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Causes of Failures of Earthfill Dams

The Constructor

Earthfill dams are less rigid and more susceptible to failure. Like most of engineering structures, earth dams may fail due to various reasons such.

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Groundbreaking Model Code for Green Construction Released

Contractor Magazine

The IgCC is part of the Code Council’s family of comprehensive, coordinated and modern model codes.

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U.S. Manufacturing Is Surging

Business Facilities

Bolstered by a robust economy, the United States remains in the top tier of Brookings’ global manufacturing scorecard. - Read: U.S. Manufacturing Is Surging at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Some vital points to be remembered before purchasing ready mix concrete

Construction Cost Estimating

The ready mix concrete is better as compared to the ordinary concrete mix since it needs less labour, time, efforts and cost. It facilitates to retain homogeneous quality during the work and provides the high speed of concrete construction. With ready mix concrete, various types of issues like inferior workability, segregation, and bleeding, inappropriate water cement ratio, insufficient mixing time can be easily resolved in the construction site.

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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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What You Can Learn from AECOM Hunt's Approach to Jobsite Tech

Construction Business Owner

Although it’s hardly a new solution for the industry, the use of 3D modeling on construction projects is still not ubiquitous on and off the jobsite. But there are many advantages to using a 3D model on even a smaller project for a long-term client. Take, for instance, the Walnut Grove Elementary School, an AECOM Hunt project still in progress in a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Continuous Job Cost and Billing Data for Project Managers

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint Team improves project manager data self-sufficiency by providing job cost and billing actuals data without jumping to another application. Although project managers have broad responsibilities, keeping track of job financials is key. Unfortunately, job cost data and billing actuals reporting is often days or even weeks out-of-date. This leaves project managers guessing as to their gain/loss versus the original contract estimate and their over/under billing.

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The beauty and benefits of tinted glass

BD+C

The design applications of glass are as limitless as the imagination. Glass coatings and colors can be applied primarily for aesthetic purposes, yet the performance benefits are an added - sometimes necessary - bonus. Tinted glass is one type that satisfies both of these considerations, enhancing the appearance of a building façade while improving its solar performance.

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What’s Happening to Customer Service?

Construction Business Owner

It’s the best of times. The construction industry is pulsing to the beat of booming business opportunities. Just as other sectors are benefitting, construction is enjoying the positive effects of a thriving economy, in which technological advancements change the way the industry is performing many tasks—from the mundane to the extraordinary—on a seemingly weekly basis.

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Concrete Pumps – Types and Selection

The Constructor

Concrete pumps are tools used to convey liquid concrete from the source of concrete to the place of casting. The basic principle, the types, and.

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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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Midterms 2018: Which voters said yes — or no — to funding infrastructure?

Construction Dive

While voters in some states pledged to pay more for new projects and maintenance through increased taxes, others rejected initiatives that could have generated billions for transportation projects.

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Buying a LEED Certified Building Is Easy But.

Green Building Law Update

Despite that a frog told us all in a song lyric, “it’s not easy bein’ green,” it is easy to buy a green building, but. And there are many good reasons for purchasing a green building that is LEED Certified. LEED gave us the technologies and methodologies revolutionizing the way we construct and occupy buildings. And while there is no debate that a LEED Certified building has a higher return on investment than a comparable nongreen structure, the certification in and of itself may be of particula

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The Future of the Field

Construction Business Owner

There is a surge of change occurring in and around the industry. Because there is arguably no other industry more resistant to change than construction, the ascendancy will not come easily. But it will be worth it. Theoretically, there is no limit on how far this process will extend, or how quickly it will evolve. So, if you plan on working in this industry 5 or 10 years from now, you should embrace the change because one thing is certain: You will not be able to resist it.

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What is Construction Management?

The Constructor

Construction management is the overall planning, coordination, and control of a construction process from the start to the end. The objectives of.

