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Lawsuit Challenging Approval of Genetically Modified Animals

Green Building Law Update

Last week a coterie of environmental groups sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approving the first ever genetically engineered animal for human consumption, a salmon engineered to grow quickly. The Institute for Fisheries Resources, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Golden Gate Salmon Association, Kennebec Reborn, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Ecology Action Centre, Friends of the Earth, Food and Water Watch, and

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A New Imperative for Safety

Construction Business Owner

Over the past decade, the construction industry has made strong strides in improving safety management. Safety is now broadly defined as a core value throughout the industry. There is an increasing focus on changing safety culture, attaining zero incidents and monitoring key safety performance metrics. An emphasis on the workforce and behavioral safety initiatives challenge business owners to widen what it means to value health and safety.

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Managing from the Mother Ship: How a National Commercial Contractor Operates

HardHatChat

The other day I was talking with a Chicago-area client who didn’t realize Englewood is a national general contractor that manages national commercial construction projects across the country. He asked me, “You only have offices in Chicago, right? So how does that work?”. I was happy to have this conversation because at Englewood, working on a national basis is in our DNA.

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Digital Dryshack #89: Multiple Critical Paths in P6

Cassell Construction Estimating

Recently, Cassell Consulting was contacted by a planning engineer who encountered difficulty during critical path analysis. Our resident P6 guru, Ken Wagner, weighed in to clarify best procedures for utilizing multiple critical paths in P6. The following is an edited transcript of their exchange: Q: “I have a question regarding how to know multiple critical paths.To know first 10 critical paths in Primavera P6.

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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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Lawsuit Challenging Approval of Genetically Modified Animals

Green Building Law Update

Last week a coterie of environmental groups sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approving the first ever genetically engineered animal for human consumption, a salmon engineered to grow quickly. The Institute for Fisheries Resources, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Golden Gate Salmon Association, Kennebec Reborn, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Ecology Action Centre, Friends of the Earth, Food and Water Watch, and

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EMP Wall 2016

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DH Pace Company Expands Kansas HQ Facility

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The DH Pace Company is expanding its corporate headquarters in Olathe, KS to make room for new jobs. The company is investing approximately $3 million in the facility expansion project that will create space to accommodate an additional 150 employees. In early 2013, DH Pace relocated from four locations in North Kansas City into one facility in the Olathe area large enough to accommodate all its operations.

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Illinois May Be First State in the Nation to Charge Drivers By the Mile

Construction Equipment

How's this: A one-half cent per mile tax for road maintenance and the pleasure of driving in Illinois. In the continuing effort to squeeze money out of Illinois residents to pay off decades of financial mismanagement by state and local politicians - a practice still continuing in full force today - Illinois lawmakers are considering taxing drivers by the mile to pay for road maintenance.

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Get Protection from Cyberthreats

Construction Business Owner

Recently, a firm owner said, “We aren’t a target for cybercriminals. We don’t have medical records or credit card numbers. We use a cloud solution for human resources, so we don’t even have our employees’ social security numbers on-site.” When I asked about his pricing structure, proposals, estimates and contact information for his personnel and subcontractors, he confirmed that he considers that private information.

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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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Move quickly from design to fabrication with Autodesk Advance Steel 2017

BIM & Beam

Yesterday we announced the release of Autodesk ® Advance Steel 2017. Built on the familiar AutoCAD platform, Advance Steel helps provide engineering and detailing professionals the tools needed to model the details necessary for their structures. The latest version of Advance Steel adds a host of new features and enhancements that help improve productivity and usability, and allow fabrication documents to be drafted and documented more easily to support BIM enabled workflows.

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Can Active Interference by Owner Invalidate A No Damages for Delay Clause? Sometimes.

Best Practices Construction Law

Some will say that a “no damages for delay” clause is harsh. Well, it depends on which hat you wear. If you are a contractor, you have a reasonable expectation that you will be paid for the extra work to overcome a delay beyond your control, especially if the owner causes or contributes to the delay. If you are an owner, you may have an expectation that the contractor is not going to get extra compensation when there are delays to the project.

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Caterpillar Introduces “The Age of Smart Iron”

Construction Equipment

. “The Age of Smart Iron”, Caterpillar’s new strategy to be the industry leader in digital solutions designed to improve productivity, efficiency, safety and profitability was announced today a bauma 2016, the world's largest construction trade show. Caterpillar and Zeppelin Cat are exhibiting more than 60 products at bauma 2016.

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Managing Between the Lines

Construction Business Owner

Some have a beautiful, linear fluidity, as if prepared by a genealogist. Others look more like a complicated offensive play, drafted on a chalkboard by some diabolical coach. Organizational charts are one of the most mismanaged items in construction firms. How can a piece of paper create so much controversy? More importantly, why is it essential that an organization maintain such a simple illustration?

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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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EETC Commits to Expansion at 20th Annual Conference

Green Industry Professionals

Recent increase in both membership and net income lays groundwork for more aggressive growth agenda in 2016 for Equipment & Engine Training Council.

