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Tech 101: Construction drones

Construction Dive

Drones are becoming the go-to tool for mapping, inspecting and managing worksites more efficiently and safely. Would your projects benefit from an eye in the sky?

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12 Numbers You Should Know to Hire Top Construction Talent

Construction Business Owner

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Common Types of Construction Contracts And Their Use

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Construction projects are a conglomeration of various parties that all need to work together. Working together requires that each of the team members know their roles and responsibilities and what they are required to deliver. A construction contract is a tool that you can use to help outline these requirements. What exactly is a construction contract, how can it be used and what are the different types?

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The year’s major discovery: Your current customers are your most important marketing asset

Construction Marketing Ideas

This is one of the quietest New Years’ Eve celebrations — a sip of champagne with Vivian in our home with the TV tuned to Times Square. For me, of course, this is ideal. No crowds, but plenty of love. The near 2019 marked the end of maintaining this blog daily, largely because of our […]. The post The year’s major discovery: Your current customers are your most important marketing asset appeared first on Construction Marketing Ideas.

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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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Difference Between Red Bricks and Solid Concrete Blocks

The Constructor

Red bricks are one of the oldest and extensively used building material that is primarily made from clay. Solid concrete blocks are precast concrete.

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Strong Growth Predicted for AU Commercial and Infrastructure Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The commercial and infrastructure outlook is good for Australian contractors -- even better if they're using modern technologies.

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Everything you need for LEAN Building and Project Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Best value repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction requires early and ongoing sharing of actionable information, starting with planning and design and continuing throughout the buildings life-cycle. Robust processes are critical to best value attainment. Processes that define roles, responsibilities, workflows, and mutually beneficial outcomes.

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Structure Relocation

The Constructor

Structure relocation is the process of moving a structure from one location to another.It mainly involves two consecutive steps. They are.

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The Benefits of Using a Supplier Collaboration Platform

Construction Business Owner

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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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Survey ranks top construction apps, finds lack of integration

Construction Dive

For everything from daily reports to safety tracking and plan management, mobile apps are more important than ever for construction pros, a new study finds. But with "app fatigue" a real problem, how much is too much?

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JOB Order Contracting FAQs

Job Order Contracting

Here is a listing of Job Order Contracting FAQs, frequently asked questions. Software & Construction Cost Data Options for JOC Panel Questions – January 16 @3:50 pm. What is overview of your company and what differentiates your products and services from your competitors ? We founded 4BT in 2016 upon seeing a clear need to Rethink, Reshape, and Rebuild JOC.

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Vendor Management in the Construction Industry

The Constructor

Vendor management in construction industry focuses on enlisting the vendors, managing the services and goods provided by the vendors to execute the.

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January 2020 Construction Industry Stats

Construction Business Owner

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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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Top trends: 5 ways construction will evolve in 2020

Construction Dive

Though the nation's second-largest industry seems like it doesn't change much, there are myriad, nuanced forces shaping the way contractors do business and buildings get built, and more so now than ever before.

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Leveraging Building Information to Achieve Best Value

Job Order Contracting

“Some changes are so slow that you don’t notice, others are so fast that they don’t notice you *” * Ashleigh Brilliant The digitization of the construction industry is gradually transforming organizational models in our industry. – will change the way we produce – will change the organization of the business and labor – will change the product/service – will change the demand – will change the relationship with customers and suppliers.

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Structure Relocation

The Constructor

Structure relocation is the process of moving a structure from one location to another. It mainly involves two consecutive steps: Disassembling.

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What's Happening in Washington & How It Could Affect Your Company

Construction Business Owner

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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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Autonomous security bot monitors construction jobsites with facial recognition technology

Construction Dive

A British firm has developed a two-wheeled robot that can recognize people and vehicles and whether they’re allowed to be on the site.

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4BT’s Best Value Job Order Contracting Solution

Job Order Contracting

We founded 4BT in 2016 upon seeing a clear need to Rethink, Reshape, and Rebuild JOC. Our goal is to assure. 1. LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery processes were deployed in a manner that is mutually beneficial to all participants and stakeholders. 2. Full financial transparency and audit-worthy compliance. 3. JOC solutions that do not burden users with excessive fees and costs. and. 4.

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8 Important Properties of Polymer Materials

The Constructor

Properties of polymer materials are of great importance to know before using in any applications such materials are increasingly used in.

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NFL’s Packers and Microsoft add an innovation center to a fledgling business district

BD+C

Football is often described as game of strategy. So perhaps it wasn’t surprising that the Green Bay Packers, through a joint venture between the team’s development arm and Microsoft, recently opened TitletownTech, a 50,000-sf innovation center in Green Bay, Wis., that is set up to cultivate and provide financial support to high-growth startup companies.

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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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CBRE ranks the hottest multifamily markets for 2020

Construction Dive

Much of this year's multifamily construction, according to the research group, will focus on smaller markets and suburban locales.

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Cochise County, Arizona, May Mandate Building Codes

Natural Building

I got an email this morning from Clay Greathouse who is beginning to build an earthbag house for his family in Cochise County, Arizona. He writes, “Cochise County offers a Building Inspection Opt-Out , which we are taking advantage of, but they are trying to change this, so a # of us folks are working hard to maintain this option. If there is any way you could help it would be greatly appreciated.

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Business Facilities’ Editor: Texas Dominated The Decade

Business Facilities

Editor in Chief Jack Rogers tells News Radio 1080 KRLD that Texas' 2019 State of the Year win is a fitting coda for its dominance in economic development. - Read: Business Facilities’ Editor: Texas Dominated The Decade at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Making it: Gen Z learns by doing

BD+C

Born between 1997-2010, Gen Z are digital natives who are starting their college careers. From TikTok videos to rapid prototyping, Gen Z learns by doing. This fundamental shift in learning style will have an impact on higher-education space planning. Reflecting on my experience as both a student and instructor, I have observed that design schools may provide a road map to preparing your campus for the maker generation.

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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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The public construction firms to watch in 2020

Construction Dive

Risk reduction, deleveraging and even bankruptcy are on the table for some of the industry's top publicly traded companies this year.

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Australian Fires Spark Interest in Underground and Mud Homes

Natural Building

The on-going fire storm in Australia has sparked new interest in ways to build more fire resistant houses. Architect Sean O’Bryan, who designs “earth sheltered” homes has been inundated with requests since the bushfire crisis escalated. “I’ve had about 20 emails since Christmas and a lot are from people who have had houses burnt down,” Mr O’Bryan said.

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Michigan’s Fiat Chrysler Expansion Is BF’s Deal Of The Year

Business Facilities

Michigan Economic Development Corp. has been awarded BF’s 2019 Deal of the Year Gold Award for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' (FCA) expansion. - Read: Michigan’s Fiat Chrysler Expansion Is BF’s Deal Of The Year at BusinessFacilities.com.

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