HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Working with a client on a design-assist or design-build basis, as Englewood Construction is with the reimagining of Stratford Square Mall, allows the commercial contractor to provide valuable input during the initial planning stages. Anyone who reads this blog regularly probably already knows I’m a huge proponent of client partnerships that bring the general contractor into the commercial construction planning process as early as possible.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The importance of tires to the successful operation of loaders, articulated dump trucks and other vehicles used on construction sites cannot be understated. Quite simply, tires play an irreplaceable role in helping vehicles accomplish their tasks. The following are five best practices that will help you achieve optimal tire performance. The benefits will flow right to your operation’s bottom line.

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Procedure for concrete mix design calculation as per IS 10262-2009 based on strength and durability, workability, economy is discussed in this.

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Concrete Design 196

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Halloween activities often include carving pumpkins into jack o lanterns and trick or treating in costume, and this year on All Hallows’ Eve you should be registering your LEED project. The end is near. October 31, 2016 is the last day to register a LEED version 2009 project. Registration will close on that date and thereafter GBCI will only accept applications for projects pursuing LEED v4.

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The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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Constructonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

If you own or run a business and it carries any kind of hazard or risk to employees, visitors or passing members of the public then you need to use safety signs to let people know about the potential dangers. Using safety signs is a very rapid and cheap way of alerting the public and your workers about hazards in certain areas or around particular machines.

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Sustainable concrete construction is a step towards green and eco friendly concrete construction practices to solve global environmental.

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The key to a strong safety culture: positive employee attitudes. Improve safety performance with Attitude-Based Safety Culture Training. Join Our Mailing List. The key to a strong safety culture: positive employee attitudes. By Fred Rine. There are many drivers of a strong workplace safety culture, but perhaps the most important is employee attitudes: if employees want to be safe, rather than merely feeling they have to, they are far more likely to make the right decision about a potentially uns

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Performance-based Construction Contracting. Performance Based Contract Management principles for Construction have existed for decades, and include Integrated Project Delivery and Job Order Contacting. Task Orders are focused upon and emphasize outcomes, repeatable processes, standardized information, and expected quality results rather than excessive management and control versus ‘ad-hoc’ traditional methods.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Whether you’re a contractor or equipment dealer, profits are made—or lost—during the sale or purchase process of heavy equipment. When buying equipment, the goal is to get the best quality piece of equipment for your needs at the best price. When selling equipment, you want to get the best price possible. If you are focused on buying or selling locally, you may be leaving money on the table.

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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 Constructor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Density of construction materials are its mass per unit volume of materials. It is expressed in kg/m3 or lb/ft3 and shows compactness of building.

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Mr Ethics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Dear Mr. Ethics, My company regularly gives to a political action committee run by a construction association. The purpose of the PAC is to promote construction issues to our state legislature and governor. We always give in accord with the laws governing political contributions. The PAC association has asked us to host at our company facilities a political round table where construction industry and government elected officials will discuss construction issues in our state.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRACTOR’S JOB ORDER CONTRACT COEFFICIENT. A Job Order Contract Coefficient is a numerical factor that represents costs (generally indirect costs) not included in the unit price line items within the Unit Price Book, UPB, associated with the Job Order Contract. Example include, general and administrative and other overhead costs, insurance costs, bonding and alternative payment protection costs, protective clothing, equipment rental, and contractor’s profit.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Whether you’re a contractor or equipment dealer, profits are made—or lost—during the sale or purchase process of heavy equipment. When buying equipment, the goal is to get the best quality piece of equipment for your needs at the best price. When selling equipment, you want to get the best price possible. If you are focused on buying or selling locally, you may be leaving money on the table.

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Equipment Profitability Deals Contractors 212

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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 Constructor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Building construction in hilly region requires comprehensive planning, site selection and design for slopes and sustainable concrete construction.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

It may not be in every AEC industry news headline, but it’s a reality every overworked project team member knows well. The talent shortage in AEC is affecting many professionals on multiple levels. As Technology becomes an ever-increasing reality in our daily work lives, productivity expectations, to do more with less, grows. .

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Cummins presents its newest offering - Data Enabled Mining Solution - at MINExpo this week. Data Enabled Mining Solution prognostic capability allows Cummins to monitor engines and deliver accurate, real-time operating information, enabling a quicker and more focused response to potential issues. The solution ultimately allows miners to optimize profitability by lowering total cost of ownership.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Big data is a phrase used so much in today’s business world that it is nearly a cliché.

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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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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Step by step concrete mix design calculations for M15 Grade concrete as per IS10262-2009. Read More at Concrete Mix Design Calculation for M15 Grade.

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Concrete Design 203

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

A recent push to develop Martian architecture, driven by the vision of independent space exploration companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX or Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, is attempting to bring to life something that has, to this point, only been seen in works of science fiction; habitable dwellings and cities on planets other than Earth.

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Architecture 84

Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Caterpillar now offers factory installed fire suppression systems on certain models of Cat ® surface mining equipment. Integrated designs by Caterpillar engineers help ensure high reliability and extended durability of the systems and factory installation speeds machine delivery by cutting time required for field installation. . Current Cat machines offered with factory installed fire suppression systems include the D10T2 Dozer and the 777G Off-Highway Truck.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

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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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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Step by step concrete mix design calculations for M15 Grade concrete as per IS10262-2009. Read More at Concrete Mix Design Calculation for M15 Grade.

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Concrete Design 156

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

New sports stadiums and arenas are quickly becoming beacons of new technology, modern design, and sustainability. Take Mercedes-Benz stadium, for example. The future home of the Atlanta Falcons has an arresting design, an ultra-modern appearance, and is looking to become the NFL’s first LEED Platinum v4 stadium and one of the first LEED Platinum professional sports stadiums in the country, regardless of sport.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Hitachi Construction Machinery introduced their Aerial Angle peripheral vision display system with object detection technology at MINExpo this week. Hitachi's Aerial Angle technology enhances the visibility for mining equipment operators by alerting them to obstacles when driving, stopping or starting their dump trucks. The new object detect assist technology features two operating modes – Stationary Mode, which incorporates camera image processing technology and Forward Mode, which incorporates

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

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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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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

For the concrete as per BS 8500 standards, if we need to do cube test of the concrete, after now many cubic meter we need to remove the cubes. Kindly.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Next week’s Greenbuild Conference & Expo in Los Angeles will include its first-ever program specifically for an infrastructure project, the Expo Light Rail Phase 2, which completes the public transit connection between L.A. and Santa Monica, Calif. The 6.6-mile project is an extension of the existing 80-station Metro Rail system across L.A. County.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

For the past two years a conglomerate of trade associations, industry, government and academia have been collaborating on the world’s first operational 3D printed excavator.

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