Construction Business Owner

MAY 27, 2025

Navigating the Challenges of Nuclear Verdicts & Reptile Theory in Construction ccapoccia Tue, 05/27/2025 - 12:48 The construction industry is currently navigating a complex array of challenges. Adding to these pressures is an emerging issue: the abuse of the legal system, which can lead to unexpected costs and disruptions. Learn how to defend against nuclear verdicts and reptile theory.

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The Constructor

MAY 26, 2025

Chameleon glass represents a revolutionary advancement in building materials, utilizing adaptive transparency technology to create windows that automatically adjust their opacity, tint, and thermal properties in response to environmental conditions. This innovative glazing system combines electrochromic materials, smart sensors, and automated control systems to optimize daylight, privacy, and energy performance simultaneously.

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Construction Marketing

MAY 29, 2025

If youve spent time on a construction site, youve likely met some brilliant builders the kind of people who can read a plan, solve problems on the fly, and bring a structure to life with skill and precision. But heres something that might surprise you: not all great builders make great estimators. Thats not a knock on their abilities. Building and estimating are simply two different skill sets.

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Construction Specifier

MAY 26, 2025

By Tony Gambrall Photos courtesy Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA)/via stock.adobe.com When specifying door hardware for a new or existing project, a lot of time and effort goes into ensuring every piece of hardware chosen will perform to its highest performance level. Seems simple, but every door opening has its own performance level and codes dictate this.

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Construction companies face shifting labor markets, volatile material pricing, and global supply chain disruptions that threaten profitability. This guide details how industry leaders are replacing outdated budgeting with incremental funding, adopting regional procurement, and using digital tools for real-time financial oversight. Learn how to deploy workforce agility, connected jobsite monitoring, automated procurement, and cost simulation models to preserve margin stability.

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ENR Construction

MAY 28, 2025

Aon reports insurer's growing unease about what they call 'social inflation.

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NH Construction Law

MAY 24, 2025

Several years back I blogged ( #36 ) on how design-build contracting – combining design and construction responsibilities in a single phased contract – might impact a contractor’s liability for design defects where there is joint participation by owner and contractor in the design. I pointed out the approach taken in Coghlin Electrical Contractors, Inc. v.

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Construction Dive

MAY 29, 2025

Regardless of education level, workers said they’re choosing blue-collar work for better long-term prospects, higher pay and a lower risk of being replaced by AI.

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Construction Specifier

MAY 28, 2025

By Justin Ramsey Photos courtesy Carlisle SynTec This roofing task was for one of the countrys biggest online providers of furniture, rugs, lighting, and other home decor products, which now offers another option for in-person shoppers in the Chicago area. The online retailers first true attempt to break into physical retail opened in the Spring of 2024 with more than 141,000 m 2 (152,000 sf) of retail space on Lake Avenue in Wilmette, Ill., about 22 km (14 miles) outside of Chicago.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 28, 2025

Project cost estimation levels depend on the amount of current, actionable information available about the project at a given stage. As a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build activity progresses and the scope becomes more defined, the estimates become more reliable. #1. Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Estimate / Class 5 Estimate: Purpose:Used in the early stages of project planning (0-5% project definition) for screening or feasibility studies, often for initial budgeting.

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Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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ENR Construction

MAY 27, 2025

A construction worker suffered fatal injuries at the Hyundai Metaplant complex on May 20, the third fatality at the electric vehicle production campus in just over two years.

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Construction Dive

MAY 27, 2025

Given construction’s labor and skills shortages, primes sometimes need to hire less-than-optimal partners. Here’s how to succeed when that happens.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 27, 2025

Free Up Cash Without Losing Your Equipment What construction business owners need to know about equipment sale-leasebacks tax benefits, risks and smart structuring tips. mhodges Tue, 05/27/2025 - 11:13 What is an Equipment Sale Leaseback? An equipment sale leaseback is a financial arrangement where a company sells its equipment to a leasing company or financial institution and then immediately leases it back for continued use.

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The Constructor

MAY 30, 2025

Structural glass skeletons represent a groundbreaking advancement in architectural engineering, transforming glass from a purely aesthetic feature into a primary load-bearing material. These systems leverage high-strength laminated, tempered, and chemically strengthened glass to support structural loadsmaking glass beams, columns, and walls not just decorative, but essential to the buildings integrity.