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23 Proverbs of plumbing

Contractor Magazine

The word “proverb” is: a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought. read more.

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Bauma Day 4

Construction Equipment

Construction Equipment and the Global Construction Media Alliance are covering Bauma 2016 from Munich this week. Here are highlights from Day 4: Trimble's Connected Quarry. Topcon's smooth-ride scanning solution. Terex Finlay. Full bauma2016 Daily News website.

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New ELD Mandate: Good for Business

Construction Business Owner

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) passed a new rule in December 2015 regarding the use of electronic logging devices (ELD) in commercial motor vehicles in which drivers are mandated to record their hours of service (HOS). While new mandates are generally met with a collective sigh and an eye roll, there are significant operational benefits that can come with new technology.

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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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Regulations (or none) and construction marketing: Looking beneath the surface

Construction Marketing Ideas

This image doesn’t match the story below — because there is no way I could publish a photo to go with the story. This morning, I observed a situation very close to home that caused my voice to rise in anger. Should someone I know well (an 18-year-old) sign a legal waiver document before going to work on a residential renovation site? Questions swirled: What is he doing that would require this sort of waiver?

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Levels and Story Above

Revit OpEd

Listening to Bill's BIM Thoughts podcast with Carla Edwards and Paul Aubin (Session 29), Carla reminded me of a parameter associated with levels I wrote about in 2013 but it was buried within a post of a different title. So I decided to clip it out of that post and give it some air again. Levels have a parameter called Story Above; and a related parameter called Building Story.

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World's 2nd Largest Private Coal Mining Company Files Chapter 11

Construction Equipment

Peabody Energy, the world's largest private-sector coal producer, has filed for bankruptcy protection in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Trading on the NYSE was suspended immediately. Peabody (BTU) shares closed Wednesday at $2.07, down from its high of $299.10 in 2014. The company listed $10.1 billion in debts and $11 billion in assets, including ownership interest in 26 active mines in the U.S. and Australia.

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Why You Should Rethink Your Organizational Chart

Construction Business Owner

Some have a beautiful, linear fluidity, as if prepared by a genealogist. Others look more like a complicated offensive play, drafted on a chalkboard by some diabolical coach. Organizational charts are one of the most mismanaged items in construction firms. How can a piece of paper create so much controversy? More importantly, why is it essential that an organization maintain such a simple illustration?

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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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Proposed Law Encourages Upgraded Irrigation Equipment

Green Industry Professionals

Key committee approves water-efficient landscaping bill, which encourages Californians to upgrade to more efficient landscape and irrigation equipment; also advances initiative to replace lawns.

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Marijuana Use vs. Fit for Duty

Safety Services Company

Workplaces are feeling the effects of both medical and recreational marijuana legalization. These new laws are making it more difficult to discipline someone who tests positive for marijuana. Ambiguous language protects impaired drivers from prosecution and makes it hard for employers to prove impairment at work. Unlike alcohol, a test that shows level of marijuana impairment is not available.

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Iowa Landowners File Suit to Stop Pipeline Construction

Construction Equipment

Nine Iowa landowners filed suit Friday against the Iowa Utilities Board saying the planned underground crude oil pipeline to be built by Dakota Access LLC doesn't qualify as a public utility and should not be granted the use of eminent domain rights. The Bakken Pipeline starts in North Dakota runs through 17 counties and 346 miles of Iowa to a distribution hub in Patoka, Illinois.

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Protect Your Company from Cyberthreats

Construction Business Owner

Recently, a firm owner said, “We aren’t a target for cybercriminals. We don’t have medical records or credit card numbers. We use a cloud solution for human resources, so we don’t even have our employees’ social security numbers on-site.” When I asked about his pricing structure, proposals, estimates and contact information for his personnel and subcontractors, he confirmed that he considers that private information.

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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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Building a Bridge Across the St. Croix River in under Three Minutes

Construction Dive

Although the project is a year behind schedule, this time lapse video of the 3,200-foot bridge over the St. Croix River can be watched in 2.24 minutes. The project includes placement of pre-cast bridge segments and a truss scaffold section for the pier tables that can be lowered intact for disassembly. Read more.

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Anticipating the future: Looking forward to augmented marketing opportunities

Construction Marketing Ideas

Science fiction? Maybe not — businesses are planning the commercialization of asteroids by mining them. Yesterday’s post discussed the potential for contractors to develop expertise in building “Virtual Reality” Rooms” . Underlying that story, however, it doesn’t take much looking to see how the technological arms race will change our lives in the near future.

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Oil Shale Operation Seeks 15-Mile Corridor Through Utah Wilderness

Construction Equipment

. . One of the nation's first commercial-level oil shale operations advanced on Thursday when the Bureau of Land Management posted a draft environmental impact statement for utility rights of way serving Enefit American Oil's mine that would extract and process kerogen-bearing rock in the Uinta Basin in Utah.

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