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Proven Practices To Collect Construction Client Payments Effectively

Contractor Bookkeeping

All construction contractors have experienced bad debt's financial pain, which is defined as a customer who refuses to pay no matter what you do. We've been there before, and it will probably happen again in the future. Owning and operating any business, including accounting, means sometimes you provide goods and services and not get paid. Knowing The Answers Helps.

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4 Tech Tricks for Rental Equipment Safety

Construction Equipment

Renting has become increasingly popular in the construction and mining industries with many companies now opting to rent instead of purchase equipment.

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What Is a Buttress Dam | Types of Buttress Dam | Advantages & Disadvantages of Buttress Dam | Application of Buttress Dam

CivilJungle

What Is a Buttress Dam? The buttress dam is a variation or improvisation of the Gravity Dam. Buttresses are just like concrete walls that are built parallel to the flow of water with such a prescribed thickness at frequent intervals. An arch slab or angled deck slab is installed on such buttresses to sustain upstream water. Typically, the Gravity Dam needs more concrete action.

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Why Rental Is on the Rise

Construction Business Owner

Why Rental Is on the Rise. Alex Headley. Wed, 04/14/2021 - 07:30. Complex projects paired with tight labor markets and timelines have put additional pressure on construction contractors. Having the right equipment available at the right time is critical to staying on track. A strategic, well-executed fleet strategy can eliminate downtime that strains your schedule — and your bottom line.

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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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Introducing ‘Viewpoints on Construction’ Virtual Series

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Virtual series brings construction professionals together to discuss key industry issues throughout 2021.

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Labor Department Will Not Enforce Anti ESG Rule

Green Building Law Update

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that it will not enforce recently published final rules by the prior Administration on “Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments” and “Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights.”. This policy statement is in furtherance of the Biden Administration issued Executive Order 13990, entitled “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,” directing federal agencies to review existi

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Protect Your Jobsite From with OSHA's Focus Four Hazards

Construction Business Owner

Protect Your Jobsite From with OSHA's Focus Four Hazards. Alex Headley. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 07:30. Construction work is a risk. Each year, the industry is rated as one of the most dangerous jobs in America — and for good reason. Your projects are never the same for more than a few days, materials move, people change shifts and deadlines tighten.

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Construction Cloud Software: The Benefits of a Hosted Solution

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Learn five benefits of having a hosted solution versus on-premise software.

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Chose the right Job Order Contract Platform

Job Order Contracting

Chose the right Job Order Contract Platform to achieve significant benefits with minimal administration costs. Chose the wrong one, and you will likely pay hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for “JOC services” and do little more than automate previous poor business practices. People, Principles, and Process Drive Best Value Outcomes.

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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 Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS)?

The Constructor

Onsite wastewater treatment system (OWTS) is a privately owned and maintained sewage disposal system that treats wastewater and produces disinfected.

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How Your Company Can Land Bigger Fish

Construction Business Owner

How Your Company Can Land Bigger Fish. Alex Headley. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 07:30. Many contractors still have problems with low margins, cheap competition, the tight economy or customers who won’t pay reasonable prices. These construction companies operate with poor business plans and repeat the same behavior while hoping for better results. However, achieving better results requires fighting for improvement, making change and taking new risks. .

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An Ode to ArchiCAD…or…can we call it something else?

DebunkTheBIM

I’ve never been happy with the name of my (possibly) most essentials of tools. Not even 30 years ago when I first started associating with it, even though at the time both the Arch part and the CAD part were positive terms. Just did not have the right ring. Sure, names are such subjective things, aren’t they? And who am I to criticize a name, having burdened one of my children with one that is unpronounceable by most of the population she comes across?

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Avoiding Construction Cost Overruns

Job Order Contracting

Avoiding construction cost overruns is best accomplished by, Getting the front-end of capital investments right, including using reliable reference class information to create unbiased cost estimates. The more localized and granular the information the best. Optimally a locally researched detailed unit price cost book (UPB) is used. The UPB should be updated to include the most recent labor, material, cost,, and productivity information available.