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Take your construction business to the next level with our comprehensive 2025 funding guide! Whether you're managing seasonal cash flow challenges, dealing with unexpected equipment repairs, or planning to scale your operations, securing the right funding is essential for success. This guide explores a range of fast and flexible financing options tailored for construction businesses.

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Digger Blog

MAY 29, 2025

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Construction Dive

MAY 27, 2025

With the Manufactured Products General Waiver gone, contractors must prepare for potential cost, schedule and quality control issues, legal experts say.

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ENR Construction

MAY 27, 2025

On May 20, a construction worker suffered fatal injuries at the still-under-construction complex, the project's third fatality in just over two years.

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Natural Building

MAY 30, 2025

In Ladakh, India’s highest plateau, residential architecture is shaped by extreme cold, intense solar radiation and arid landscape. Structures rely on locally sourced sun-dried mud bricks, rammed earth and timber, with hand-plastered walls and meticulously layered timber and compacted earth roofs engineered to withstand heavy snowfall. The spatial organization—livestock housed on the ground floor with living spaces above—serves both environmental and practical purposes.

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Speaker: Dylan Secrest

Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

MAY 30, 2025

Running a small business is exciting, but lets be honest, managing the admin side of things can feel overwhelming. Between keeping financial records, looking after daily operations, and ensuring compliance with tax laws, its easy to feel buried under endless to-do lists. But heres the good news: with the right strategies, small business administration doesnt have to be a headache.

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Construction Dive

MAY 27, 2025

Former and current military members are well-suited for superintendent and safety manager roles, according to a recent webinar hosted by Skanska and the Society of American Military Engineers.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 28, 2025

Equipment Rich, Cash Flow Tight? Consider an Equipment Sale-Leaseback What construction business owners need to know about equipment sale-leasebacks tax benefits, risks and smart structuring tips. mhodges Wed, 05/28/2025 - 08:13 What is an Equipment Sale Leaseback? An equipment sale leaseback is a financial arrangement where a company sells its equipment to a leasing company or financial institution and then immediately leases it back for continued use.

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Natural Building

MAY 28, 2025

Crop straw in many rural areas across China used to be commonly used for cooking or feeding livestock. However, with the decline in rural populations and the increasing prevalence of gas stoves and mechanization in rural China, straw has been become a waste. But now, this waste is becoming a valuable resource. Straw remnants have been repurposed into green materials used in the production of furniture.

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Risk management in construction faces pressure from tighter margins, compressed timelines, and increasing complexity. This guide shows how AI strengthens project stability by predicting risks across cost, schedule, safety, supply chains, and workforce planning. AI algorithms analyze procurement data, subcontractor bids, equipment performance, and site conditions to identify potential disruptions.

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ENR Construction

MAY 30, 2025

Virginia-based Engineering Consulting Services joined other firms to donate staff expertise to the voluntary upgrade of a key transportation link in northern Malawi.

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Construction Dive

MAY 30, 2025

The cash comes amid a looming water crisis in the Lone Star State as droughts intensify throughout the region.

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Digger Blog

MAY 29, 2025

Menu Fast Index My Account FREE Newsletters Construction Index Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Facebook Login/Register Free Newsletters Construction Digger Blog 05 June 2025 Keywords Search Type Directory News GO Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Facebook Construction News All News UK News Contract News Plant & Equipment News Data News Product News Legal News International News Free News Widget Promoted Content Contract News & Leads Contract News Planning Leads Contract Leads Plant &

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DebunkTheBIM

MAY 29, 2025

If you asked me before yesterday what a digital twin was I would have said, an attempt to replicate a building/infrastructure in its entirety, possibly before it is built. Sort of an extension on a BIM approach, where they had run out of D-es while adding additional attributes to BIMs and someone decided to call it a Digital Twin. Same as the real thing, but digital.

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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ENR Construction

MAY 30, 2025

ECS is working with the engineering charity to improve an impassible road in northern Malawi.

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Construction Dive

MAY 27, 2025

Economic uncertainty and April’s tariff announcements caused groundbreakings to drop sharply, according to a new report from Dodge Construction Network.

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Natural Building

MAY 24, 2025

Windcatchers have been a sustainable solution to cooling and ventilation in arid climates, predating modern air conditioning by millennia. They are chimney-like towers with open sides designed to capture breezes high above ground level and direct them into the buildings below. By channeling cool air downward and expelling warm air through opposite vents, they provide natural ventilation and reduce indoor temperatures by an impressive 8 to 12 °C. (46 to 53 °F) In some cases, the incoming air is d

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