner, Whiting-Turner, and STO Building Group head the rankings of the nation's largest general contractors, CM at risk firms, and design-builders for nonresidential buildings and multifamily buildings work, as reported in Building Design+Construction 's 2020 Giants 400 Report. .

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[VIDEO] Watch an 85 Year Old, 5 Story Building be Relocated 200 Feet with a ‘Walking Machine’

Construction Junkie

via YouTube. Usually, when a new development is going to go into a spot where a building already exists, that existing building gets blown into smithereens and its remaining rubble hauled away. BUT, there is apparently a different way to handle the situation now, which is by politely asking the building to walk away and to find a new home – well, kind of.

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How to Construct a Bored Pile Foundation?

The Constructor

Bored pile foundation or drilled shaft foundation is a commonly used foundation for supporting heavy vertical loads. It transfers the load to the.