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Social + Strategy = Fresh Ways to Find and Engage New Hires

Construction Marketing

For small to mid-size businesses the hiring process is often ongoing throughout the year. Marketers need to step in and help companies realize the value of social networking platforms to help with their constant state of recruiting. Social media can provide construction businesses with an authentic and meaningful way to reach job seekers. Today, it’s simply not enough to post job openings on Indeed, Monster, and Construction Jobs.

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Developing hospital floor plans for modern healthcare

The Korte Company

Designing a hospital is no easy task. Creating a safe, comfortable place for patients to heal and doctors and nurses to work requires a significant amount of strategic planning. Modern healthcare facilities provide a wide range of services and play many different roles, all of which are consolidated within a single building or close-knit campus. Those include: Inpatient and outpatient services, from simple procedures to long-term intensive care.

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NYC unions recruiting more women

Construction Dive

Recruiting efforts have reportedly increased women's participation in the city's construction industry by 20% since 2006.

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Cofferdam- Types, Selection Criteria, and Application Conditions

The Constructor

Essentially, a cofferdam is a temporary structure designed and constructed to support ground and keep groundwater or water laying above ground level.

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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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Viewpoint Earns SOC 2 Type 1 Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint’s SOC 2 certification shows a commitment to providing a secure cloud platform for its products. I wanted to share some exciting news with our current and future customers! On February 1, 2019, Viewpoint earned SOC 2 Type 1 certification on seven products within our global portfolio as reported by independent auditor Moss Adams, LLP – the climactic denouement of a collaborative yearlong effort.

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BIM and design-build pair well, but new habits are needed

Construction Dive

BIM fills the space where traditional silos have been broken down, facilitating collaboration between designers and contractors and relaying real-time changes, but that's only when it's used properly.

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What is Tributary Area in Columns?

The Constructor

Tributary area in columns is a method of transferring static loads from floor slabs to column. It is defined as area surrounding the column that is.

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The Simple Path to LEAN Construction and Efficient Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

LEAN construction delivery saves time, money, and delivers quality on a consistent basis. Through a robust process, LEAN construction delivery assures early and ongoing collaboration, an environment of mutual respect and shared risk/reward. Furthermore a shared locally researched detailed line item unit price book clearly communicates work scope, while also providing full financial transparency.

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Slope stabilisation on the Cumbrian railways

Digger Blog

J Murphy & Son is moving 50,000 tonnes of soil to protect the railway in West Cumbria from landslips. J Murphy & Son is moving 50,000 tonnes of soil to protect the railway in West Cumbria from landslips.

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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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$4.4B construction could start soon on Louisiana LNG project

Construction Dive

Shell and Energy Transfer will decide after the bidding process whether to move forward with the export terminal, which could require 5,000 construction jobs and cost up to $16 billion with equipment.

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Offset Bent Longitudinal Reinforcement in Columns and its Requirements

The Constructor

Offset bent longitudinal reinforcement is the bending of vertical reinforcement bars of a column (larger column) at a particular storey in order to.

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The Simple Guide to Repair, Renovation, Construction Cost Control

Job Order Contracting

Repair, Renovation, & Construction Project Cost Management. Prioritize and Budget Requirements Every real property owner is face with aligning organizational requirements with facilities repair, renovation, and construction needs as well as available current and projected multi-year resources. Focus upon best value outcomes deliver superior achievement in this regard.

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The flexibility and reliability of building and construction careers

Lets Build

A career in building and construction is more than just an opportunity to work away from a desk (if that’s what you’re after)—you can also design the lifestyle you want around what’s most important to you, and choose a career trajectory that matches your ambitions. With the potential to work your own hours, on your.

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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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Kentucky 25th state to ban government-mandated PLAs

Construction Dive

Half of the country now has laws prohibiting public agencies from requiring the agreements, which ABC and other groups say stifle fair and open competition.

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Dummy Activity in Network Analysis

The Constructor

A Dummy activity is a type of operation in a project network which neither requires any time nor any resource. It is an imaginary activity shown in a.

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Locally Researched Construction Cost Data is Critical

Job Order Contracting

Locally researched construction cost data is critical, especially detailed line item unit price cost information, for the following reasons: Financial Transparency – Only locally researched detailed line time unit price books (UPB) can deliver the actionable cost information required for public sector agencies to meet their fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers.

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Viewpoint Earns SOC 2 Type 1 Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

I wanted to share some exciting news with our current and future customers!

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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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Execs: To ignite innovation, empower tech champions

Construction Dive

Contractors looking to drive improvements should tap the grassroots base of employees facing business challenges daily, leaders at three top firms said.

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5 ways designers and builders can use business intelligence with data they already have

BD+C

Business intelligence (BI) – technologies used for data analysis and reporting – has been a trending topic in our recent work. Nearly all areas of our consulting service make use of one form of BI or another and Nate’s previous blog post highlights a few of these uses. Organizations are seeking insight about what they’re good at – or not so good at – in order to make improvements to their own processes.

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Using National Average Construction Cost Data?

Job Order Contracting

Using National Average Construction Cost Data? Here are four (4) reasons why you might rethink your decision… 1. Price Averaging: National average or reference construction cost data, even from “leading” suppliers are prepared using national price averages. They rely upon local cost indexes to adjust the national price average to local prices.

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State of the Construction Industry: March 2019 Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Federal Construction Funds Targeted for Cuts in Proposed Budget.

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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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Contractor faces 20 years in prison for forced labor

Construction Dive

The owner of several construction companies in northern California held undocumented workers in captivity, refused them pay and forced 24-hour shifts.

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Working to reduce HAIs: How design can support infection control and prevention

BD+C

Each year, approximately 90,000 Americans die as a result of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs)—new bacterial, fungal, and viral infections contracted while receiving treatment. HAIs can occur in any care setting, but the Centers for Disease Control estimates that 722,000 hospital admissions result in HAIs, costing the health industry $28–$33 billion annually.

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VIDEO: Branch Civil Incorporated Wins Small Fleets Category Fleet Masters Award

Construction Equipment

The Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP) and Construction Equipment presented the 2019 Fleet Master Awards in a celebration on March 20, 2019, recognizing organizations that excel in cost-effective management of mixed fleets of on- and off-road mobile equipment.

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Share of Women Working in Construction Highest in 20 Years

Contractor Magazine

Data from 2017-2018 finds that women’s job growth in construction trades was nearly five times faster than job growth in the field overall.

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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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The Dotted Line: What contractors need to know about construction integrity monitoring

Construction Dive

Owners are protecting their investment by hiring a second set of eyes to watch the project, and contractors just might learn something from the experience.

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Embracing collaboration tools from outside the AEC industry

BD+C

The AEC industry is a highly labor-driven industry, with many key decision makers collaborating on projects on a continual basis. In such a market, optimization of time spent by these team members is vital to the success of projects. . As other markets continue to innovate and push efficiency in their day-to-day roles, it is important for the AEC industry to take note or be left in the dust. .

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Diversification, “Extras” are Dealer’s Stepping Stones

Construction Equipment

Chris Shea, 38, president/CEO and owner of Low Country Machinery, a JCB dealer in Pooler, Georgia, parlayed a job behind the parts counter into his own dealership, growing it steadily.