Construction Business Owner
APRIL 2, 2015
'If the recession taught the construction industry anything, it was the importance of being razor sharp in terms of productivity. Best-in-class contractors understand that arbitrarily slicing margins and costs without a true productivity improvement plan is short-sighted and ill-advised. All this plan achieves is adding low-margin backlog with increased risk.
The Constructor
APRIL 1, 2015
'Quantities of materials for the production of required quantity of concrete of given mix proportions can be calculated by absolute volume method.
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Construction Marketing
APRIL 3, 2015
'The inaugural Construction Americas Exposition , held March 26-27 in Miami was a great success! The event produced by the OHL School of Construction at Florida International University was sponsored by Dodge Analytics , Bosch Power Tools , Digital Drafting Systems, and the Construction Marketing Association. The event was created and managed by the Construction Marketing Association.
FDR Safety
MARCH 31, 2015
'A new construction industry report raises significant questions about the economic impact of OSHA’s proposed silica standard for construction, saying it will cost the industry about 10 times what the agency estimated. The proposed rule would greatly reduce the permissible exposure limit for silica in construction with the goal of reducing the risk to workers of silicosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and kidney disease.
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Construction Business Owner
MARCH 29, 2015
'Online marketplaces are an increasingly popular ?method for smarter equipment acquisition. However, contractors must think before they click and pay close attention when entering the online equipment marketplace. Vendors continue to innovate in the areas of technology, delivery/pickup and data accessibility that can give you the edge you need to turnaround the condition of your fleet.
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Green Building Law Update
MARCH 30, 2015
'Forget what you know about earth sciences and think law. By statute all solar panels are pervious in Maryland. Of course that doesn’t mean that rain actually passes through the solar panels or that in Maryland the panels are constructed to be any more permeable than elsewhere. Maryland is not trying to alter the laws of science, but rather seeking through public policy to prioritize environmental stewardship.
Cassell Construction Estimating
MARCH 30, 2015
'Moz Top 10. What’s up with the Internet this week? From the looming death of Internet Explorer to the Yoast security scare and now Google might be launching a new penalty ? We have what you need to break through the noise and do the marketing that matters. How Much Traffic Will You Lose from the Upcoming Mobile SEO-Pocalypse? Bryson Meunier answers the question we’ve all been asking as Google’s April 21 deadline looms… 10 SEO Myths that Friggin’ Tick Me Off.
Construction Business Owner
MARCH 30, 2015
'To win more games than their opponents, NFL football coaches must have specifically defined positions and hire the most talented players available for each position. If players don’t perform well or follow the plays, coaches have no choice but to replace them with better players. The same is true in the construction business. As head coach, the owner has to strive to fill each position with the best players available who have the required experience, talent, attitude and ability to win.
Construction Equipment
APRIL 2, 2015
'More than 70 percent of the construction and demolition (C&D) material generated in the U.S. is recycled, according Dr. Timothy Townsend of the University of Florida, speaking at C&D World 2015, the Annual Meeting of the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA) in Nashville, Tenn. He added that the area of landfill avoided by recycling this amount of C&D is annually equivalent to more than 440 acres at a waste depth of 50 ft.
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Construction Marketing Ideas
APRIL 1, 2015
'An image from the popular-vote winning Tocci Building Companies blog. At least in popular vote, Tocci Building Companies certainly has won the 2015 Best Construction Blog competition. As voting ended yesterday, and despite a sincere push for votes by some of its competitors, the Massachusetts–based contractor had collected 326 votes, compared to second-place Rogers Townsend Construction Law Blog at 95 votes, followed very closely by Construction Data Company ‘s 94 votes.You can see
Business Facilities
APRIL 2, 2015
'Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Locations across the nation are rapidly applying the best practices needed to meet the requirements of new and expanding 21st century businesses. This makes it much tougher for us to pick the best of the best, so we’ve expanded our showcase to make room for an ever-increasing number of economic development leaders.
Construction Business Owner
MARCH 31, 2015
'More companies are beginning to realize the benefits that voice-to-text mobile device applications can have on the jobsite. The technology is helpful for a wide range of activities, including the necessary reporting duties that managers must perform on a. daily basis.
Construction Equipment
APRIL 1, 2015
'Construction spending inched down in February from January levels but increased from a year earlier, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the latest construction figures were held back because of declining public sector investment levels. Construction spending in February totaled $967 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, less than 0.1 percent lower than in January but 2.1 percent higher than in February 2014.
