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New technology in earthquake engineering to resist collapsing of the structures

Construction Cost Estimating

It is the big challenge for the structural engineers to develop earthquake resistance structures. An Earthquake resistant structure should have the capacity to resist abrupt ground shaking to reduce the damages to the structure. Though the reinforced Concrete contains sound earthquake resistance capacity of buildings but owing to the substandard mix design of concrete and improper curing the reinforced concrete lost it’s desired compressive strength and it leads to collapsing of structure during

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Priority vs. Value: What Is Safety To You?

FDR Safety

There are plenty of cliché sayings in the world of safety. Few are as popular as the phrase “Your Safety is Our Top Priority”. This and those like it are used by companies for a variety of reasons; Some have the best intentions – to show their employees that they care about their well-being – while others use simply to portray their desire for a safe workplace.

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California bullet train has created 2K construction jobs

Construction Dive

As work on the $77 billion line proceeds, the authority expects to generate thousands more positions.

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The Benefits of an Aging Workforce

Construction Business Owner

As the economy continues to expand and improve across virtually every industry, employers are finding it increasingly difficult to hire. The number of baby boomers reaching retirement age—estimated to be almost 10,000 each day—makes the labor shortage even more acute.

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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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Drive Better Decisions With Cloud, Mobile and Analytics

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Today’s modern data technologies are transforming the way contractors do business. We’ve seen increased cloud adoption , a shift toward mobile technology and an ever-growing amount of data collection (and, in many cases, deeper data analysis). It’s clear there has been a significant technology shift in the construction industry, yet many contractors are still feeling their way through these changes.

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What is the Basis for Selection of Concrete Mix Proportions?

The Constructor

The decision on selecting concrete mixture proportion is the process of optimizing number of favored properties based on the requirements of the.

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How Construction Companies Can Benefit from Tax Reform

Construction Business Owner

While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) will have a significant impact on all businesses, construction companies in particular are in a strong position to benefit from the recently passed federal reforms. Business owners in this highly competitive industry need to be proactive by strategically planning how to address the project cycles, cash flow, financing, bonding and operational issues unique to their company.

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3 Keys for Contractors to Navigate New Revenue Recognition Standards

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Revenue recognition standards were recently updated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board , and these updates will have an impact in the construction industry. To help contractors prepare, Viewpoint recently hosted a webinar on how contractors can get ready for the new standards. The webinar, presented by Tim Wilson, national industry partner for BKD National Construction & Real Estate Group , and Geoffrey Falk, product manager for Spectrum Construction Software , walked contractors th

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Common Site Problems During Masonry Construction

The Constructor

Masonry structure is easy to design and construct, but various site issues may occur such as incorrect mix proportions, use of unauthorized.

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BIM in Real Time: GenieBelt and Synchro join forces

Lets Build

GenieBelt and Synchro Software, join forces in order to bring real time BIM in construction. We are delighted to form this strategic technical partnership with Synchro to provide an integrated data platform for construction projects. Thanks to the agreed Proof of Concept (PoC), between Synchro Software Limited and GenieBelt ApS, the integration of Synchro’s top-performing.

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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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6 Reasons Snap-Off Blades May Be a Better Solution for Your Utility Knives

Construction Business Owner

Yankees or Red Sox. Coke or Pepsi. Budweiser or Miller. The world is full of ambiguous choices in which neither option is really right or wrong, but instead depends on personal preference. But some choices are less ambiguous; for example: snap-off blades or trapezoid blades in utility knives. Snap-off blades have six advantages over trapezoids that could make them the solution to improving your utility knives, listed below. .

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How The Cloud Is Enabling Smarter Project Management—Part 4 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Editor’s Note: This is Part 4 of a five-part series on Construction Project Management. Over the past three weeks, we’ve looked at complex construction projects, the people that run them and the technology tools they use. Today’s construction demands, however, are making it harder and harder to operate if you can’t do so in real time. While having the best people in place, working together well and using the latest tools is critical, the construction project can still suffer if the data being tr

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What Factors Affects Air Content of Concrete?

The Constructor

Generally, concrete is required to be air entrained event if it is not exposed to freezing and thawing due to important benefits that concrete enjoys.

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Waterproof tanking techniques

GCP Applied Technologies

Waterproof tanking techniques. Phillip.fry@gc…. Thu, 06/07/2018 - 15:10. GCP Applied Technologies. June 07, 2018. Tanking – also referred to as below grade waterproofing – involves the application of a waterproofing barrier to the walls, the base slab and in some cases to the roof of the below grade structure. The goal of waterproof tanking is to encase the entire envelope of the below grade structure to protect it from water ingress.

