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Construction Photography Best Practices

Carol Hagen

Construction Firms often use photos to showcase their work. It’s a visual testimonial to the expertise and capabilities of the contractor and their team. It’s also a great way to capture before and after transformations, but there are many uses for photographs in the Architectural, Engineering and Construction industries. Since a picture’s worth a 1000 words, when it comes to construction technology, best practices reach far beyond marketing.

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Practical Marketing Considerations for Construction Brands FREE Webcast

Construction Marketing

Practical Marketing Considerations for Construction Brands Free Webcast – Tuesday, May 15, 2012. A webcast from the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) will address the three very important aspects of marketing in the construction industry: hiring marketing talent, selecting marketing partners, and improving teamwork between marketing and sales departments.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

HOME |. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. LAW |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. FLEET |. SAFETY |. GREEN. Topics. General Management. Software & Technology. Accounting & Finance. Insurance. Construction Law. People Management. Green Building. Construction Safety. Compliance/Regulations. Sales/Marketing. Security. Equipment Management.

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Retrofitting a Home for Earthquakes - Julian Construction Blog

Julian Construction

Julian Construction Blog. Shawn Kyles. Partner, Julian Construction. Contact Info. Our Services. Foundation Repair. Foundation Replacement. House Leveling. Earthquake Retrofitting or House Bolting. Social Media Links. Facebook. Twitter. « Julian Construction Provides Online Sources Of Safety Information | Main. | Julian Construction Warns Homeowners To Watch For Mold » 04/11/2012.

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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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The Atrium

SAB Magazine

This high-density office building set in a transitional area of downtown Victoria responds to twin challenges of how could a speculative office development help revitalize a moribund area and enrich the community at large; and how could the economics of typical high-rise office developments be made to work in a mid-rise, green building format.

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WIN! A PS VITA & Two Games - LOVEFiLM | Competition Hunter

Construction Dive

Follow. Home Latest. Categories Of Competitions. Books, Music, Film and Video competitions. Cash and Vouchers competitions. Car and motorcycle competitions. Electronics and Gadgets competitions. Fashion and Beauty competitions. Food and Drink competitions. Events and Tickets competitions. Holiday competitions. Home and Garden competitions. Mother and Baby competitions.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Passive Solar.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart, webmaster of the popular website www.greenhomebuilding.com, posts text and photos featuring what he discovers from around the world.

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Churchill Northern Studies Centre

SAB Magazine

In the summer of 2011, the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in northern Manitoba, moved into its new 2600m2 facility. The building is designed for 88 visiting scientists and 12 staff working year-round on sub-arctic scientific research and education. The goals for the new facility were to lower utility and operating costs, create a high-performance building that showcases best practice green building engineering design, meet the unique needs of a remote research building in a harsh northern cli

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SMPS Wisconsin Reviews Proposal Development Secrets

Help Everybody Everyday

Kary Beck over at SMPS Wisconsin , posted a review of my Proposal Development Secrets Book on the chapter’s blog. She gives the book at 5 out of 5. Here is what she says: I read the book because I admired what Matt Handal had to say at SMPS Build Business 2011 and wanted to hear what else he had to share. His book presents cold, hard facts in witty and at times LOL stories (how embarrassing for me at the office).

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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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Revit OpEd: Seek and Ye May Still Not Find

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Friday, April 13, 2012. Seek and Ye May Still Not Find.may not find "Contentment". In the continuing disappointment that is Seek , please stop making it so easy to pick on you. This is the tale of a lowly pipe fitting, a vent cap.

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DebunkTheBIM: Design managers working in the AEC: specify what.

DebunkTheBIM

DebunkTheBIM. I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. I believe that hands-on manipulating of project information by all project participants is the key to achieving any meaningful improvement of the AEC industry operating within the post-gambling-era. I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Tuesday, April 10, 2012.

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The John C. & Sally Horsfall Eaton Ambulatory Care Centre at St. John’s Rehab Hospital

SAB Magazine

This project consists of a two-storey, 4700m2 addition to an existing rehab hospital on a treed 9.5 hectare site in North Toronto. The hospital was originally owned and run by the Sisters of St. John the Divine who purchased the property in the 1930s so that the hospital could enjoy the benefits of the rural surroundings outside of the city centre. Since that time, the city has grown up around the hospital, but the large park-like site has been largely preserved.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Building.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart, webmaster of the popular website www.greenhomebuilding.com, posts text and photos featuring what he discovers from around the world.

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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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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Downloads - Please Hold

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Friday, April 13, 2012. Revit 2013 Downloads - Please Hold. Open the floodgates. People trying to download 2013 products are overwhelming the resources at Autodesk. A visit to the subscription site now offers this apology. Whats that over there?