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Construction Marketing Ideas
MARCH 31, 2015
'Today (March 31, 2015) is the final day of voting in the 2015 Best Construction Blog competition. Barring a last minute surprise, Tocci Building Companies will win the popular vote. We’ll have to wait until the end of April for the judge’s decision. The judging process certainly gives weight to the popular vote, but reviews other aspects including the finalist blogs’ design and content quality.
Revit OpEd
APRIL 3, 2015
'In my view, it is no accident that the Survey Point (SP) is named using Survey. It''s purpose or role in Revit is to permit us to relate our project to survey coordinate data, which is ordinarily provided by linking an external file. This image depicts a linked DWG site file whose origin is roughly 85 miles from the southwest property corner. The iron pipe at this corner has X/Y coordinates of exactly 450,000'',450,000''.
Construction Business Owner
APRIL 3, 2015
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Construction Equipment
APRIL 1, 2015
' . . Construction of the new hockey arena for the Detroit Red Wings and a 45-block entertainment district will soon begin. Olympia Development of Michigan says the entire project is expected to create 8,300 construction and related jobs. Olympia is still securing zoning approvals from the city before it can begin construction, but it is permitted to begin some earthmoving and site-prep work.
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Construction Marketing Ideas
APRIL 2, 2015
'A historical image of the Rhodesian District Commissioner’s office in Tjolotjo. Good Friday has religious significance for Christians and this year the holiday coincides with the first Jewish Passover Sedar. This year also marks the 35th anniversary of my personal epiphany , certainly in a totally non-religious environment, which I’ve reported in earlier postings.
Contractor Magazine
APRIL 1, 2015
'Fresh off the buzz from the NFL combine, with potential stars like Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariotta, and Amari Cooper in town, the city of Indianapolis shifted its gears, literally, to welcome the next set of stars, with names like Ford, Chevrolet, Ram, Isuzu and Mercedes on the marquee. read more.
Construction Business Owner
APRIL 3, 2015
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Construction Equipment
APRIL 3, 2015
'Construction declined by 1,000 jobs in March but is still up by 282,000 jobs compared to March 2014, as the sector''s unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). AGC officials noted that declining demand for residential and public sector projects offset gains in other areas to contribute to the overall month job losses.
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Construction Marketing Ideas
MARCH 28, 2015
'Businesses have a requirement to safeguard personal information in their care. (CNW Group/Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada). Where does business end and personal space begin? Or the reverse? These are thorny, challenging questions. The recent horrific German flight tragedy shows how bad things can get when a person can hide his personal troubles from his employer.
Revit OpEd
MARCH 31, 2015
'Both techniques allow us to create a new central file from an existing file that has enabled worksets already. Save As - Make this a Central Model after Save - respects the Edited By information the project has stored. This means if other users have borrowed elements then you''ll find those users among the Owner/Borrower column in the Worksets dialog after creating your new central file.
Construction Business Owner
APRIL 3, 2015
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Construction Equipment
MARCH 31, 2015
' . W.B. Moore of Charlotte, N.C., was named the nation’s safest construction company in 2014 by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The association, which oversees the Willis Construction Safety Excellence Awards, an annual ranking of construction safety programs, noted that 36 other companies were selected as winners for the quality of their safety programs.
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Construction Marketing Ideas
APRIL 2, 2015
'The Gillespie IL HighSchool construction trades program website — marketing student services to the community. I really enjoyed this story out of Gillespie, Illinois. The teacher overseeing the high school’s shop program had a rather serious budget challenge — with a total materials budget reduced by two-thirds to $625 a year. (That’s the total allocation for wood, nails, glue, and other materials to build stuff in the shop class.).
Help Everybody Everyday
MARCH 29, 2015
'It simply blew my mind. I had no idea what she was doing until that moment. It was a balloon. And it was the most amazing balloon I, to this day, I have ever seen. This was my first job out of college. A temp agency had placed me at the headquarters of a large chain of craft stores. My job was to systematically put together weekly ads for newspapers around the country.
Revit OpEd
MARCH 29, 2015
'Insert from File allows us to import views from another project, views like schedules, drafting views or even sheets that contain either. It is biased toward RVT files though. It would be handy if it we less biased, enough to include RTE (Revit templates) too. Since we probably have standard stuff set up there anyway. Doing so would allow me to acquire a view from a template file instead of having to first save one as a new project or find another project that is already available in a project
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