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6 Types of Marketing Organization Structures for Construction

Construction Marketing

Choosing the best organizational structure for your company in the construction industry can be challenging. In the world of organizational structures, the options you have to choose from include things like chain of command, span of control, centralization, and the list goes on. What is Organizational Structure? An organizational structure is a visual diagram of a company that describes what employees do, whom they report to, and how decisions are made across the business.

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Customizing Glass to Fit Any Project

BD+C

An architect’s design is their signature. The intent, lines, materials selected, and overarching theme demonstrate how a professional interpreted his or her client’s needs. Sometimes this leans more towards the utilitarian and industrial, and, at others, it can be a thing of beauty – a work of art. Whatever the building’s purpose, it is something that must last and, hopefully, thrive where it is constructed.

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Are after-hours construction permits worth the challenges?

Construction Dive

A lot of projects require or could benefit from work at night, but contractors need to weight permit costs, higher subcontractor fees and noise restrictions.

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5 Construction Trends to Watch in 2020

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Technology is expected to play a major role in all facets of construction industry growth in 2020 and beyond.

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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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Why Tech Will Be the Differentiator in 2020

Construction Business Owner

Technologies like drones, lasers, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning may sound far off, but some firms are using them now. If technology is already a big part of your construction business, these are additions you should consider investing in soon. Find out hw to begin here. .

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Top 1O Roof Shingles for Building Construction

The Constructor

Roofing with shingles is considered to be a large investment which varies depending on the roofing area and the type of roof shingle chosen.

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Bioswales and Green Infrastructure and ….

Job Order Contracting

Embracing green infrastructure as an approach and installing specific interventions comes with many challenges. It demands educating clients, communities, contractors, and designers; experimenting with new techniques and learning from failures; and making changes to policy and regulations. What is Green Infrastructure? Storm water management and plant-based approaches to managing floodwaters.

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How to Be a Better Manager with the 3 Ps of Accountability

Construction Business Owner

Abraham Lincoln said the best way to predict your future is to create it. One of the United States’ greatest presidents ackowledged that everyone is in control of their own destiny. Lincoln faced one of the biggest challenges of any president: slavery. With such a harshly divided nation, he could have easily become defeated by the challenges he faced.

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The Dotted Line: How contractors are finding and vetting subcontractors

Construction Dive

General contractors risk violating contract clauses if they can't find labor, but savvy, well-established GCs have ways of finding subs, and it’s more about relationship-building than anything else.

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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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What is Porotherm Bricks? Properties, Advantages, and Applications

The Constructor

Porotherm clay bricks are horizontally or vertically perforated clay bricks. they are manufactured in variety of sizes (common size is.

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Reconsidering construction robotics

BD+C

Fact: There were 379,000 unfilled construction jobs in August, based on preliminary estimates released in October by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fact: The majority of nonresidential construction projects come in over budget and late, sometimes wildly so. After decades when experts predicted that robots would become more prevalent on construction sites, it would appear that the industry has finally reached that point where necessity, aspiration, and investment are colliding.

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How to Address Mental Health in Construction

Construction Business Owner

Construction work is extremely taxing on the body and takes a physical toll. Additionally, construction is an incredibly stressful business that couples the stigma of addressing mental illness with a largely masculine presence. As such, the construction industry and the public at large must address this problem head on. Find out how here. .

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Union accuses Amazon contractors of wage-related violations in Virginia

Construction Dive

An Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters' report focuses on drywall subcontractors and the lower-tier subcontractors they reportedly hired to perform work on six projects involving four owners at sites near HQ2.

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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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What are the Compressibility and Consolidation of Soil?

The Constructor

The compressibility of soil is defined as the capability of soil to decrease its volume under mechanical loads, whereas the consolidation is the.

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Kraft Heinz Food Investing $25M In Texas Expansion

Business Facilities

With help from the Texas Enterprise Zone Program, the company will expand its food production operations in Garland, TX, creating 250 new jobs. . - Read: Kraft Heinz Food Investing $25M In Texas Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com.

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How to Make More Money in 2020

Construction Business Owner

What areas of your business and leadership need to be improved? How will you create the extra time required to invest in those areas? Your calendar tells the story—where you spend your time is where you get results. Here's how to grow your business in 2020. .

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101 Top Products for 2019

BD+C

The products selected for Building Design+Construction ’s annual 101 Top Products report are determined by you, our readers. From security doors to metal ceilings, fabric ducts to rainscreen wall systems, linear drains to bacteria-killing LED lighting, these are the products that appeared in the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months that readers wanted to learn more about.

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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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Mechanization in Construction Industry- Motivations, and Advantages

The Constructor

Mechanization is the process of shifting from working largely or exclusively by hand to do that work using machines. The construction projects are.

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GM Investing $1.5B In Missouri Expansion

Business Facilities

The auto company's investment will retain 4,000 jobs at its Wentzville, MO plant, where it will build its next generation mid-size trucks. - Read: GM Investing $1.5B In Missouri Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Why Specializing in Energy Efficiency Could Be Your Key to Growth in 2020

Construction Business Owner

Energy efficiency is a growing concern throughout the United States. Energy bills have been rising for the last several years, which have led a lot of home and business owners to begin to look for ways to cut costs. But using energy efficient appliances and devices can only do so much if the construction of the home isn’t working with them.

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AI-based clash detection firm joins accelerator program known for boosting contech startups

Construction Dive

Tel Aviv-based Firmus is coming to the U.S. next year with a platform that leverages artificial intelligence and historical data to help construction companies learn from previous mistakes.

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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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Roller Compacted Concrete- Properties, Advantages, and Applications

The Constructor

Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) is a concrete of zero-slump consistency in its unhardened state used in pavement and dams.

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Weiss/Manfredi will lead the master plan of the La Brea Tar Pits

BD+C

The La Brea Tar Pits will undergo a multi-year project to reimagine the 13-acre campus, which encompasses the world’s only active paleontological research site in a major urban area, its asphalt seeps, the surrounding parkland, and the George C. Page Museum building.

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Limit Your Concrete Surface Distress

Construction Business Owner

Concrete cracks got you down? With modern tweaks and an age-old approach, field investigations into limiting high-frequency vibration to control the amount of concrete material separation in commercial applications, are successfully limiting the surface distresses in concrete pavements.

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$810M phase of Texas Rangers sports, entertainment district construction approved by Arlington council

Construction Dive

Total investment in the district, which includes the $1.1 billion Globe Life Field, convention center and hotel, could reach $4 billion.

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Discover 7 Ways to Cut Construction Inefficiencies

Construction sites are often just-barely-controlled chaos. Without clear coordination, you risk everything from clashes to delays, cancellations, and missed deadlines. Get the free eBook & learn how to solve the biggest challenges in construction!

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Fluid Pressure and Pascal’s Law in Fluid Mechanics

The Constructor

Fluid pressure and pascal’s law are explained briefly by considering a small fluid element that is in the state of rest. The concept is more.

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BIG unveils River Street Waterfront Master Plan for Williamsburg

BD+C

Bjarke Ingels Group recently unveiled the design for its River Street Waterfront Master Plan in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The design seeks to create a living waterfront, enhance the connectivity of the public waterfront, restore natural habitats, elevate the standard for urban waterfront resiliency, and transform the way New Yorkers interact with the East River.

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Why Do I Need a Construction Technologist?

Construction Business Owner

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