Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

'While many firms concentrate strictly on growing backlogs, best-in-class contractors focus their efforts on managing the work they have, maximizing productivity and, in some cases, discovering a world of new opportunity. Backlog without proper execution only serves to increase a contractor''s risk profile. Managers and superintendents who fail to operate tight controls on projects with already thin margins place their organizations in a precarious position.

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The Constructor

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

'Quality control in concrete repair works essential to regain lost strength in concrete due to cracks or other damages. Concrete repairs are required.

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Concrete 186

Viewpoint Construction Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

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Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

'Site Planning just became easier with the Blubeeam Revu 2015 release thanks to the new Sketch Tools. Whether you want to place a crane, trailer or define a temporary parking lot you can now define dimensions and also create scalable tools to reuse with your common site plan items. Creating markups to scale are useful on shop drawings, floor plans, installation detail as well.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

'As technology continues to evolve, the construction industry evolves with it. Whether it''s the latest in mobile communications, building materials and design, prefabricated and modular construction, laser technology or safety equipment, new technologies can provide more efficient, safe and cost-effective ways of operating your business. Technology can also dramatically change a contractor''s risk profile and create the potential for unforeseen liabilities.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

'Today, the U.S. Green Building Council released its annual List of the top 10 states for LEED certification in 2014. Now in its fifth year, the List has become much anticipated. While some chuckle at a measure of “per capita square footage” (i.e., using U.S. Census data and including all commercial and institutional green building projects certified throughout 2014 to determine how many square feet were LEED certified in each state for each man, woman and child), there is valuable i

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Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

'Today’s Tip will help everyone working on the project by making Interactive (Navigable) Plan Sets. Using vector based plans is key to making interactive plan sets so the sheet index is hyperlinked to each page. With Bluebeam’s Automark and Batch Link the time to get this done is just a minute or two away. We covered AutoMark previously, and though it would help to see the progression to Batch Link (a Revu Extreme 12+ only feature) streamlines the hyperlink process.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

JANUARY 31, 2015

'Voting has opened for the 28 bloggers entered in the 2015 Best Construction Blog competition. The voting period — until midnight on March 31 — allows bloggers and readers to campaign for their favourite blogs. Fill out my online form. The popular vote carries significant weight in the finalist decisions, though the best blog will be selected by an independent judging panel.

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The Constructor

JANUARY 31, 2015

'Repair of small, medium and large cracks in concrete and repair of crushed concrete is required to enhance the strength and durability of damaged.

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

'The Taco Innovation and Development Center (IDC), which opened in mid-2012, has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). read more.

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Digger Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

'Birmingham-based Coleman & Company has bought a specially-made remote controlled excavator, developed by JCB. It’s a 21-tonne machine that combines a JCB JS190 upper structure with a JS220LC undercarriage and rubber track pads. The result, says JCB, is a machine powerful enough to deploy a four-tonne multi-processor attachment without exceeding a gross weight of 25 tonnes.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

'You wouldn’t usually associate Willy Wonka with construction law, but Cobb Law Group writer Dorothy Spencer has brought some light-hearted fare to a rightfully generally serious topic/blog. The Cobb Law Group ‘s blog: Georgia Construction, Bond and Lien Law Blog , has been a finalist in previous Best Construction Blog competitions , and continues to provide a combination of solid legal advice and more general commentary, some of which is more lighthearted than the blog’s neces

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The Constructor

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

'Concrete without cement is possible with the use of flyash as an alternate for cement. Concrete is the most common material used for construction due.

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

'Richard Marini of the San Antonio Express-News wrote that Cartagena, a former drug addict and member of the Latin Kings, beat the odds and become a successful family man and master plumber. Content Classification: Curated. read more.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

'U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx unveiled Beyond Traffic , a new forward-looking analysis from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) outlining the trends that are likely to shape the needs of the nation''s transportation system over the next three decades. Beyond Traffic is offered to the public as a draft to ignite a national conversation about the future of the U.S. transportation system and to objectively frame critical policy choices that need to be made.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

'The Amsysco Post-Tensioning Blog: A specialized topic, covered in lively manner. The Amsysco Post-Tensioning Blog , one of the entries in the 2015 Best Construction Blog competition , shows how technical and specialized topics can be effectively covered in a blog — with content that provides challenging details and information, yet with an often-lighthearted and human-touch spirit.

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Revit OpEd

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

'I received a comment from a reader asking how to show all the elements in a view after having done the demolition work. The Phase Filter Show All should provide this however in this case they were attempting to show everything from a later phase. In this scenario there are three phases: Phase 1 (existing), Phase 2 (new work) and Phase 3 (the view they want to see things from).

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Contractors

Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

'“Gender stereotyping begins at a very early age. Women don’t know much about the careers or benefits of the career. It’s just not presented as an option to women, either as students or adult students looking for work.”. read more.

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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

'Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. With more than 40,000 businesses and 430,000 workers, advanced energy is projected to grow 17 percent this year. California Has Largest Advanced Energy Industry In U.S. appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic California Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green) Featured Post Incentives Renewable Energy U.S.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

'Terex Corporation has acquired substantially all of the assets of Dueco Inc. The acquisition brings Dueco’s sales and service operations, which have responsibility for Terex utilities products in 17 states, into the Utilities and Services business units of Terex Corporation.

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Products 60

Revit OpEd

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

'Some people do not like grids that extend entirely through a model. I usually hear about this in building elevations. They want the grids to stop just above the model. That is easy to do when we toggle from 3D to 2D. We can drag the 2D extent of the grid above the building. If we turn on the crop boundary of the view and make sure it intersects the grids we can drag them all together faster than doing it one at time.

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Contractors

Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

'Here are the most passionate and committed professions in the plumbing and hydronics industries. read more.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

'The Brand Constructors blog really focuses on the construction marketing topic. Perryn Olson’s The Brand Constructors blog , built on the Louisiana-based company’s tagline: “North America’s ONLY Construction Marketing Specialists” lives up to its billing as a practical, construction-oriented marketing information blog.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

'Construction employment expanded in 257 metro areas, declined in 43 and was stagnant in 39 between December 2013 and December 2014, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). AGC officials said the construction industry should continue to expand in 2015, noting that 80 percent of contractors report plans to add new employees this year.

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Revit OpEd

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

'Luke at What Revit Wants must have bugs hiding at Autodesk. They don''t even seem to know at Autodesk''s own site, but he does. Regardless, Luke knows and I''ve downloaded and installed it already. Thanks! CLICK ME to read his blog post!

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

'Merry Beth Hall, Director of Apprentice, Journeyman Training for PHCC Educational Foundation. The quotation under Sam Dowdy Senior’s e-mail signature may offer a big clue to what has fueled his plumbing company’s success since 1980: “You don’t build a business; you build people and people build the business.”. read more.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

'Jason Guerrero’s Intelligent Building (buildingauthorities.com) blog takes on a rather big challenge — to provide generalist insights and education for owners, contractors and consumers on a diversity of construction-related topics. This isn’t an easy thing to do — and there is always the risk in generalist observations that you will lose the specialists’ interest, or cover topics superficially, and therefore ineffectively.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

'Construction spending rose in December to a six-year high of $982 billion as public construction for the year increased for the first time since 2009, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

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