Sat.Jun 03, 2017 - Fri.Jun 09, 2017

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A Safer Alternative

Construction Business Owner

Ladders and scaffolds have long been the go-to solutions for elevated work. They are simple to transport, and they don’t cost much to purchase or rent. While they excel in these areas, ladders and scaffolds continue to lag in one major, costly area: safety. According to 2014 data from Liberty Mutual’s 2017 Workplace Safety Index, workplace falls, both to the same level and a level below, led to a combined $16.12 billion in direct costs to businesses.

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Why Collaboration Is Key in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The most important item in your toolbox is how your team works together. Success in any business depends on how employees work together as a team. Construction is no exception. Technology has been changing the way the construction industry operates, and mobile devices are being used more and more to manage and track every point of a project, big or small.

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Job Order Contracting Lessons Learned Regarding Improving Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

Here are a few lessons learned with respect to improving construction productivity, and overall life-cycle management of the built environment. Job Order Contracting Lessons Learned Regarding Improving Construction Productivity … First and foremost, the primary issue impacting low productivity and poor life-cycle management of built environment is the need for higher levels of leadership and ownership on the part of real property Owners.

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Hitachi Builds World's Fastest Elevator

Construction Equipment

Your elevator speech just got shorter. As part of a product development test to evaluate the safety and comfort of future high-speed elevators, Hitachi modified two of its ultra high speed lifts in China's Guangzhou (formerly Canton) CTF Finance Centre skyscraper to go even faster. The CTF Finance Centre elevators already carry impatient passengers up at a rate of 1,200 meters (3,937 feet) per minute.

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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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Top Tips from 5 Safety Leaders

Construction Business Owner

Safety Week was held May 1-5, 2017, and gave construction businesses the opportunity to re-energize their teams and remind everyone on the jobsite about a shared commitment to safety. This year’s Safety Week theme was “It’s In Our Hands.” This was not only an opportunity to highlight hand safety (particularly relevant considering the majority of injuries that result in time off of work are hand injuries), but a chance to remind everyone on every jobsite that we all play a role in creating a safe

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BIM for FM

Job Order Contracting

BIM for FM. BIM for Facilities Management – 12 Reasons. Peter Cholakis Senior Vice President at Four BT, LLC, Moscardi, Lemsys SRL. 12 Good Reasons to Adopt BIM for Facilities Management. Despite the fact that the use of the BIM [1] methodology in Facilities Management is becoming ever more important for all organizations for both economic and environmental reasons, BIM software adoption for facilities operation and maintenance (O&M) remains poor.

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Building for the future: Five trends in higher education projects

BD+C

The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque is engaged in construction and renovation projects that represent the second-highest capital outlay—$180 million—in its 128-year history. Three projects in progress there are the $25.6 million renovation of the 67,000-sf, 1970s-era Farris Engineering Center; phase three of the $27.3 million Health Education Building; and the 65,000-sf, $25 million McKinnon Center for Management.

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The Basics of Bonding: Part 1

Construction Business Owner

Surety bonds were created to protect owners, taxpayers, subcontractors and suppliers from performance and payment risk during the construction phase of a project. Sureties use the underwriting process to determine which contractors are capable of completing a contract. Whether the contractor can afford the financial risks is merely one inquiry. Whether the contractor has quality staff and expertise to support the construction is a further inquiry.

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Why Collaboration Is Key in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Success in any business depends on how employees work together as a team.

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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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Job Order Contracting Information

Job Order Contracting

Job order contracting information is key to improving construction productivity. Public works contracts vary from private sector contracts in that legislation sets the contracting guidelines for contracts and the public interest demands safeguarding process integrity. Thus, the requirement for full and open competition is a hallmark of. public contracts.

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Good vibrations: Portable tuned mass damper provides lightweight, cost-effective way to reduce structural vibrations

BD+C

The tuned mass damper used in Taiwan’s Taipei 101 tower represents an engineering feat that is so impressive the designers decided to make it publicly visible for all to see. Taipei 101’s 730-ton tuned mass damper may represent an extreme, but its purpose is the same as much smaller dampers that may be used in an office building or mall: to mitigate vibrations or sway that may otherwise alarm or cause discomfort to building occupants.

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Paving the Road to Better Benchmarking

Construction Business Owner

We live in a competitive world. Who has the most marketing leads? Who won the bid? What is your safety record? Pertaining to your self-performed work, what are the actual production rates compared to the budgeted production rates? Is work being performed on time, and with the level of quality that is desired? Whatever the question, you have to know the score.

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Integrated construction software enhances communication

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Construction businesses are powered by more than tools and muscle.

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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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Improve Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

Improve Construction Productivity using Integrated Project Delivery, Job Order Contracting (JOC) and other proven LEAN construction methods. Research has clearly determined as well as decades of successful deployment have determine that integrated service delivery methods, such as JOC and IPD, improve overall project delivery effectiveness. Survey information obtained from both real property owners and construction contractors spans construction performance, administrative support, owner-contrac

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Team win: Clemson University Allen N. Reeves Football Operations Complex

BD+C

The Allen N. Reeves Football Complex, which includes 1.5 acres of outdoor space, supports the day-to-day activities of Clemson University's football players, coaches, and staff. It was constructed in 15 months with zero change orders and within Georgia’s strict cost limitations—a testament to the Building Team’s planning and coordination with owners, staff, and trades.

