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How To Properly Transport A Crane

Construction Marketing

Transporting heavy machinery, like a crate, is no walk in the park. It requires a ton of effort in order to avoid damage to the equipment. It’s also important to remember that a couple of industries around the globe depend on industrial moving companies to move large machinery from one place to another. Such loads can be too heavy and difficult to transport using the traditional methods.

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Solutions To Reduce Debtor Days For Construction Business Owners

Contractor Bookkeeping

Steady, reliable cash flow is crucial for the survival of your construction business – so taking steps to ensure your customers pay promptly is a key priority. Debtor days refer to the length of time it takes clients, on average, to pay you for the work you've done. A higher number of debtor days means clients take longer to pay you. A lower number of debtor days means clients take less time to pay you, which means there's more cash available for your business to use.

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How Construction Robotics Will Affect the Industry

Lets Build

Between the construction labour shortage and the challenges brought on by COVID-19 , construction companies are looking for new ways to operate more efficiently. Construction robotics is one solution that some firms are adopting to combat these challenges, so let’s break down how it’s affecting the industry. 5 ways construction robotics and construction automation are changing the industry.

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Recognizing Constructech Capabilities

Construction Business Owner

Recognizing Constructech Capabilities. hirvin. Fri, 03/25/2022 - 10:27. It has been nearly two years of challenges for construction business owners — halted projects, materials shortages and a tight labor market have made it difficult to stay on track and be efficient.

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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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3 Reasons Your Toilet Keeps Clogging

Construction Marketing

A toilet that keeps clogging can not only be annoying but also a major sign of a serious plumbing problem. Knowing what’s causing the blockage is the first step to fixing the problem. While you can easily fix some of the issues that cause your toilet to clog with a change of habits or DIY troubleshooting, some may require the services of a plumbing company.

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Differences Between Tie-Beam and Plinth Beam in Construction

The Constructor

A beam is a horizontal structural member provided in buildings to transfer loads from the structures above to the columns, walls, and foundations.

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Virginia’s El Koubi Accepts 2021 State of the Year—Best Overall Business Climate Award

Business Facilities

Business Facilities magazine recognized the Commonwealth of Virginia for its commitment to building a strong business environment in 2021.

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Housing Inventory Won’t Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels Until 2024, Experts Say

Pro Builder

Housing Inventory Won’t Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels Until 2024, Experts Say. ldeakins. Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:17. A nationwide housing supply deficit has made homeownership an unattainable goal for a growing number prospective buyers, and some experts say they may have to wait another two years. . A panel of housing market experts polled by Zillow anticipate that housing inventory will return to pre-pandemic levels with a monthly average of 1.5 million units by 2024.

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Understanding the Value a Locally Researched Detailed Construction Cost Database

Job Order Contracting

Understanding the value of a locally researched detailed construction cost database is important to any real property owner, architect, engineer, or builder. CREATION. A significant amount of time and experience is needed to develop a verifiable unit price cost database that reflected local market conditions and can be easily used and maintained. The process is complex and involves significant deep and breadth of knowledge and capability, including cost research, cost engineering, data archite

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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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How Does a Passive Solar Heating System Work?

The Constructor

Passive solar heating is the process of using a certain building system to regulate internal temperature carefully and benefit from the sun’s heat.

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Nine Strategies for a Safer Construction Business

Jobsite with Procore

There is plenty of talk about safety in construction. While many safety efforts aim to reduce costs, people are also discussing the greater benefit of reducing pain and suffering.

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The Top Home Features for First-Time Homebuyers

Pro Builder

The Top Home Features for First-Time Homebuyers. ldeakins. Wed, 03/23/2022 - 10:17. First-time homebuyers aren’t giving up on their dreams of homeownership in a heated housing market, and they also aren’t willing to compromise on these essential home features. First-time buyers have taken the backseat in a record-breaking housing market for two years, but despite soaring prices and dwindling supply, many market newcomers aren’t willing to sacrifice their must-have home features when making their

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Carbon Modeling Tool – Facilities Lifecycle

Job Order Contracting

Carbon modeling tool for the facilities capital delivery process. Assess carbon over the whole life of constructed assets. Align carbon and costs. Develop carbon options. Capture data and monitor carbon targets. 40% reduction in construction carbon emissions. Components. The two components of the Carbon Planning Tool are: · Carbon Modelling Tool – top-down whole life carbon assessment and optioneering, used during the project appraisal phase to enable quick and simple carbon as

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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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Mansard Roof: Features and Advantages

The Constructor

A mansard roof (french or curb roof) is a four-sided roof characterized by two slopes on each side. The top slope is flatter than the bottom slope on.

