Construction Business Owner
MARCH 10, 2015
'Some construction firms, relieved to have made it through the lean years of the recent recession and eager to secure new business, are moving too fast when it comes to new construction. In this environment, legal requirements and compliance can sometimes be assumed rather than verified, especially in reference to hiring subcontractors.
FDR Safety
MARCH 12, 2015
'When assessing the safety risks of a work task, the devil is in the details, and who knows the details better than the employees who perform the task. That is one of the guiding principles behind Task Based Risk Assessment, or TaBRA for short. It can be thought of as the “voice of the factory floor” and is a very important tool in the safety pro’s kit because it quickly and efficiently determines the risk of a particular task.
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Viewpoint Construction Technology
MARCH 11, 2015
'It’s that time of year again here at Dexter + Chaney. The dogwoods are blooming, the mountain snows (what little we had this year) are melting, training staff are giving practice presentations in our training room, account managers are calling through their client lists, and the marketing team is drinking extra coffee. It must be time for our annual Users’ Conference.
Carol Hagen
MARCH 10, 2015
'If you use the Notes Markup tool to minimize the clutter on your documents, you’ve likely noticed the small icon that appears as a small piece of paper with lines on it. It’s great when there are many markups in a small area on the document. What most of you haven’t noticed is the properties options in this tool. Changing icons can provide a mini legend for types of notes.
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Construction Business Owner
MARCH 9, 2015
'Generating positive cash flow is imperative. Many contractors evolve from technical backgrounds—building construction, engineering or the trades—and may not start their businesses wired to think like a businessperson. Blindly submitting an invoice and forgetting about it until next month is hardly a best practice. Every firm must define its payment procedures regardless of outlying circumstances.
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Cassell Construction Estimating
MARCH 9, 2015
'As a Primavera consultant I have seen many organizational implementations of P6 with a demonstrated misunderstanding of what cradle to grave scheduling means as well as the use of the P6 baseline tool. In this article I hope to elaborate on the advanced use and concepts of this very easy to manage concept. The typical user of P6 follows an old out dated method that was used with the old Primavera P3 and SureTack software programs.
Business Facilities
MARCH 11, 2015
'Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Alabama is accelerating its jobs incentives and upgrading its training programs to attract prospective businesses to the state. Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Greg Canfield, Alabama Secretary Of Commerce appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Aerospace And Defense Alabama Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Featured Post Incentives Logistics And Distribution Magazine Magazine Highlights Manufacturing Snapshots
Construction Business Owner
MARCH 8, 2015
'As a construction business owner, your employees are rarely in the office. The nature of the work sends employees into the field for most of the day. This makes it extremely important that supervisors are able to quickly and easily communicate with employees.
Contractor Bookkeeping
MARCH 9, 2015
'Everybody hates tax time because of all the paperwork and receipts that need to be gathered and sorted. Problem solved! If you can take a picture and talk, you can capture all of your expenses in the cloud on the Amazon Backbone and retrieve them anytime you need them!
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Construction Equipment
MARCH 11, 2015
'This is what the daily commute for a tower crane operator at a hospital construction site in southwest Florida looks like; a 20-minute, 200 ft climb up a ladder in an enclosed tube. . . Take a closer look at what it''s like to be a tower crane operator on news-press.com.
Contractor Magazine
MARCH 11, 2015
'Plumbing leaks can be frustrating for customers to deal with, but they may not pick up the phone for your services every time. Content Classification: Curated. read more.
Construction Business Owner
MARCH 12, 2015
'After ending 2014 on an economic high note, business spirits, especially those of construction firms, are rising with the hopes of more economic prosperity in the new year. Jobs are growing, the government is taking steps to incentivize homeownership and the national building rate indicates a recovery—making it a particularly important time for construction firms.
Construction Marketing Ideas
MARCH 9, 2015
'This posting about the power of consistent marketing demonstrates Tess Wittler’s writing and blogging abilities. Writer Tess Wittler publishes a consistently effective blog. This is reasonable, of course — a professional writer, especially one focusing on the architectural, engineering and construction community should be able to produce high quality content — and indeed she achieves the standard worthy of a serious contender in the Best Construction Blog competition.
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Construction Equipment
MARCH 9, 2015
'More injuries occurred on the Monday after the daylight saving time change than any other day according to injury data from the U.S. Department of Labor and Mine Safety and Health Administration. The time switch resulted in U.S. workers getting 40 minutes less sleep, a 5.7 percent increase in workplace injuries and nearly 68 percent more workdays lost to injuries.