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Breaking Through Estimation Limitations

Construction Business Owner

When pencils, paper and calculators were the go-to tools for estimating, spreadsheets represented a major breakthrough to contractors looking for a smarter solution. Now, contractors who rely on spreadsheets find themselves at a disadvantage when they compete against companies equipped with estimating software. Even processes built around advanced, customized spreadsheets are no match for the collaboration capabilities provided by specialized software.

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Debunking another BIM myth: FM enabled BIM models do not automatically pop out of Construction BIM models

DebunkTheBIM

For years I’ve been consistently preaching that BIM can be started at any point of a construction project lifecycle and it can be successful. Unfortunately, the level of success is closely linked to skills, motivation, depth of participation etc., but regardless of the multitude of variables, I am still comfortable to state, that given the right tools, people and attitudes any BIM (started at any time in the project) can be made at least cost neutral if not a significant source of savings in tim

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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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CMMS Facilities Operations Maintenance Best Management Practices

Job Order Contracting

CMMS Facilities Operations Maintenance Best Management Practices span a broad range of services, competencies, processes, and tools required to assure the built environment will perform the functions for which designed, constructed, and currently used: All activities associated with the routine, day to day use, support and maintenance of a building or physical asset; inclusive of administration, management fees, normal/routine maintenance, custodial services and cleaning, fire protection servi

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Multifamily visionary: The life and work of architect David Baker

BD+C

David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP, has forged an illustrious career designing stylish and practical market-rate and affordable urban housing, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as in Baltimore, Denver, Charleston, S.C., and (coming soon) Seattle. . Witty, urbane, opinionated, and equipped with a rapid-fire patter, the 67-year-old, whose San Francisco–based firm David Baker Architects (DBA) celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, has hewn to a design philosophy that prioritizes the soci

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Nail Down Your Parts Strategy

Construction Business Owner

As a business owner, unexpected maintenance can place financial strain on your company and directly impacts profitability. To make matters worse, you or your equipment operators may not have adequate service training or access to an on-site mechanic for the repairs that get your compact equipment up and running. That’s why partnering with your local equipment dealership for parts and maintenance can be beneficial.

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Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Swimming Pool & Private Sewage Disposal: Conformity Assessment Made Easy and Credible

Contractor Magazine

Content Sponsored by ICC. The International Code Council (ICC) and its legacy organizations, namely the ICBO, BOCA and the SBCCI have been known for years for both the building codes and building product evaluation. What many people may not realize is the experience and the dominance of ICC and ICC-ES in the area of plumbing, mechanical and gas codes and products certification. read more.

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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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Video: Watch Worker Buried in Clay Rescued From Trench

Construction Equipment

A 37-year old employee of Jay's Excavating became trapped after falling into a trench in Warren, Michigan last night. The man's co-workers said he jumped into the trench to fix something before leaving for the day, but became trapped and partially buried by clay when one of the trench walls collapsed around him. The trench did not have a trench box.

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PK-8 school will be Denver’s first CHPS-certified building

BD+C

A 13-acre site in Anthem Highlands, a new community of about 2,600 residential units in Broomfield, Colo., will be home to a new multi-level school that will be the first Denver Metro Area school certified under the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Verified Leader program. .

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June 2017 Construction Industry Stats

Construction Business Owner

Each month, the Construction Business Owner team compiles statistics from several different sources, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the United States Census Bureau, to give you a better understanding of the current state of affairs for the construction industry.

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Managing Growth on the Atlantic Coast

Green Industry Professionals

Atlantic Landscape Management, LLC is celebrating its 10th year in business with a rebooted talent roster, transformed culture, and just as much profit on a lot less revenue and stress. Now sustainable growth can commence.

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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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Amazon Opening $30 million Sortation Center In Alabama

Business Facilities

The new 362,000-square-foot facility in Mobile, AL will employ more than 360 part-time employees. - Read: Amazon Opening $30 million Sortation Center In Alabama.

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Build your very own version of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum with this new LEGO set

BD+C

Have you ever dreamed of (or possibly even lied about) designing a new addition to the Guggenheim Museum a la George Costanza? If you have, then LEGO Architecture’s newest model is for you. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum set provides the most realistic depiction of the landmark museum LEGO has ever offered, wrapped up in a 744 brick, $79.99 package.

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Beyond the Check-Engine Light

Construction Business Owner

The role of your company’s work trucks in delivering materials to a construction site quickly, efficiently and safely can make or break a project. To enable the many steps in a construction process to stay properly sequenced and on schedule, intricate vehicle timing is essential. By contrast, any delay in the process can subject contractors to delays, cost overruns and liability issues.