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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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Qinghai–Tibet Railway: The Longest and Highest Highland Railway in the World

The Constructor

The Qinghai–Tibet Railway is a 1,956 km long railway network located between Golmud and Lhasa in China. It is also known as the “heavenly road” as it.

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John Deere on Industry Concerns, Looking to the Future

Construction Business Owner

John Deere on Industry Concerns, Looking to the Future. Alex Headley. Thu, 04/15/2021 - 11:05.

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Yanmar Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Tracked Carrier

Construction Equipment

Yanmar is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the YFW500D, its first tracked carrier equipped with a Yanmar diesel engine. The original carrier used the undercarriage of a Yanmar rubber crawler combine harvester and added a cargo box to enable it to transport materials on soft ground.

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DoD Leadership Supports Facilities Repair, Renovation, and New Builds Cost Problems

Job Order Contracting

The root cause of cost overrun, is the fact that DoD teams keep underestimating scope changes and complexity in project after project. Unfortunately DoD leadership supports facilities cost problems by mandating dated, ‘ad-doc’ processes. While planners, cost estimators, and other professional are generally well aware of the factors that impact “capital projects” and how they may be mitigated, the fundamental cost estimation methods are flawed, dated, and ‘ad hocR

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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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Important Types of Wastewater Treatment Systems

The Constructor

Wastewater treatment is the process of treating contaminated water or sewage to an effluent that can be safely dispersed back to the environment or.

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LG Electronics Investing Additional $20.5M In Tennessee

Business Facilities

Home appliance manufacturer LG Electronics will add another shift, creating 334 jobs and bringing total employment at its Clarksville, TN operations to about 1,000. - Read: LG Electronics Investing Additional $20.5M In Tennessee at BusinessFacilities.com.

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One Dead After Bridge Collapses During Demo

Construction Equipment

One person died after one of the last remaining sections of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet collapsed on Wednesday. Emergency responders were called to Oregon Inlet just before 5 p.m., according to OBX Today.

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Construction Procurement Costs

Job Order Contracting

Introduction. Construction Procurement Costs can be effectively managed within integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery environment. Often owners focuses only on initial purchase cost when they make decisions on repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build planning, design, procurement & construction. The above, when combined with the owner’s level of leadership and competency, internal collaboration and skill levels of procurement and facilities management teams, and th

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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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Gotthard Base Tunnel: Construction Features of the World’s Longest Tunnel

The Constructor

The Swiss government was exploring ways to lay a railway line through the Alps for a long time. The idea was materialized in the year 1995 with the.

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Rethinking The Global Supply Chain

Business Facilities

The massive disruptions of the global supply chain that occurred in 2020 during the pandemic have increased momentum for the reshoring of manufacturing jobs to the United States, primarily from China. - Read: Rethinking The Global Supply Chain at BusinessFacilities.com.

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DOT Proposal Aims to Guide Infra. Spending

Construction Equipment

The Transportation Department is engaging with lawmakers by sending out a spreadsheet filled with specifics in what promises to be a pitched debate over President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan.

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Construction Prices Continue Rise – March 2021

Job Order Contracting

Construction prices continue rise as prices increase 3.5% in March (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). One a year to year basis, cost for non-residential construction are up 12%. Lumber prices have shown one of the highest surges, going up as much as almost 80%+ versus last year, and over 5% in March alone. Construction Costs. The post Construction Prices Continue Rise – March 2021 appeared first on 4BT.

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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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Rongjiang Bridge: The World’s Longest Bridge of Rigid Girder and Flexible Arch

The Constructor

The Rongjiang Bridge is a part of the Xiamen-Shenzhen high-speed railway route constructed in the Jieyang City of Guangdong Province, China. It is.

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Abzena To Create 325 Jobs In North Carolina

Business Facilities

Life sciences contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Abzena will invest $213 million to establish a new manufacturing operation in Sanford, NC. - Read: Abzena To Create 325 Jobs In North Carolina at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Materials Woes Slowing Projects; AGC Calls for Tariff Relief

Construction Equipment

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has posted a Construction Inflation Alert to update contractors and clients on construction materials developments.

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