HardHatChat
JANUARY 15, 2018
Happy New Year to all of our Hard Hat Chat readers! As we flip the calendar over to 2018 this month, it’s a great time to share some of the commercial construction trends we predict will shape our work in the year ahead. #1: Grocery Sector Ripe for Change. The grocery sector has been keeping a steady pace in recent years, but it is definitely an area to watch in 2018.
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 17, 2018
Imagine a jobsite tool that only improves with time. Imagine a tool that records each and every change order, every bit of rework and every safety incident. Not only does that tool record it, but it also files it away for future projects. Imagine a tool that learns from the past to improve your company’s future.
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Viewpoint Construction Technology
JANUARY 17, 2018
Construction businesses have a lot of moving pieces, literally. People, materials, and equipment are constantly moving in different directions as you manage your projects. But contractors also have to deal with a mountain of data relevant to managing the business operations to ensure construction projects are completed on time and on budget. The office, field team, engineers, project owners, subcontractors, and others need to be able to connect and collaborate in real time.
Lets Build
JANUARY 15, 2018
The UK construction giant Carillion enters into compulsory liquidation after the refusal of its lenders to provide further fiscal support. A vast number of jobs and major government contracts are in danger. Carillion was one of the most important suppliers for the UK government, and it is the second biggest.
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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.
Construction Marketing
JANUARY 19, 2018
Leads are essential to any construction company. WIthout new work, there’s no way to keep the business going. The right practices can help you increase the volume of leads you collect. Ensure your business’ stability by employing any of the following lead generation tips below. Look at Your Network. Improving your overall network can mean new leads.
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Viewpoint Construction Technology
JANUARY 17, 2018
If you already have a generic ERP, you’re probably aware of some of the common pitfalls of using software not designed specifically.
Lets Build
JANUARY 19, 2018
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that the U.S. and Canada, among many other places around the world, are facing the lowest rate of employable skilled workers in construction in the last decade. Since the beginning of the global financial crisis, there has been a certain degree of.
Construction Marketing
JANUARY 18, 2018
You should never attempt to install or repair an industrial roof on your own. This is because they are more complex than residential roofs. If the roof is leaking, it just has to be repaired because the water can damage your products. You should instead find a commercial roofing contractor. Though there are many contractors out there, some of them are not reliable because they don’t have the experience that’s needed to handle such projects.
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 15, 2018
With the first key effective date of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 606 quickly approaching, the time to understand the impact to your business and what you need to do about it is now. Most contractors earn the majority of their revenues from contracts with customers. Therefore, they will be impacted by the new accounting standard in some manner.
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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.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 19, 2018
Are you looking for information abut Job Order Contract Unit Price Books? What construction task are needed for a Job Order Contract UPB? What level of detailed is required for JOC UPBs? Are assemblies good or bad in a JOC Unit Price Book? How important are modifiers Job Order Contract Unit Price Books? What at the most common abuses of JOC UPBs by owners and contractors?
Lets Build
JANUARY 19, 2018
Robotics are steadily transforming the construction industry with self driving vehicles, drones and automated technology. And, it is not just in construction – even when we are out and about in society, we are surrounded by robotics that are slowly replacing jobs such as bank ATMs, automated petrol pumps and.
The Constructor
JANUARY 17, 2018
Abstract Slurry cut-off walls are increasingly being used to control groundwater flows for geo-environmental or geotechnical purposes. The most.
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 17, 2018
According to a 2017 telematics benchmarking survey of global construction, which examined best practices, trends and current issues influencing organizations in the United States, respondents found that managing costs (46 percent), growing revenue (30 percent) and business expansion (26 percent) were considered top business challenges, as the industry faces increased pressure to meet growing demand for its services.
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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?
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 19, 2018
5 Basic Steps to Efficient Repair, Renovation, and New Construction Project Delivery. Focus upon CHANGE MANAGEMENT. Continuing to conduct day to day business in the same way will improve nothing. Understand the principals of a Job Order Contract Operations Manual (also called a Job Order Contract Execution Plan). The fundamental LEAN AECOO processes and workflows are key to achieving measurable improvement.
