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How Technology is Putting the Right Project Management Tools in Contractors’ Hands

Viewpoint Construction Technology

With our ViewpointOne suite of connected software solutions, construction project managers have all the tools they need to get the job done.

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Difference Between One Way Slab and Two Way Slab

Learn Civil Engineering

The slab is a kind of structural element used to construct flat horizontal surfaces like floors, roofs, decks, ceilings, and other types of structures. It is made up of concrete. A slab has commonly some thickness and it is supported by other structural elements like RCC beams, RCC columns, walls, or the ground surface.Here, we […].

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Construction progress tracking: See more, finish faster

Lets Build

From this corner, we have many times highlighted how messy a construction project can be without the right tools and processes in place. It is no secret that tracking progress against tasks in real time is one of the biggest challenges for most project managers out there. Free ebook: Why WhatsApp and Excel aren’t enough for running complex construction projects.

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The 4 Dimensions of Industrialized Construction

Construction Business Owner

The 4 Dimensions of Industrialized Construction. Elizabeth Manning. Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:16. Industrialized or manufactured construction is a familiar concept. The industry has been building with components and even whole wall panels for years. However, with a heightened focus on efficiency due to skilled labor shortages and tighter project margins, industrialized construction is accelerating around the globe.

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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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How to Transform Your Construction AP Process

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Learn how you can make your AP process faster and easier by removing paper processes while turning your AP department into a profit center.

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Unit Price Book Selection

Job Order Contracting

A locally researched , detailed line item Unit Price Book is an important consideration for any JOC Program, and any repair, renovation, repair, maintenance, or new construction project. It provides a highly detailed scope of work that is easily communicated to all participants and stakeholders, as well as full financial visibility and transparency.

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The Construction Firm's Guide to PPP & EIDL Loans

Construction Business Owner

The Construction Firm's Guide to PPP & EIDL Loans. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 10/14/2020 - 10:58. Like millions of American business owners, you may have spent days, weeks or even months jumping through hoops to secure your company’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program loans. You’ve been successful in applying and have received funding; so now what?

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Supreme Court to decide Climate Change Case

Green Building Law Update

While this week the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett begins in earnest before the Senate Judiciary Committee, last week the U.S. Supreme court granted BP’s petition for a writ of certiorari in BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore , a much watched climate change case. In 2017, a number of state and local governments began filing lawsuits in state courts against various energy companies, alleging that the companies’ worldwide extraction, production, sale, and promotion of fossil

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Everything You Should Know About Cantilever Beams

The Constructor

A cantilever beam is a rigid structural element supported at one end and free at the other, as shown in Figure-1. The cantilever beam can be either.

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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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Viewpoint Voices: A Q&A with Product Marketing Manager Daniel Griffith

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Learn more about the Viewpoint team by reading our second installment of our Viewpoint Voices blog series.

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How Electronic Data Capture & Analysis Align With Industry Trends

Construction Business Owner

How Electronic Data Capture & Analysis Align With Industry Trends. Elizabeth Manning. Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:04. Dodge Data & Analytics’ recent Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2020 SmartMarket report provides a comprehensive look at ongoing efforts by industry contractors to improve jobsite safety. The following article explores three highlights related to technology and the potential safety benefits of replacing paper-based processes for data capture and analysis with a system for

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Dynamic Construction Cost Control

Job Order Contracting

Cost and quality management systems in facilities management with respect to the numerous repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects faced by real property owners must be dynamic, proactive and able to support on-demand decision-making processes. Driving best value outcomes requires full financial and technical visibility and transparency among all participants and stakeholders, and the associated mitigation of the effects of uncertainty.

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All You Need to Know About Tuckpointing

The Constructor

Tuckpointing is a mortar joint repair process in masonry construction, which involves the removal of deteriorated mortar joints from the masonry.

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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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Plastic Pipes Valuable Through Off Site Const.

