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The Future of the Connected Jobsite

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Marcum’s Chuck Schwartz highlights the benefits and challenges of connected construction jobsites. In a recent Viewpoint podcast, The Future of the Connected Jobsite , Chuck Schwartz, Director of Business Development at Marcum LLC, discusses how getting accurate, real-time data to and from the field offers construction organizations a valuable future by connecting jobsites.

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How to increase productivity without increasing headcount

Construction Dive

Manage more work and protect your bottom line — all with the same staff you have today.

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How to do Consultancy in Construction? Features and Benefits

The Constructor

Consultancy in construction is performed by a group of professionals designated as consultants. Consultants are appointed by the client in order to.

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Why Safety Technology Could be Defeating its Purpose & How Operators Can Help

Construction Business Owner

Topics like telematics, hybrid-powered equipment, electric power and autonomous operation usually get all of the attention and glory, but the safe operation of machinery has been, and continues to be, the top priority for equipment manufacturers.

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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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Putting Paper in Its Place

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Paper and construction do not mix. Why? Because construction deals with projects that are larger than life with a thousand moving parts and paper simply can’t keep up. There was a time when paper was the way to go for managing documents, RFIs, submittals and processes like payroll, time-off requests and job costing. But those days are over. By removing paper and manual entry from day-to-day processes, contractors can save significant amounts of time and money (just check out our blog post on 7 w

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Strut Test to Determine Euler’s Buckling Load of Strut

The Constructor

Strut test is used to determine the Euler’s buckling load of the strut. Struts are long, slender columns that fail by buckling some time before.

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The Top 3 Safety Factors Affecting Construction Teams Today

Construction Business Owner

With the ever-increasing focus on safety in the construction industry, it is important to consider safety from a broad perspective. A recent set of studies by Dodge Data & Analytics, published in the Contractor Use of Safety Best Practices SmartMarket Brief, revealed several ways for contractors to better address safety, both on their projects and within their companies.

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The Future of the Connected Jobsite

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Marcum’s Chuck Schwartz highlights the benefits and challenges of connected construction jobsites.

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Autodesk machine learning tool ranks jobsite risks

Construction Dive

Construction IQ algorithms pore through thousands of safety and quality issues to steer project leads and executives toward those that are most urgent.

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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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Raft Foundation- Design Requirements and Applicability

The Constructor

A raft or mat foundation is a sizable concrete slab or slab and beam system which support all the loads of superstructure through walls or columns in.

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Why It's Time to Update Your Jobsite Crew's SOS Devices

Construction Business Owner

Knowing where employees are in the field can be a priceless tool in the face of an emergency. If a large-scale accident occurs at a jobsite, a manager can easily "check-in” on the locations of employees carrying SOS or panic buttons. Stay up to date on new tech for panic buttons and how the move from 3G to 4G and 5G could affect your safety tech.

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What are BIM objects?

Lets Build

What are BIM objects and how can you benefit in construction management? BIM or Building Information Modeling is the future of construction. Using BIM, you can break down silos that hinder collaborative engagement – thus, allowing information to flow seamlessly among different construction stakeholders. BIM aims to make information accessible, instantly, across the board to.

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FERC approves fourth train at $14B Freeport LNG terminal

Construction Dive

KBR won a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Texas expansion this month and will oversee the up to five-year build-out.

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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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Segregation of Concrete – Causes and Prevention

The Constructor

Segregation of concrete is separation of ingredients of concrete from each other. Causes and prevention of segregation of concrete are.

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The Top 3 Safety Factors Affecting Construction Teams Today

Construction Business Owner

With the ever-increasing focus on safety in the construction industry, it is important to consider safety from a broad perspective. A recent set of studies by Dodge Data & Analytics, published in the Contractor Use of Safety Best Practices SmartMarket Brief, revealed several ways for contractors to better address safety, both on their projects and within their companies.

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We need to collect more data and it goes through digital adoption

Lets Build

As a continuation of our European ConTech Summit coverage, this time we dive into the insightful keynote speech of Thomas Goubau, CCO at LetsBuild. In his presentation, Thomas Goubau referred to the importance of data for the digital transformation of the construction industry. The ConTech sector is expected to play a decisive role in this.

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Robots tie rebar at startup Toggle

Construction Dive

The automated system could boost productivity and halve labor costs, says the firm, which is engaged on large-scale New York City civil infrastructure projects.

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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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Braced Frame Versus Moment Resisting frame

The Constructor

Both Braced frame and moment resisting frame are used in the construction of structures which are subjected to lateral loads such as wind and seismic.

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Why Safety Technology Could be Defeating its Purpose & How Operators Can Help

Construction Business Owner

Topics like telematics, hybrid-powered equipment, electric power and autonomous operation usually get all of the attention and glory, but the safe operation of machinery has been, and continues to be, the top priority for equipment manufacturers.

Safety 120
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Fifty years of JCB wheeled loaders

Digger Blog

JCB may be synonymous with the backhoe loader but in 2019 it celebrates 50 years of manufacturing wheeled loading shovels. JCB may be synonymous with the backhoe loader but in 2019 it celebrates 50 years of manufacturing wheeled loading shovels.

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Hard hats to helmets: How Skanska, Clark are improving workers' last line of defense

Construction Dive

Traditional hard hats account for falling objects, not falling workers. Some general contractors are providing a more effective layer of protection.

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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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Remote Sensing- Components, Types, Applications, and Advantages

The Constructor

Remote sensing is the science and technology by which the properties of specified objects, area, or phenomenon can be identified, measured, and.

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Why It's Time to Update Your Jobsite Crew's SOS Devices

Construction Business Owner

Knowing where employees are in the field can be a priceless tool in the face of an emergency. If a large-scale accident occurs at a jobsite, a manager can easily "check-in” on the locations of employees carrying SOS or panic buttons. Stay up to date on new tech for panic buttons and how the move from 3G to 4G and 5G could affect your safety tech.

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Real estate learns to share

BD+C

Uber. Amazon. AirBnB. WeWork. Common. These are some of the prominent brands and business platforms that have come to define the “shared” or “gig” economy in the U.S. and beyond. They are reflections of and responses to societal and behavioral changes in the ways that people want to live, work, and play. Their success is linked inextricably to the ubiquity of mobile tools that connect users to the Internet that, as one AEC firm put it, “is the circulation system of the shared economy.”.

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Construction takeaways from OSHA's July 2019 updates

Construction Dive

Revisions announced last week will not be applicable to every contractor, but all fall under the rules by which every contractor must abide.

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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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Difference Between Braced Frame and Moment Resisting frame

The Constructor

Both, braced frame and moment resisting frame are used in the construction of structures which are subjected to lateral loads such as wind and.

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Putting Paper in Its Place

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Paper and construction do not mix.

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Two versions of a hard hat for the future are ready for production

BD+C

The construction engineering firm Clayco is vetting manufacturers to produce what it’s calling the “hard hat of the future,” which Clayco has developed with a team of 14 students and two faculty members at the Savannah (Ga.) College of Arts and Design (SCAD).