Contractor Magazine
MARCH 13, 2015
'Over 2,400 exhibitors from over 50 countries are currently gathered in Frankfurt am Main for ISH 2015, The World’s Leading Trade Fair for for innovative bathroom design, energy efficient heating and air-conditioning technology and renewable energies. Interstitial Ads Frequency: -1. read more.
Construction Business Owner
MARCH 12, 2015
'After ending 2014 on an economic high note, business spirits, especially those of construction firms, are rising with the hopes of more economic prosperity in the new year. Jobs are growing, the government is taking steps to incentivize homeownership and the national building rate indicates a recovery—making it a particularly important time for construction firms.
Digger Blog
MARCH 11, 2015
'Swedish company Scandia-Hus has been operating in the UK 40 years, supply timber frame houses for the self-build market. After analysing what it was spending on hiring machinery, the East Grinstead-based UK operation has just bought its first excavator – a reduced tail swing Bobcat E85. The eight-tonner was supplied by southeast dealer Bobcat of London and is now working on its first project, a new Scandia-Hus housing development in West Sussex.
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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 Equipment
MARCH 12, 2015
'Titan Machinery, a network of full-service construction and agricultural equipment stores including rental operations, said it expects its fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 to total about $491 million in revenue, compared to revenue of $708.6 million in the fourth quarter of last year, a 44-percent decrease.
Contractor Magazine
MARCH 10, 2015
'Energy 1 prides itself on being a full-service contractor that can take a project from the drawing board to completion, and then provide full service and maintenance. During the last two years, they’ve brought all their plumbing and electrical design in-house. read more.
Construction Marketing Ideas
MARCH 10, 2015
'The Whirlwind Steel blog provides a diversity of product specific and generally useful information. My reviews for the past month of more than 30 blogs concludes with Whirlwind Steel ‘s effective and well-thought initiative. The blog reviews, which have traversed the U.S., Canada and internationally, have covered a diversity of markets and sectors, ranging from residential renovators, to consultants, ICI-focused contractors and, in the case of Whirlwind, building products manufacturers.
Green Industry Professionals
MARCH 12, 2015
'Government agency halts processing of requests; employers such as landscape companies might not get workers in time.
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Construction Equipment
MARCH 9, 2015
'Industrial construction is expected to increase 7.8% this year due to low energy prices and a decline in locating industrial facilities overseas, reported construction research firm CMD. Despite the increase, the sector is still down from last year, which saw a 16.5% increase in industrial construction. CMD predicts a 10.5% increase in overall construction.
Contractor Magazine
MARCH 11, 2015
'Brian K. Nelson, Principal of Nelson Mechanical Design. My firm, Nelson Mechanical Design, based in Martha''s Vineyard, Long Island, sells, designs, installs and services every possible way to heat, ventilate and cool a building — with any possible control scheme and any possible delivery system. read more.
Construction Marketing Ideas
MARCH 13, 2015
'Sponsors paid $300 each for a dinner ticket and the opportunity to find business at the CSC Ottawa Economics of Sustainability evening. They indeed attracted customers. Behind the scenes, the volunteers putting the event together also built relationships and business. They spent time, more than money, on the initiative, Yesterday, as we walked to our cars following a post-event lunch, concluding two days of Construction Specifications Canada Ottawa chapter programming on The Economics of Sustai
Revit OpEd
MARCH 13, 2015
'Related to a past POST or TWO.or THREE. Here''s a quick example of a poorly crafted Plan View reference that can be used to indicate what sheet a plan view is from a Section or Elevation view. Want to reverse engineer it? Download the View Reference family.
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Construction Equipment
MARCH 11, 2015
'The Board of Directors of the National Commission for Directors of the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) has announced the industry leaders who will serve in 2015.
Contractor Magazine
MARCH 10, 2015
'There’s a growing concern for the amount of usable water we have in the U.S. and our clean supply seems to be dwindling each year. Interstitial Ads Frequency: -1. read more.
Construction Marketing Ideas
MARCH 11, 2015
'Gunter Lang and Sonia Zouari after the Passive House presentation. He returned as a guest panelist for tonight’s event. It’s been a long day — long enough that I had a rare “miss” in not publishing the daily blog posting here. The reason: My obligations relating to logistics and co-ordination for a Construction Specifications Canada Ottawa chapter Connections Cafe with the theme: The economics of sustainability.
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