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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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Championing Regulatory Compliance with the Right Construction Management Software

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The right construction management software can help construction organisations stay on top of compliance issues. The fact of life about running a construction-related firm is that adherence to regulations, laws and specifications is a gargantuan challenge. With violations often resulting in enormous fines and serious punishments (a case in point is the current ramifications of using polyethylene core-filled panels currently affecting firms in Melbourne), companies are placed in a position where

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PTD Before Risk Assessment: A Historical Perspective

FDR Safety

This article presents a narrow slice of history as known by Mike Taubitz, beginning with employment at General Motors (GM). It chronicles the foundations and evolution that brought those engaged in the practice of engineering and safety to the current state of PTD in one company. Many forces and efforts have led those of us who are engaged in the practice of safety to where we are in PTD today, but with this article, the author presents a glimpse of the fundamental occurrences in one industry th

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How to Position Your Business for Future Growth

Construction Business Owner

Uncovering opportunities for growing any business, no matter the industry, requires that leadership be open to the idea of change. Technological advancements, a changing economic climate and movement within the industry are all contributing factors that can alter the outlook of any business.

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10 Types of Buildings Based on IBC and UBC

The Constructor

Types of buildings can be classified based on several criteria such as size, function, construction, style, design etc. However, the International.

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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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Get the Full, Behind the Scenes Interview with 2018 Viewpoint Technology Award Winner Hatzel & Buehler

Viewpoint Construction Technology

We had our best user conference yet last month! During the conference, we took some time to highlight three of our clients who are on.

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SLSCO wins $145M border wall contract

Construction Dive

The government contract, to build a 6-mile piece of a border-levee wall system along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, is the Texas contractor's second border wall award this year.

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Price Index Up 2.9% – Past Twelve Months – October 2018

Job Order Contracting

Producer Price Index up 2.9% over past twelve (12) month period, and 0.6% for October 2018. via Four BT, LLC – LEAN Construction Delivery Solutions and Verifiable, Locally Researched Construction Cost Data. The post Price Index Up 2.9% – Past Twelve Months – October 2018 appeared first on 4BT.

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Flexible Pavement Composition and Structure

The Constructor

Flexible pavements contain bitumen or asphalt layer as wearing course and supports loads through bearing. They have low flexural strength. Flexible.

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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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FMI advice for Contractors- Digital Dryshack #96

Cassell Construction Estimating

The 2018 Viewpoint Collaborate conference in Portland provided the opportunity to get out of the office routine and interface with clients, vendors, and peers ,which I always find worthwhile. The conference also presented the welcome opportunity to attend a session presented by FMI, the nation's premier construction consultancy. I never pass up a chance to [ ] The post FMI advice for Contractors- Digital Dryshack #96 appeared first on Cassell Consulting - Construction Operations Consulti

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3 robots mechanizing construction sites, plus 3 to watch

Construction Dive

When trying to keep up with robotic research and prototypes, it’s easy to short circuit, so here's a short list of some of the technologies already making a difference on jobsites, along with a few that promise to make their mark soon.

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Job Order Contracting Made Simple and LEAN with 4BT!

Job Order Contracting

Real property owners and their services… leverage Job Order Contracting made Simple and LEAN! Job Order Contracting can consistently deliver quality projects on-demand, on-time, and on-budget… IF designed, deployed, and properly managed using an open, transparent process, locally researched detailed cost data, IF initial and ongoing training is required, IF every job order is review by an the owner and/or independent resources, and.

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Public canopy system can be reconfigured by drones on the fly

BD+C

Architecture is always evolving. Be it the way buildings are designed, the processes by which they are built, or the materials used. But a new prototype from the University of Stuttgart takes this continuous evolution to a new level, with a reconfigurable canopy system for public spaces that is in a state of perpetual construction.

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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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Continuous Job Cost and Billing Data for Project Managers

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Out-of-the-Box Operational Reporting.

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6 mega mixed-use projects across the country

Construction Dive

With so many high-dollar mixed-use developments popping up across the country, Construction Dive has put together a list of the top projects to watch.

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Rail contractors introduced to the Articulator 5000

Digger Blog

Sandhurst, better known for its breakers and demolition attachments, has produced a new manipulator for mounting on excavators and tool carriers. Sandhurst, better known for its breakers and demolition attachments, has produced a new manipulator for mounting on excavators and tool carriers.