Construction Dive
JANUARY 17, 2018
The rise will be driven by factors including contractors' difficulty filling skilled labor positions and the need to complete projects faster and with fewer resources.
BD+C
JANUARY 18, 2018
When the arcade game Donkey Kong was released in 1981, it would have been impossible to predict the playable character, then known to American gamers as Jumpman, would go on to become the most famous and recognizable video game character of all time. Since his inception 36 years ago, Mario has branched out into his own series that has sold more than 210 million units worldwide.
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 17, 2018
The United States construction industry has entered a mature stage of expansion following half a decade of rapid growth. After rising 11 to 13 percent per year from 2012 through 2015, total construction starts grew by 5 percent in 2016. This subdued pace continued into 2017, with construction starts up and down from quarter to quarter, a pattern typical of a market in the process of approaching or rounding a peak.
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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.
Construction Marketing Ideas
JANUARY 16, 2018
Matt Handal has provided a useful article Marketing Budgets: 5 Easy Building Blocks Nobody Talks About suggesting the formula for allocating marketing expenses/budgets. Like many good ideas, in implementing it, the devil is in the details, and the problem is, the details require you to have data from previous experiences to make the calculations — and […].
Construction Dive
JANUARY 19, 2018
Both measures are intended to help ensure that contractors meet their financial and other obligations related to work performed under their state licenses.
BD+C
JANUARY 16, 2018
On Manhattan’s West Side, adjacent to the 26-acre Hudson Yards commercial redevelopment, a 200,000-sf cultural and arts center under construction is one of the latest—and, at $435 million, priciest—demonstrations of the practical and aesthetic value that kinetic architecture can bring to an ambitious project.
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 17, 2018
Despite ongoing efforts by construction firms and law enforcement, the number of heavy equipment theft reports in the United States continues to grow. In 2016, more than 11,574 pieces of heavy equipment were reported as stolen through the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
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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!
Construction Equipment
JANUARY 16, 2018
Danfoss Power Solutions recently debuted DAVIS and its ground-breaking autonomous capabilities with a technology demonstration at AGRITECHNICA in Hanover, Germany. The Danfoss Autonomous Vehicle Integration System (DAVIS) is a flexible technology solution that will allow OEMs to add autonomous characteristics to their off-highway machines. Danfoss already has the capability to introduce some autonomous functions, such as remote control steering, to off-highway vehicles.
Construction Dive
JANUARY 15, 2018
General contractors and subs need to be on the same page about these issues in order for the project to be done right and profitable.
BD+C
JANUARY 16, 2018
Cities are the laboratories of innovation that power the world. They also hold the key to avoiding the most devastating impacts of climate change. Major cities, like Washington, D.C., make up less than 2% of the world’s landmass, but they contribute 77% of the world’s CO2 emissions. Based on the dense concentration of wealth, infrastructure, and people located in urban areas, it makes sense that the sustainable transformation of the world’s cities has become a focus of the climate change movemen
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 17, 2018
We have all come across bad apples. There are those employees who show up late and leave early, or those whose attitudes cause conflict with other employees and make it impossible to get anything done. If you have more than a few bad apples on your team, though, there might be something wrong with the tree and its environment. High employee productivity relies on many factors, not only the motivation of individual employees.
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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!
Construction Equipment
JANUARY 17, 2018
. . Metro mayors might get another use out of the presentations they prepared to court Amazon a few months ago because Apple announced Wednesday it intends to spend $350 billion in business and facilities development, and create 20,000 U.S. jobs in the next five years following the recent corporate tax reductions that dropped Apple's tax rate to 15 percent.
Construction Dive
JANUARY 19, 2018
Building more resilient structures and ones to higher-than-required building codes could create as many as 87,000 new jobs.
BD+C
JANUARY 15, 2018
The combination of design flexibility and high value-to-cost enable design professionals to provide their clients with cost-effective solutions for their practical and aesthetic requirements.
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