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How To Properly Install Interlocking Concrete Blocks

Construction Marketing

Interlocking concrete blocks are a unique form of pre-cast concrete blocks that are designed to hold together by using pre-measured holes and depressions. They’re built with unique profiles and features, allowing them to fit perfectly into each other without the use of any mortar. Instead, the cementitious blocks simply snap together with each other, making a highly durable and sturdy material.

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Five Practical Ways To Get More Leads For Your Construction Business

Contractor Bookkeeping

It's unexpected these days that people happen to find your business and become a client or customer with no work on your part. Your construction company has to grab people's attention, turn curious visitors into leads, and then convert those leads into sales. This means that the more solid leads you have, the greater your chances of making a sale. Solid leads are those contacts engaged in your business, fit your buyer persona, and are at least somewhat motivated to make a purchase or hire your s

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Why the Time is Ripe for Widespread BIM Adoption

Construction Business Owner

Why the Time is Ripe for Widespread BIM Adoption. Elizabeth Manning. Thu, 10/01/2020 - 23:10. A study from Dodge Data & Analytics reports significant benefits for contractors of all sizes that are adopting BIM (building information modeling) on their projects.

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How to Construct a Concrete Building? Step by Step Process

The Constructor

The construction of concrete buildings is different from one structure to another based on the size, complexity, function, and materials of the.

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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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FDRsafety’s Client, National Steel City, LLC Reduced or Eliminated Welding Fume Exposure and Improved Employee Comfort

FDR Safety

The Challenges Employees Face. You are welding on the construction site and the work is rarely (actually, almost never) on a bench with ventilation. The welds must be made at working surface level, in tight spaces and in body positions that are hot and cause you to sweat. Using a supplied air welding helmet means you might be constrained by the air hose and all the potential hazards it raises (i.e., tripping, entanglement and fatigue).

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A Guide to Managing the Risks of Working at Height

Construction Business Owner

A Guide to Managing the Risks of Working at Height. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 09/29/2020 - 14:05. In 2019, 298 construction workers died because of a fall. Don't let your jobsite employees be a part of the 2020 data. Here's a fall protection guide for your team.

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Modular Construction: The Future of the Construction Industry

The Constructor

Popularly known as prefabrication (or prefab), modular construction is a mechanism in which the building is constructed in a factory environment.

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NYC Micro-Tunnels to Combat Flooding

Construction Equipment

An infrastructure project is underway in Queens to help alleviate flooding problems. According to New York’s CBS Local, crews are using advanced technology to complete one piece of it, with minimal inconvenience to those who live and work nearby.

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Smart buildings stand on good data

BD+C

Technology has always been about being smarter, but it wasn’t until 1995 that the word “smart” was seamlessly attached to an individual piece of technology - the smartphone. (And we do mean seamlessly – today, “smartphone” is almost always written as one word.) From there, it took less than 15 years for smartphones to replace traditional analog cell phones as the communication method of choice.

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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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How to Bid Smarter, Not Harder

Construction Business Owner

How to Bid Smarter, Not Harder. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 09/29/2020 - 13:26. Want to bid better on the projects you really want? Focus on finding your construction firm's niche market and building a strong strategy.

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Golden Gate Bridge: Construction of One of the Longest Suspension Bridges in the World

The Constructor

The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco Bay to Marine County and is seen as a symbol of power and progress of the United States of America. It.

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New Electric Transmission Line Will Create 1,000 Jobs In Kansas

Business Facilities

The new 800-mile Grain Belt Express electric transmission line will carry low-cost, Kansas wind energy to consumers across the Midwest, and create nearly 1,000 jobs. - Read: New Electric Transmission Line Will Create 1,000 Jobs In Kansas at BusinessFacilities.com.

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World’s First Cordless, Heated Lunch Box Promises Construction Workers Warm Meals

Construction Junkie

via LunchEAZE. The cold weather season is approaching faster than we’d like it to and it’s the perfect time to start thinking about meals that will warm your bones on those frigid work days. Some jobsites are lucky enough to have a microwave on site, but for others it’s a thermos of soup or a cold meal – at least it USED to be. After raising over $35,000 on Kickstarter last year, LunchEAZE is officially for sale to the public, offering warm meals through the use of its battery powered, heated lu

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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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Do Your Trade Partners Measure Up?