Construction Equipment

Plastic pipes are extensively used in housing and commercial construction. As part of the drive to create further value in the supply chain, manufacturers of these products are developing “offsite” bespoke fabricated systems that reduce the need for often complex on-site assembly.

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The Weekly Show: AI for building facade inspections; designing a world-class architecture firm

BD+C

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors spoke with leaders from HOK, Thornton Tomasetti, and ZGF Architects on three topics: . • Diversity and inclusion in the design profession. • Artificial intelligence for building facade inspections . • How to design a world-class architecture firm. . WATCH THE SEGMENTS ON DEMAND BELOW . . .

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LEAN Construction Cost Control

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Construction Cost Control. Traditional cost estimating methods do not offer any reliable guidance for assessing impacts upon over project costs. Cost management systems should involve a set of robust processes required to ensure that a construction project is completed within the approved budget, on-time, and per specification, including cost estimating, cost control and cost projection.

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Howrah Bridge: Construction of the Longest Cantilever Bridge in India

The Constructor

Howrah Bridge has recently completed 75 years of service for the twin Indian cities of Kolkata and Howrah and is considered as an iconic landmark of.

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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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Vegas Convention Center New West Hall to be Finished in Dec.

Construction Equipment

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s West Hall expansion is now 95 percent completed, and can accommodate 2,000 people for an event. According to the article, there are two months left to complete the remaining work, though the project is still on track for a Dec. 14 completion.

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L.A., all the way

BD+C

The year was 2010, the economy was just starting to recover from the Great Recession, and Killefer Flammang Architects, better known as KFA, decided it was time for a corporate brand refresh. The chief question: Why was all of the firm’s work in Los Angeles?

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GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Plant Named Flagship Facility For EV Production

Business Facilities

General Motors will invest $2.2 billion to transform its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center into an all-electric vehicle assembly plant, dubbed Factory ZERO. - Read: GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Plant Named Flagship Facility For EV Production at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Telematics: A Unique Fleet Management Solution for Construction Sector

The Constructor

Telematics combines telecommunications and informatics and is commonly used to monitor assets such as vehicles and heavy equipment, by using GPS and.

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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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Large Renters Join ARA Covid Safety Program

Construction Equipment

Many of the equipment rental industry’s largest and most widely recognizable companies have integrated the American Rental Association (ARA) “Clean. Safe. Essential.” program into their operations.

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Chicago’s Bank of America Tower completes, opens

BD+C

At 56 stories, Bank of America Tower is the tallest commercial building to be added to the Chicago skyline in the last 30 years. . Designed by Goettsch Partners, the 1,770,000-sf tower includes a stepped center core, which allows for a 45-foot lease span on each side. Interior space planning is enhanced by the five-foot setbacks along the river, providing the equivalent of 14 corner offices.

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Rolls-Royce Investing $13.9M In Minnesota Expansion

Business Facilities

The multi-phase expansion will add production lines, testing capabilities, and manufacturing jobs at the company's Mankato, MN Power Systems business unit. . - Read: Rolls-Royce Investing $13.9M In Minnesota Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com.

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How to Test Hardness of Building Materials?

The Constructor

The hardness of a material is defined as the resistance of that material to an indentation or plastic deformation. Hardness is hence a measure of the.

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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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Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Resume, FERC rules

Construction Equipment

Mountain Valley Pipeline was given another two years Friday to complete a natural gas pipeline already marked by six years of community opposition, environmental damage, fights, and delays.

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Altering facilities for a post-COVID-19 world

BD+C

As companies and organizations bring their employees back into offices and work environments following the self-isolation periods caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many are struggling to find the safest and most responsible approach to complying with new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

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Healthy Home Ventilation

Natural Building

Shelly Miller is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Much of her work has focused on how to control the transmission of airborne infectious diseases indoors. According to Shelly, “Once the virus escapes into the air inside a building, you have two options: bring in fresh air from outside or remove the virus from the air inside the building.

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