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DebunkTheBIM: How well can you tell? (?If the drawings in front-of.

DebunkTheBIM

DebunkTheBIM. I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. I believe that hands-on manipulating of project information by all project participants is the key to achieving any meaningful improvement of the AEC industry operating within the post-gambling-era. I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Monday, April 9, 2012.

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Demand For Efficient Life-Cycle Building Management Processes – BIM, JOC, IPD – FIATECH PRESENTATION – 2012

Building Information Management

Critical components of CONSTRUCTION PROJECT success include communication, collaboration, a defined mutually agreed upon operating relationship and an associated fully defined project scope of work… all of which are largely determined by the construction delivery method. A thorough understanding and visualization of a project among Owners, Architects and Engineers, Contractors, and other shareholders defines scope, specifications, and is is the project delivery method that set the overall t

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Metal Stair Railing: Another Competitive Product of Railing Dynamics Inc.

U.S. Construction

The company railing dynamics Inc. is in existence from years and with years of manufacturing railing experience, the company has become a great manufacturer of reliable and quality railings. Market Press Release – April 7, 2012 3:45 pm – The company railing dynamics Inc. is in existence from years and with years of manufacturing railing experience, the company has become a great manufacturer of reliable and quality railings.

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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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Revit OpEd: RTC USA Registration - Hurry Up!

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Wednesday, April 11, 2012. RTC USA Registration - Hurry Up! The next 25 people that register for RTCUSA 2012 will be able to choose a registration prize from a selection of books and videos. Go HERE to learn more if getting a book or video is an added incentive to lock in your spot now?

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DebunkTheBIM: Now, these are nice! (Archicad at its best)

DebunkTheBIM

DebunkTheBIM. I am a manager of construction information, tools and people. I believe that hands-on manipulating of project information by all project participants is the key to achieving any meaningful improvement of the AEC industry operating within the post-gambling-era. I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Saturday, April 7, 2012.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Small Change - Keeping Track of it All

PSMJ Resources

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, April 9, 2012. Small Change - Keeping Track of it All. During the course of any project, clients request a lot of changes. Most of these are too small to justify a request for a fee increase. Cumulatively, however, they can amount to a lot of effort and can kill your budget. But there’s a way to keep track of and limit small changes without making your clients feel like they’re being “nickel and dimed.” Start a “Small Change L

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Design-Build healthcare construction services nearly complete at Anderson Hospital

The Korte Company

As detailed in this month's issue of the Illinois Business Journal, we're wrapping up Design-Build healthcare construction services at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Illinois.

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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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Revit OpEd: Content via Revit Furniture

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Thursday, April 12, 2012. Content via Revit Furniture. Revit Furniture is another venture focused on making Revit content. They recently wrote to me offering some tips to getting quality renderings. One of the tips involves using higher quality entourage and furniture.surprised?

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Palo Alto Green Construction Tips for Consumers Participating in PG&E Rebate Program

U.S. Construction

Fehl Construction, specializing in green building, now a participant in PG&E’s rebate program. (PRWEB) April 12, 2012. Homeowners who have heard about the building green movement spreading across the country can now join the effort and save money as well. Going green has never been easier with the help of Fehl Construction and PG&E’s rebate program.

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Spending on Industrial EE Programs Tops $1b

Green Building Law Blog

A report released last week by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) showed that overall spending on industrial energy efficiency (“EE”) projects is on the rise. The report tracked 2010 spending by utilities, state and federal agencies, public benefit fund organizations, and nonprofit entities that was used for providing industrial energy users with incentives, rebates, grants, loans, technical assistance, energy audits, and assessments, among oth

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Healthcare will "get well soon" thanks to Design-Build

The Korte Company

Pair a tough economy with unclear healthcare legislation and you get healthcare building activity that is anything but well. What's worse, the general population isn't getting any younger and many of our nation's facilities are out-of-date. So what gives? As detailed by Barbara Wagner , she was the 2011 treasurer of DBIA's Board of Directors, there are three strategies that could be just what the doctor ordered.

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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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Revit OpEd: Revit Extensions for Revit 2013 Posted

Revit OpEd

Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Thursday, April 12, 2012. Revit Extensions for Revit 2013 Posted. The Revit Clinic mentioned today that these extensions have been posted for the latest version of Revit 2013. Globe Link for Autodesk Revit 2013. Batch Print for Autodesk Revit 2013.

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Development and Construction Contracts: What You Need to Know.

Best Practices Construction Law

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Spending on Industrial EE Programs Tops $1b : Green Building Law.

Green Building Law Blog

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