Sat.Aug 01, 2015 - Fri.Aug 07, 2015

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Extend Engine Life

Construction Business Owner

Improvements to Tier 4 engines help burn cleaner fuel and reduce air emissions. To meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel requirement standards, Tier 4-compliant engines—designed with high-pressure common rail (HPCR) systems and fuel injectors—use ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel.

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Three Benefits of Upgrading Your Construction Equipment

Construction Marketing

The construction industry remained buoyant despite predictions of a slow yet stable recovery after the general election. Investing in the equipment that makes your business functional, is possibly one of the smartest investments you can make as these valuable assets can reduce downtime, limit the number of accidents in the workplace and improve company efficiency.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

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Finding a Career in the Safety Industry

FDR Safety

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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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3-D Modeling On the Move

Construction Business Owner

What a difference 10 years can make in the world of technology. That's how long it has been since 3-D modeling began infiltrating the construction business. Building information modeling (BIM) has evolved from simply being a way for design architects to communicate their vision to clients to becoming a means to building better structures. Recent advances in 3-D modeling technology acknowledge the value to the construction industry of working from an accurate buildable model throughout the entire

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Education in the trades is evolving, giving contractors more options to advance their skill sets

Contractor Magazine

By Neal Lorenzi. Be a cutting-edge contractor. New technologies are being introduced. As consumers become more aware of these options, they expect their contractors to be experts when coming into their home or business. read more.

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Ace Your Safety Job Interview

FDR Safety

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Focus on Employee Incentives

Construction Business Owner

For owners of closely held, service-based businesses contemplating the total or fractional sales of their companies, attracting and retaining key employees is critical to creating and sustaining value for the long term. A service-based business faces the unique challenge of proving its continuing viability to a potential buyer, since its assets are people.

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Case Construction Equipment to Host Music Festival Featuring Kip Moore

Construction Equipment

Case Construction Equipment will host the “Labor of Love Music Festival” starring multi-platinum country music star Kip Moore on Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 7, 2015) at Racine Festival Park on the city’s waterfront.

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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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JCB creates its own customer base

Digger Blog

This Freddy Vaudrey who at the age of 26 has already bought his third JCB. This Freddy Vaudrey who at the age of 26 has already bought his third JCB.

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The Rise In Demand For Safety Professionals

FDR Safety

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Tier 4 Technology in Compact Excavators

Construction Business Owner

Tier 4 technology certainly has been a game changer, for users, renters, owners, dealers and even manufacturers. The more you know and understand about Tier 4, the better results you will have on the jobsite. For excavators, there are a few tips on what to look for when either renting or buying.

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Construction Adds 6,000 Jobs in July

Construction Equipment

The construction sector added 6,000 jobs in July as the nation's unemployment rate remained at 5.3 percent, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rising home sales helped boost the construction jobs, and manufacturers added another 15,000 employees, according to an analysis by ABC News. In total, the economy added some 215,000 jobs in July.

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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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Business Facilities’ 2015 Metro Rankings Report: Austin, Nashville, Raleigh Are Metro Frontrunners

Business Facilities

Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Austin, TX added to its impressive record of success in Business Facilities’ Metro Rankings Report with the best across-the-board showing in the magazine’s 2015 edition. Business Facilities’ 2015 Metro Rankings Report: Austin, Nashville, Raleigh Are Metro Frontrunners appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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Importance of video marketing for plumbing contractors

Contractor Magazine

Everyone loves a video. True, some people retain more information by reading text, but incorporating the two together can do wonders for marketing your plumbing or HVAC business online. read more.

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The Flight of the Managers

Construction Business Owner

Contractors once relished a period of time in which most of their associates would stay with one company. Gone were the days of résumés that looked like patchwork quilts. However, the same forces that have allowed backlogs to grow have also created a new, employee-driven marketplace. The market abounds with free agents, leaving many contractors to question their own compensation models.