Construction Business Owner

Do Your Trade Partners Measure Up? Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 09/29/2020 - 14:21. Are you constantly evaluating the subcontractors and vendors your construction firm works with? Here's a few tips to make sure they perform to your expectations.

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The Great Wall of China: Construction of the World’s Largest Project Ever Undertaken

The Constructor

The Great Wall of China is an approximately 21,196 km long series of several walls constructed across northern China with an objective to protect the.

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LiveXchange 2020 Keynote Presentation: Reshoring In 2021

Business Facilities

Learn how your business can increase the odds of success by carefully evaluating the economics of a reshoring decision in this LiveXchange Keynote Presentation by Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute. - Read: LiveXchange 2020 Keynote Presentation: Reshoring In 2021 at BusinessFacilities.com.

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GoFormz Reduces Communication Silos Through Mobile Forms

Construction Junkie

courtesy of GoFormz. This article is part of Construction Junkie’s coverage of Groundbreak 2020, Procore’s annual technology conference. GoFormz will be in attendance in the virtual exhibitor hall. More details can be found below. One thing that many people don’t realize about the construction industry is the large amount of forms we have to fill out, such as inspections, daily logs, checklists, and meeting minutes.

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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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Doosan Bobcat Wins Innovation Award

Construction Equipment

Doosan Bobcat North America has been named a winner of the Innovation Leader 2020 Impact Award in the Best New Initiative category for Features On Demand, a digital solution that enables customers to customize features on Bobcat R Series compact track loaders and skid steer loaders.

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Leaning Tower of Pisa: An Architectural Marvel or Engineering Failure?

The Constructor

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a white marble bell tower standing beside the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, recognizable worldwide as an.

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Sir David Adjaye OBE to receive 2021 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

BD+C

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce that Sir David Adjaye will receive the 2021 Royal Gold Medal , one of the world’s highest honours for architecture. . The Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty The Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence 'either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture'. .

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Air Products Provides World’s Leading LNG Technology From Palmetto, FL

Business Facilities

Air Products recently completed an expansion of its manufacturing facility at Port Manatee on Florida’s West Coast to meet the needs of the ever-growing liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. - Read: Air Products Provides World’s Leading LNG Technology From Palmetto, FL at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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John Deere E-II Series ADTs

Construction Equipment

The E-II Series of Deere articulated dump trucks have a redesigned dump body, updated operator station, and new drive and transmission retarder modes. The John Deere ADT dump body is wider, and it has a lowered and leveled rail height to improve material retention.

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How to Monitor Stone and Brick Masonry Work?

The Constructor

Masonry work indicates the construction of structures using building blocks like stones, bricks, concrete, etc. The process involves significant.

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Exposing the beauty of engineered wood

BD+C

The McLaughlin Middle School/Marshall Elementary School, located in Vancouver, Washington, is one of the largest mass timber projects in the Pacific Northwest, at an astonishing 203,000 square feet. The project was carried out by Western Wood Structures, a local construction company based out of Tualatin, Oregon, that specializes in mass timber installation. .

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Arizona: Silicon Makes Gold In The Copper State

Business Facilities

Businesses choosing to locate their next facility in Arizona will discover there’s gold in the Copper State. - Read: Arizona: Silicon Makes Gold In The Copper State at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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Jobs Decline in 39 States

Construction Equipment

Thirty-nine states lost construction jobs between August 2019 and August 2020 while 31 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between July and August according to a new analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.

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What are the Important Pile Integrity Test Methods?

The Constructor

Pile integrity test (PIT) is defined as a qualitative evaluation of the integrity of piles. As per ASTM D5882, pile integrity comprises the.

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Not Just An Old Wives’ Tale: Negotiating “Paid In Full” Check Binds Contractor

Best Practices Construction Law

Long before I was an attorney, I heard this tale that if you endorsed a check that had the words “PAID IN FULL” written on the check, then you were accepting the check as full payment of whatever was owed. But I have never really thought about that legal principle because, “People don’t really do that, do they?”. In Triangle Construction Co. v. Fouches and Assoc., the Court of Appeals of Mississippi held that the PAID IN FULL principle—or what lawyers know as accord and satisfaction —barred a