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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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E-Discovery: Best Practices for Construction Companies

Construction Business Owner

E-discovery, in many respects, resembles a construction project. It involves technical skills, but it also requires preparation and solid management practices. E-discovery should not be wholly outsourced (to lawyers or technical experts); company executives and in-house counsel should be familiar with the process, and ensure that they are aware of the systems the company needs to have in place. .

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Free as a bird: The Top 8 reasons to become an independent contractor?

Lets Build

Ask around, and you’re sure to find those who can come up with reasons NOT to be an independent contractor. It’s important to know that this is to be expected, as anywhere from 30 to 40 percent of the workforce works for themselves. This is forecasted to increase to nearly half in the next decade.

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Techniques to Treat Contamination of Brownfield Land for Construction

The Constructor

The need to redevelop brownfield land for construction purpose led to develop several contamination treatment methods. These techniques of brownfield.

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Waterproofing Membranes for Below Grade Structures

GCP Applied Technologies

Waterproofing Membranes for Below Grade Structures. Phillip.fry@gc…. Thu, 06/07/2018 - 11:16. GCP Applied Technologies. September 17, 2018. Waterproofing Membranes for Below Grade Structures. Table of contents. Environmental Challenges. Types of Below Grade Barriers. Waterproofing Below Grade Structures. Specifying Below Grade Waterproofing. Environmental Challenges.

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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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Drive Better Decisions With Cloud, Mobile and Analytics

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Cloud Computing Is Construction’s Future.

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Business Toolbox: How to produce a winning estimate

Construction Dive

Winning new work is critical to any construction company, and the key to prevailing over competitors often comes down to providing the most accurate cost estimate.

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Rebar in Revit: Power up your productivity with BIM Designers

BIM & Beam

Advance BIM Designers is a BIM solution for improving structural project management. It helps users to create, design, document, track and control structural members of a BIM project while also working in multiple BIM environments. GRAITEC Advance BIM Designers – Concrete Series is an innovative series of applications for rebar detailing and modeling using engineering BIM data.

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The 2018 Best Construction Blog: Let’s Fix Construction

Construction Marketing Ideas

The 2018 Best Construction Blog is Let’s Fix Construction. This interdisciplinary blog ranked fourth in the popular vote, but one of the three judges gave it first place status, and another ranked it second, and the combination of relative popular vote multiplied by judge’s rankings, pushed the blog to the top in the final evaluation. […].

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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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3 Keys for Contractors to Navigate New Revenue Recognition Standards

Viewpoint Construction Technology

So where should contractors start?

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To avoid tech disruption, adopt tech

Construction Dive

One way to weather the barrage of emerging digital technologies is simply to embrace it, say CEOs surveyed in a recent report.

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Construction Zone Safety

Construction Equipment

Police in Greendale, Wisconsin posted this photo to remind drivers to be alert and drive carefully through construction zones. The incident happened Monday afternoon when the car somehow managed to get entangled with road work. How it happened is still unclear.

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French 'Alzheimer’s Village' designed to resemble a medieval bastide

BD+C

A purpose-built “Alzheimer’s Village” in the French commune of Dax will give residents the ability to roam free and go about their daily lives in a new approach to treating the disease. According to The Telegraph , residents will live in shared houses in four districts reminiscent of the southwestern French region.

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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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How The Cloud Is Enabling Smarter Project Management—Part 4 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Construction in the Cloud.

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RFP for affordable modular housing a first in NYC

Construction Dive

New York City is pushing smaller, module-based units as a way to build faster and with more cost efficiency.

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Woman Drives SUV into Construction Trench

Construction Equipment

Police in Greendale, Wis., posted this photo to remind drivers to be alert and drive carefully through construction zones. The incident happened Monday afternoon when the SUV somehow managed to get entangled with road work. Reports indicate warning signs "weren't very clear.". The 63-year-old driver was uninjured.

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Existing Building Upgrade Award

SAB Magazine

The retention and rehabilitation of existing buildings, particularly in the centre of small cities such as this, addresses sustainability issues of embodied energy as well as social and cultural continuity.

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Learn How to Boost Productivity for Every Project

For construction contractors, productivity is everything. Download this guide to discover how digital production tracking improves project visibility, data collection, and production insights—all in real time.