Constructonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

When business owners and potential home owners envision building an office or residence or expanding on an existing structure, they often limit themselves to traditional construction methods. But modular construction has become a fast-growing, cost-effective trend for many builders. And at a time when every business and household is looking to stretch their investment further, this emerging alternative to conventional construction is quickly becoming the preferred choice.

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The estimation of building quantities like earth work, foundation concrete, brickwork in plinth and super structure etc., can be workout by any of.

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Estimating Foundation Concrete Materials 250

Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

A colleague recently shared with me this graphic from a Caterpillar presentation he attended, which got me thinking about how managers and owners run their construction businesses. I know the way I’ve managed my company over the years has changed. As we’ve grown we’ve put more formal processes in place and my focus has shifted more toward the bigger picture.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

NOVI, Mich. (November 5, 2012) – Hino Trucks’ 2013MY Class 5 diesel electric cab-over has been approved by the California Air Resources Board and is eligible for the California Hybrid and Zero Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP).

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FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

– Reprinted from our newsletter – Dear President Obama, Congratulations on your re-election victory. Now comes the hard part – another four years of governing. You have discussed the importance of helping boost the economy by easing the regulatory burden on companies where appropriate. The first target that springs to mind when it comes to OSHA is the dramatic increase in enforcement by OSHA under your Administration.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

A colleague recently shared with me this graphic from a Caterpillar presentation he attended, which got me thinking about how managers and owners run their construction businesses. I know the way I’ve managed my company over the years has changed. As we’ve grown we’ve put more formal processes in place and my focus has shifted more toward the bigger picture.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

'As scheduling consultants and trainers, we often hear the question, “How do I display Previous Period Billings in a P6 column, for the NAVFAC or USACE Earned Value report?” Capturing and displaying the value of prior work in place in P6 isn’t as simple as I expected. The reason is that the value for prior periods is not a native field in P6.

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Digger Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Armac had to complete an overnight bridge demolition at Toddington, on the M1, and renting a massive 6 tonne breaker for one of their big Cats from Sandhurst, provided the belt and braces needed to get the job done. As with any motorway bridge removal, time is the enemy and closing one as busy as the M1 is guaranteed to get maximum attention. And, for Armac, the consequences of not completing the project within the planned timeframe, ready for Monday’s rush hour, was simply unthinkable bec

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

In order to determine the rate of a particular item, the factors affecting the rate of that item are studied carefully and then finally a rate is.

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Engineering Estimating Construction 240

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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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Contractor Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

First-of-its-Kind Software Extends BIM Coordination to Maximize Productivity and Efficiency in Fabrication Shops. Victaulic, the world's leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems, was named Innovator of the Year by Technical Sales International (TSI) for the Victaulic Virtual Truck Loading Software. read more.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Construction employers added 17,000 jobs in October while the industry’s unemployment rate fell to 11.4 percent, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that total construction employment levels have changed little during the past year while the declines in the industry’s unemployment rate are coming as more former workers leave the industry.

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Digger Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I’m sure many of us who operate excavators on a daily basis, have spent more hours than we care to remember unloading concrete pipe deliveries from lorries. It can be very time consuming work, and often the lads, who conventionally have had to sling up the pipes with strops, are put in danger of falling from height off the trailer, as well as the risk of getting pinched by pipes as they move.

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Preliminary or approximate estimate is required for studies of various aspects of work of project and for its administrative approval.

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

OSHA urges safety during Sandy cleanup. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada. For more information on a custom safety program for your company, please contact us by clicking here.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Ditch Witch will purchase American Augers from Astec Industries for about $55 million. Included in the sale are “certain assets” of the Trencor large-trencher line. The sale does not include American Augers vertical oil and gas drilling rig line, or its four-track surface miner line. According to Astec, total revenues of the sold business unit and product line were $42 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

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Digger Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

I last attended the New Holland Grand Prix competition in 2009, so it will be a great experience to make a return trip to Turin this year, and to report on the extremely popular operator challenge style event, which has become a regular fixture in the company’s itinerary. Coincidently one of the competitors I saw compete in the 2009 contest, will be making a return this year.

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The units of measurements (UOM) for civil engineering works are mainly categorised for their nature, shape and size and for making payments to the.

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Maine Engineering Estimating Materials 235

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Help Everybody Everyday

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Folks, I’ve deemed November conference month here at www.HelpEverybodyEveryday.com. I think this will either give people some great ideas about how and why to attend industry conferences or it will start an entirely new conversation about conferences. The topic of industry conferences is a divisive one. For example, my views on industry conferences probably fly in the face of everything you’ve been told and/or everything you believe.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Voters approved 68 percent of the measures to increase or extend funding for highways, bridges and transit, an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) review finds. Voters approved 68 percent of the measures to increase or extend funding for highways, bridges and transit, an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) review finds.

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Transportation Roads 77

Digger Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Over the years I have been lucky enough to operate a wide range of excavators, during that time I have spent many a happy hour at the controls of mini excavators. When first introduced back in the late 1970’s, not many took them seriously, suggesting that the concept wouldn’t really take off, and that the mini marvels would simply be a passing phase, how wrong they were!

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Modeling Engineering Site Housing 93

The Constructor

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Electromagnetic distance measuring instrument is a surveying instrument for measuring distance between two points through electromagnetic.

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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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BD+C

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

John Portman & Associates (Portman) has been selected to design Tianlong Fortune Center, the first super tall skyscraper tower in Nanning, with a height of 1,312 feet (400 meters). The architectural design competition was led by developer Guangxi Wei Zhuang Real Estate Co., Ltd., and the Nanning Planning Bureau. read more.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved a five-year, $903-million road and bridge improvement program. New construction would occur on county roads in each of the 77 counties. About $316 million will be used to replace 389 structurally deficient country bridges, reports The Oklahoman. Source: The Oklahoman. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved a five-year, $903-million road and bridge improvement program.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Utile, Inc.'s home page. While I’ve received credit as co-author for the attached SMPS Marketer article: Small firms act big , co-authors Nancy Egan and Marjanne Pearson deserve the lions’ share of recognition for this important story, which provides first- hand examples explaining how you can build a practice or business far larger and more influential than your size would normally allow, by thinking forward, contributing to your community innovatively and encouraging collaborat

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Foundation design must support different kinds of loads, such as dead load, live loads, rain and snow loads, wind loads, seismic loads etc.

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Revit OpEd

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Overheard the other day, "Hey Englebert, you are all red dude!" (name changed to protect the guilty or course). What he's referring to is the color a user's name becomes in Worksharing Monitor when they are working in the central file instead of a local as expected. Don't be red! You might get this baby telling you off? See Floyd? He's playing along nicely.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

For the second year in a row, Navistar has been ranked in the top 100 in Newsweek’s Green Rankings report on the most eco-friendly U.S. companies. The report also rated Navistar as one of the nation’s top 10 companies for environmental management, one of the three key components of each company’s overall Green Score. For the second year in a row, Navistar has been ranked in the top 100 in Newsweek’s Green Rankings report on the most eco-friendly U.S. companies.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

The original Construction Marketing Ideas blog. For those of us who have experienced, then lost, the number one place on Google keyword searches (in my case, for construction marketing), we feel real pain. We’ve enjoyed the glory spot – the instant recognition, the credibility, and the power of being number one — and now we are consigned to a lower place in the online (and business) universe.

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