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Attracting Construction’s Top Talent Starts With Keeping Your Best Workers

Jobsite with Procore

In order to successfully attract and retain talent, some construction companies are transforming themselves into places where people not only want to work but also where they’ll actually want to stick around.

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Building More Sustainably and Avoiding 9,000 Preconstruction Clashes on just One Project with Upgrade Estate

Autodesk Construction Cloud

How Upgrade Estate uses Autodesk Construction Cloud to build more sustainably avoiding 9,000 preconstruction clashes on just one project. Upgrade Estate provides housing for students, young professionals, and growth companies in Belgium. They strive to increase social impact in a value-driven context through an economically sustainable model. While real estate forms the backdrop, Upgrade Estate provides the setting where people connect, study, live and build a network for life.

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Restoration: How to Manage Cash Flow While Waiting for an Insurance Check

Levelset

Restoration contractors can spend a lot of time waiting for payment. Even though the insurance company isn’t your customer, the property owner may be depending on that insurance check to pay for your work. Meanwhile, you’re incurring expenses that drain your bank account, like purchasing materials and paying employees. To cover these expenses, restoration contractors need to manage their cash flow to ensure they have enough money in the bank — especially when the insurance company is dragging th

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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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How to Plan Rooms in Passive Solar Building?

The Constructor

The layout of rooms in a passive solar building is important because an intelligent arrangement can reduce energy consumption and increase.

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4 Key Ways to Innovate and Add Value to Your Construction Business

Jobsite with Procore

Whether it’s value for employees, value for clients, or value for partners, any fresh idea or innovative concept is only as good as the value it delivers. Here are four business aspects with special meaning for construction companies.

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The Many Pathways to Achieving Net Zero

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As Australian state and territory governments mobilise to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, so too is the infrastructure industry. . Achieving such a goal is by no means simple or linear; it requires a whole-of-business, systems-based approach across every asset lifecycle. In other words, the way forward demands new thinking, strategy and action from every organisation, team and individual.

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Different Types of Maps and Plan | Difference between Map and Plan

Learn Civil Engineering

Defintion A map is a visual drawing of a whole region or some of a locality that’s often shown on a flat surface. What is Map? A map’s purpose is to depict precise and elaborated aspects of a particular location, most ordinarily want to show geography. There are many types of maps, together with static, […].

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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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South-facing Glass in Passive Solar Building: How to Determine its Optimum Size

The Constructor

South-facing glass is a vital element of a passive solar building. It allows the sun’s energy into the living space during the winter season. The.

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Annual Home Value Growth Is Accelerating Ahead of Spring Buying Season

Pro Builder

Annual Home Value Growth Is Accelerating Ahead of Spring Buying Season. ldeakins. Tue, 03/22/2022 - 10:25. Annual home value growth could peak one more time before slowing at the start of 2023. Annual home value growth is expected to peak yet again at the end of the spring homebuying season before dropping off at the start of 2023, especially as demand outpaces supply nationwide, says Zillow.

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Canada Lands Its First Large Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Production Plant

Business Facilities

In a joint venture, Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will invest $4.1B in Canada's first large scale, domestic, electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ontario.

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Complete Guide on Wall Putty with Advantages and Disadvantages of Wall Putty

Learn Civil Engineering

What is wall putty Wall putty is a white cement substance that is mainly used to even out the wall surface and make a leveled surface for further coats of paints. Putty helps to feel small cracks, holes, and remove some kind of undulation of walls. In the long process of painting, putty is considered […].

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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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Autodesk Goes Into the Wild With Latest Acquisition

ENR Construction

Purchase terms for The Wild, a technology firm with an immersive virtual/extended reality environment for industry professionals and a dedicated virtual meetings tool, were not disclosed.

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Building Owners Know Your Asbestos & Lead Survey Requirements

Wolgast Corporation

When do existing environmental hazards effect building ownership most? When your building was built prior to 1980 and you have people working, cleaning or providing maintenance within the building. When you plan to remodel or put on an addition to a building of any age. When you buy or sell the building. For a building owner, sometimes the best deal is a building constructed before 1980 that can be remodeled for your use.

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The Last Word With Mark Williams, Strategic Development Group

Business Facilities

Even in the age of COVID-19, the process of selecting the right site for a business remains a crucial part of business activities across the country.

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