Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

'Earlier this year at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, Association of Equip- ment Management Professionals (AEMP) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced that they will be releasing a new standard for their telematics data feed. The new data feed includes 19 data elements and 41 fault codes, increasing the amount of data received from a telematics unit from the current feed’s five data points.

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

'Orientation of building should be done for the climatic zone in which the building is situated. The purpose of orientation is to provide residents a.

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'OSHA has tightened the rules on reporting in-patient hospitalizations resulting from work-related injuries. As of Jan. 1, employers must notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours. Under current rules, employers are required to report only work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees.

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Carol Hagen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

'Construction plan sets can be hundreds of pages long and often are delivered to contractors as one PDF with 100+ pages, with the page numbers labeled from 1… 100+. As contractors and engineers you want to work efficiently and Bluebeam has a way to quickly rename these pages with the title block sheet number. Prior to Bluebeam Revu release 11 you had to manually change the page numbers and it could only pull from one page region of a plan set.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

'High-frequency (HF) technology has been used for more than 30 years, but only recently has it become more widely accepted. Originating in the military, HF technology has been adapted to the construction industry, which has grown to accept it in wall and wire saw equipment. Now, the latest generation of modern HF technology can be found in power cutters, ring saws and core drills.

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

'My goal in writing this blog post is to whet the appetite of those who may not be sufficiently familiar with ANSI B11 , the series of U.S. national standards dealing with the safety requirements for general industry machines. At the recent ASSE Professional Development Conference, there was considerable focus on risk assessment, voluntary standards and prevention through design.

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Mr Ethics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Dear Mr. Ethics, One of my employees just reported to me that he overheard another employee speaking angrily and disrespectfully to one of our clients. This is a violation of our ethics code. While I am upset at the person who spoke improperly to a client, I am more upset by the tattletale. I can’t stand rats and I want to punish that person more than the other.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'Serving the construction market is a competitive business. Between bidding against other companies and striving to meet project deadlines, contractors always are looking for ways to boost productivity. The welding operation is one key area where improvements could make a difference. For some structural steel jobs, it may be possible to convert from the stick welding or shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) process commonly used on these applications to self-shielded flux-cored welding (SS-FCAW).

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

'The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the recipients of the 2014 Best of Buildings awards, as selected by fellow USGBC members. The Best of Building Awards celebrate the year’s best products, projects, organizations and individuals making an impact in green building. Nominees and winners were selected exclusively by the members of USGBC, a vibrant and diverse community of nearly 13,000 of the world’s leading organizations invested in sustainability. read more.

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SAB Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'From its 175 hectare rural campus 85km north of Vancouver BC, the North Vancouver Outdoor School [NVOS] has offered environmental education programs on behalf of School District 44 for more than 40 years.

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Mr Ethics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Dear Mr. Ethics, One of my employees just reported to me that he overheard another employee speaking angrily and disrespectfully to one of our clients. This is a violation of our ethics code. While I am upset at the person who spoke improperly to a client, I am more upset by the tattletale. I can’t stand rats and I want to punish that person more than the other.

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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

'Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. The economic assistance is also expected to attract larger companies from around the globe to move to New York to tap into groundbreaking NYU research as well as the City''s infrastructure, amenities, and other assets. New York State Adds NYU Incubators As START-UP NY Development Zones appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

'The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has voted to approve significant changes that will streamline and overhaul the Intern Development Program (IDP), which most states require to satisfy experience requirements for initial licensure as an architect. The changes will only be applicable where adoption has occurred by individual jurisdictional licensing boards. read more.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

'OSHA issued a final rule extending the deadline for crane operator certification requirements in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction final rule, published Aug. 9, 2010, by three years to Nov. 10, 2017. The rule also extends by three years the employer’s responsibility to ensure that crane operators are competent to operate a crane safely. The final rule becomes effective Nov. 9, 2014.

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Mr Ethics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'Dear Mr. Ethics, One of my employees just reported to me that he overheard another employee speaking angrily and disrespectfully to one of our clients. This is a violation of our ethics code. While I am upset at the person who spoke improperly to a client, I am more upset by the tattletale. I can’t stand rats and I want to punish that person more than the other.

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SAB Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

'La Cuisine reclaims and adapts the primary structural components of an obsolete pre-engineered steel building, including the main structural members [columns, beams, and frames], secondary structural components [purlins and girts], and roof cladding. The columns that line the front porch were formally cedar hydro poles used on electrical transmission lines.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Plans for a new hotel in the Persian Gulf are taking Dubai’s Palm Islands concept to a whole new level—underwater, that is. Amphibious 1000 , designed by Giancarlo Zema Design Group, is a design for a semi-submerged hotel resort off Qatar’s coast that closely resembles the iconic man-made islands in Dubai, Architizer reports. Body Image: read more.

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Help Everybody Everyday

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

'If you’ve been following along with my little internet marketing primer for the A/E/C industry we’ve already covered: How To Set Up An Opt In On Your Firm’s Website To Convert Visitors. How To Put Together A Lead Magnet and Useful Content To Send Potential Clients. Now it gets really fun because I’m going to show you how to convert the greatest number of website visitors.

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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. The Santa Cruz Commerce Center is a shovel-ready site with 40 acres of available lots for build-to-suit projects. Business Report: Arizona – Ak-Chin Offering The Best Of Both Worlds In Arizona appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Archives Arizona Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Business Report Featured Post Incentives Logistics And Distribution Magazine Magazine Highlights Transportation Infrastructure U.S.

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SAB Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'Occupants’ impact on building energy use continues to increase as building components and systems become more efficient. This source of uncertainty extends well beyond lights and plug loads, often including heating and cooling.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'On the heels of recording its strongest pace of growth since 2007, there continues to be an increasing level of demand for design services signaled in the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI). The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the August ABI score was 53.0, down from a mark of 55.8 in July. This score reflects an increase in design activity (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings).

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'Have you ever edited a Revit family and then used Load into Project? Only once or twice? Yeah you''re like me then. Have you ever thought it would be nice if you could close the family without having to return to it or having to close it first and then use Load from Library > Load Family? Yeah, me too. Apparently we''ve got someone from Autodesk listening in on our thoughts (or blog posts/tweets/wishlists/support requests) because Revit 2015 R2 thinks we are on to something and it has a new but

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

'Terramac LLC delivered its 100th RT9 rubber track crawler carrier unit to its newest dealer, Groff Tractor & Equipment, headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

'Matt Michel, CEO of the Service Round Table, decided to end the SRT’s portion of the Comfortech Show here with a bang — the very last seminar would be given by well-known plumbing contractor, author and speaker Kenny Chapman. read more.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'As coastal flooding becomes the "new normal," many shoreline cities are trying to find long-term strategies to cope with extreme weather events. In order to advance understanding of this issue, The Boston Harbor Association teamed up with Sasaki Associates to produce Preparing for the Rising Tide , a series of reports focusing on Boston and rising sea levels. read more.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'I wrote on Monday that Revit 2015 R2 warns us if we are opening an older file that will need to be upgraded first. Daniel Stine let me know that a different dialog appears if you double click a file to open it. Now I don''t do that and don''t recommend you do that either. Here''s the dialog that appears if you do though and this one waits till you respond.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

'Caterpillar Inc. and the Caterpillar Foundation are making a $2.5 million investment in The Global Poverty Project (GPP) to support growing the Global Citizen grassroots movement around the world to end extreme poverty by 2030.

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Green Industry Professionals

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

'Rotary Corporation has announced the launch of a new logo and brand identity for its extensive line of mower blades.

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