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Volvo Construction Equipment Announces Road Institute Course Schedule

Construction Equipment

Road Institute will offer training sessions, ranging from two to five days, beginning in mid-September 2015 through May 2016. Courses are held at the Road Institute Training Center in Shippensburg and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and at the Road Institute West location in Phoenix, Ariz. Training courses combine classroom-style instruction with hands-on learning, and focus on a range of paving and compaction topics, including operation, application, maintenance and mechanics.

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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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Does Twitter matter for construction marketing

Construction Marketing Ideas

Our Twitter page for Chicago Construction News. It doesn’t cost us anything for the page reference and the content is mostly repurposed from other sources, so it makes sense to have it — but does it really do much for our (or anyone’s) business? Brian Fraley writes in Constructionequipmentguide.com that Twitter has stumped much of the construction industry and the microblogging service has been underutilized in marketing.

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Business Facilities’ 2015 State Rankings Report: Nebraska Tops Employment Leaders Field

Business Facilities

Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Nebraska edged North Dakota for Business Facilities’ Employment Leaders crown in BF’s 11th annual State Rankings Report. Business Facilities’ 2015 State Rankings Report: Nebraska Tops Employment Leaders Field appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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App Spotlight: Avaamo

Construction Business Owner

For business owners, the main game is finding ways to work smarter and finish jobs more efficiently. This was the central idea behind business messaging app Avaamo.

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4 New Videos Show Progress of Ohio River Bridges Construction

Construction Equipment

Four new videos that include drone footage captured the construction progress on areas of the East End Crossing of the Ohio River Bridges, not accessible to the public, reports WHAS 11 abc news.

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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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Contractor of the Month: Gold Medal Service

Contractor Magazine

Gold Medal Service is CONTRACTOR's Contractor of the Month for August. Find out why we at CONTRACTOR magazine believe Gold Medal Service is a top-notch contractor! read more.

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Business Facilities’ 2015 Metro Rankings Report: Indiana Metros Are Exports Leaders

Business Facilities

Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Indiana metros dominated the top-10 list for Exports Leaders in Business Facilities’ 2015 Metro Rankings Report. Four Indiana locations made the top tier in this category, which is based on exports as a percentage of GDP. Business Facilities’ 2015 Metro Rankings Report: Indiana Metros Are Exports Leaders appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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Time-Lapse of the Headquarters at Seaport District

Construction Business Owner

Click here to view other project videos, and check back throughout the year for more.

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1 Minute Time-Lapse Video Represents Over 3 Months of Construction

Construction Equipment

A time-lapse video shows a three-month construction period of the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons in downtown Milwaukee, reports Fox 6 News. Construction is scheduled to be complete in 2017. .

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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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Freedom, systematization, bureaucracy in construction marketing: How do you define the boundaries?

Construction Marketing Ideas

Are you doing things because you’ve “always” done them. Maybe you should build systems to review your systems, then. Some aspects of business defy — or inspire — the rule-book, and I don’t know of many situations where the conflict between systematization and freedom can be resolved without at least some contradictions.

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Feeling trapped over a missing condensate trap

Contractor Magazine

Why is it so many installers of HVAC equipment ignore the need to read the instructions, which have illustrations, and while installing a multi-thousand-dollar HVAC system decide to skimp on an inexpensive part? You’d have assumed I shot the guy’s dog! Man he was ticked off at me and all this over a missing component in his HVAC system that I had detailed in my inspection report for the pending sale of their home. read more.

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Robot-AdvanceSteel Link is Available on Autodesk Labs

BIM & Beam

Robot-AdvanceSteel Link is a technology preview that enables engineers and designers data exchange between Autodesk ® Advance Steel ® 2016 and Autodesk ® Robot ™ Structural Analysis Professional 2016, through a complete set of functionalities like import, export, or synchronize. Using Robot-AdvanceSteel Link, models created in Robot, can be exported in an.smlx format.