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5 Ways to Tell if Your Construction Software is Breaking Your Heart — and How to Move On

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Have you ever had a friend who was in a bad relationship? Their significant other is not treating them right and you are just watching and going crazy because you know they could do so much better! That’s exactly how we feel when we see construction companies stuck in bad relationships with construction software providers. We can see that their provider isn’t treating them right anymore — they’re not compatible with today’s modern technologies like the cloud, they’re not investing in their produ

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Top 12 Crucial Elements Every Construction Business Website Needs To Generate More Ideal Clients

Contractor Bookkeeping

Whether someone found you via a referral, a word of mouth, or through the search engine results page, chances are not all of them will contact you instantly. Most likely, people will check and do an online research of your credentials and company’s credibility. That is what your website is for. Why should a browser choose your plumbing company? Can the site visitor afford your services?

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Concrete Homes- Design Ideas and Benefits

The Constructor

Concrete homes are commonly constructed from concrete, but it is possible to use other materials in combination with concrete such as steel. Concrete.

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5 Business Books You Need to Read

Construction Business Owner

You may have a handle on how to run the jobsite, but advice and resources to handling all the other aspects of running a construction business can often be difficult to find. The CBO team is always on the hunt for business articles and books that provide answers to the questions that plague business owners like you every day. We asked our editorial advisory board to tell us their go-to books for business knowledge.

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

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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Making Sense of the Construction Tax Landscape

Viewpoint Construction Technology

One of the biggest challenges that contractors’ finance and accounting departments face is keeping up with all of the ever-changing tax regulations, incentives and procedures. Staying on top of tax issues is a full-time job, but one that can ensure your company stays compliant with the law, and maximizes benefits and incentives. That’s why Viewpoint, along with the help of several partner companies and tax experts, brought these discussions to contractors’ backyards with a series of events acros

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What is Super-hydrophobic Cement? Applications and Advantages

The Constructor

What is Super-hydrophobic Cement? Super hydrophobic cement, which is also known as luminescent cement, is produced by modifying the structure of.

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Why Continuing Education is the Lifeblood of Electrical Contractors

Construction Business Owner

More than ever, continuous education is the lifeblood of electrical contractors—it is necessary not only for doing business but also for staying on top of industry trends. Technologies—such as LED lighting, lighting controls and whole home automation, as well as advances in generators and transformers—increasingly require ongoing education from electricians to win bids, meet demand and stay competitive.

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5 Critical Construction Project Reports your System Should Pull Without Fuss

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The main reason construction businesses implement an integrated project management system is for the visibility that they can gain over every aspect of a project. Besides being able to get projects planned and executed on-time , such systems also give businesses access to a wealth of data that can then be used to impact their bottom line. Having the ability to easily pull dashboard reports is critical to your business.

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Consistently procure & deliver BEST VALUE, financial transparent, and compliant facilities repair, renovation, and construction services.

Job Order Contracting

Teamwork is the ultimate tool for success. Owners and Contractors work together seamlessly for maximum results. Gain a greater understanding of your facilities project requirements and costs. Create a rich environment that benefits your team, your organization, clients, and external construction services organizations. Perform at the highest possible level.

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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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Hydrogel- How it Works, Applications, and Advantages

The Constructor

Rosiak and Yoshii define hydrogel as a crosslinked three-dimensional polymeric network structure, which can absorb and retain considerable amounts of.

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How to Win Construction Bid Proposals

Construction Business Owner

3 simple steps to winning construction bid proposals from expert Dan Taylor.

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5 Critical Construction Project Reports your System Should Pull Without Fuss

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The main reason construction businesses implement an integrated project management system is for the visibility that they can gain over every.

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Job Order Contracting - Untitled Article

Job Order Contracting

Tradition project delivery suffers from communication inefficiencies and poor performance due to adversarial relationships. LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Project Devliver changes the conventional relationships of contracting parties through integration and collaboration. On-Demand, Quality, On-Budget & On-Time Construction Services. www.4bt.us. Move from contractually siloed construction procurement and delivery methods to multi-party agreements and commitments that support a culture of continuous collab

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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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Low Carbon Concrete and Its Advantages

The Constructor

Low carbon concrete has attracted significant attention due to the amount of CO2 that traditional concrete emits. It is demonstrated that, cement.

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A Little Bit Ikea, A Little Bit Apple

Construction Business Owner

The leadership sweet spot sits between giving too much instruction and not enough. Read what business management expert Gregg Schoppman has to say about it here. .

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Making Sense of the Construction Tax Landscape

Viewpoint Construction Technology

That’s why Viewpoint, along with the help of several partner companies and tax experts.

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Job Order Contracting - Untitled Article

Job Order Contracting

Teamwork Drives Construction Productivity. The full engagement of everyone on a repair, renovation, or new construction activity dramatically improves quality, satisfaction, and productivity. Leveraging robust LEAN construction delivery methods, such as the 4BT OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Framework, is a proven way to assure mutually beneficial behaviors and outcomes.

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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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25 Essential Apps for Civil Engineers

The Constructor

The pervasion of mobile technology is on the rise in every extant sector. Construction sector too is not aloof to it. The acceptance of the digital.

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Improve Projects & Productivity with Collaborative, Customizable Technologies

Construction Business Owner

How to create beter communicatinon, efficiency and productivity with construction softwares by expert Jason Barner from Assignar. .

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5 Ways to Tell if Your Construction Software is Breaking Your Heart — and How to Move On

Viewpoint Construction Technology

You may be in a toxic relationship with your construction software provider if….

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Job Order Contracting Done Right!

Job Order Contracting

• Improved access to quality, dependable and professional construction contractors. • Construction cost consistency, & transparency. • Validate contractor and subcontractor quotes. • Achieve outcomes aligned with the fiduciary responsibility of public servants. www.4bt.us. The post Job Order Contracting Done Right! appeared first on 4BT.

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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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Metacentric Height of a Floating Body

The Constructor

The procedure of laboratory experiment to find metacentric height of a floating body on water is briefly explained in this article. A point about.

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What Have You Agreed To?

Construction Business Owner

Use these tips to help you understand the details of the contracts you're signing. The responsibility and liability is yours.

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3 top contractors compete to build Los Angeles Clippers arena

Construction Dive

The NBA franchise is reportedly deciding between three teams to manage the project — AECOM-Turner, Mortenson-Clark and PCL Construction.

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The epic rise of industrialized construction

BD+C

The construction industry is facing colliding forces that render our current trajectory wasteful, inefficient, and unsustainable. These include a widespread skilled labor shortage and industry productivity rates that continually fail to improve. This is the burning platform that this relatively undisrupted $8+ trillion global industry rests upon. Multiple things need to change, but there are clearly obvious wins to go after.

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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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2018 Economic Development Deal Of The Year: Silver Award

Business Facilities

A partnership between Japanese auto giants Mazda and Toyota brings a $1.6-billion automotive assembly plant to the Huntsville, AL region. - Read: 2018 Economic Development Deal Of The Year: Silver Award at BusinessFacilities.com.

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The 20% Deduction Your Company Could Use in 2019

Construction Business Owner

Details of the 20% tax deduction your company could use in 2019, as set forth by the TCJA, here. .

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First free-form 3D-printed house could be completed this year

Construction Dive

The home will break ground soon in Tennessee utilizing Branch Technology's cellular fabrication method for its "lattice-like matrix.

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