HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

'Bill Di Santo, president of Englewood Construction (second from right), and the Englewood accounting team receiving recognition from the Chicago Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) for participating in their 2014 Accounting Intern Program. Activity is setting up nicely for commercial construction in 2015, but just as the industry seems to be back on its footing, the dreary recession of years past is giving us one last gasp of annoyance and pain.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

'Fuel efficiency isn''t only for commuters. It''s a growing part of evaluating heavy equipment such as excavators, wheel loaders and articulated dump trucks. Whether you''re monitoring fuel costs on a monthly or annual basis, fuel plays a fundamental role in your operation that can directly impact your bottom line.

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The Constructor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'Concrete mix design is of two types: 1. Nominal concrete mix 2. Designed concrete mix Nominal concrete mixes are those specified by standard codes.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Each year, at the end of April, we host our annual users’ conference. Folks from all over make the trek to beautiful Seattle, Washington to learn more about their Spectrum software, and also to see what new features and applications we have in store. It’s a great event. Though we love hosting the conference, it takes a great deal of planning and collaboration company-wide.

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Construction Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'In a recent news release, Construction Americas announces their full line up of Gold, Silver, and Bronze sponsors, including a few new sponsorships. We are excited to be in midst of the very best in commercial construction. Below is the full news release: Construction Americas Expo Announces Sponsors. Miami, Fla.—February 6, 2015—A full compliment of sponsors are supporting the upcoming CONSTRUCTION AMERICAS 2015 Exposition, scheduled for March 26-27, 2015 at the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

'Canadian climate change scientist Andrew Weaver won a widely watched defamation lawsuit against the National Post last week. The Supreme Court of British Columbia found that “the defendants have been careless or indifferent to the accuracy of the facts” in four articles about climate change published in print and online, in late 2009 and early 2010, by the National Post.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Last week I had the pleasure of attending the World of Concrete tradeshow in Las Vegas. Something we like to do every year, in addition to showing off our latest construction software and mobile apps , is to provide an open bar at our exhibit booth. Visitors could grab a cold beer, glass of wine, soft drink or just a cold bottle of water.

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FDR Safety

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

'Don’t just rely on OSHA’s advice to build a safety program. Help front-line supervisors manage their safety responsibilities in the workplace. Join Our Mailing List. Don’t just rely on OSHA’s advice to build a safety program. By Jim Stanley. President, FDRsafety. Companies that want to provide the safest workplaces for their employees shouldn’t be solely following OSHA’s advice for how to create a safety program.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'Why is it that some decisions are easier to make than others? Why are some of us better at decision-making than others? Apprehension, stress and dread can dramatically alter our choices. Stress makes us susceptible to tunnel vision or looking at choices myopically, causing us to be less able to take in the information we need to make good decisions.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

'We would like to introduce Andy Helmsworth and Stacee Sabb as the newest members of the Cassell team! Andy officially joined us as our full time Associate Software Engineer on January 1 st , 2015 and Stacee joined us shortly after as our Marketing and Executive Admin on January 9 th , 2015. We are confident that we have chosen the right candidates for our team.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Last week I had the pleasure of attending the World of Concrete tradeshow in Las Vegas. Something we like to do every year, in addition to showing off our latest construction software and mobile apps , is to provide an open bar at our exhibit booth. Visitors could grab a cold beer, glass of wine, soft drink or just a cold bottle of water.

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'When Lillian Ann Baumbach of Arlington, Va., became the first woman in the U.S. to hold a Master Plumbers license in 1951, all of the newspaper accounts, as a matter of course, referred to her as “pretty.” It was also noted that she corresponded with hundreds of GIs serving overseas and became a pinup girl for an infantry company in Korea. As I See It. read more.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'When business owners start construction companies, they''re excited to be on their own, land some work and start making money. They do a good job because they stay intimately involved in every aspect of their projects, people and business. Then they get busier. They get more customers, win more jobs, hire more employees and increase their overhead.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'A first-rate trade show such as World of Concrete in Las Vegas is one of the better investments we think a company can make. It’s an excellent opportunity to plug in to the latest and greatest tools, equipment, and technology that shape our industry. This year marks the 4th year of continued growth in attendance, coinciding with the continuing economic recovery in construction.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

'The Construction Data Building Blocks Blog. Leads service Construction Data Company publishes the Building Blocks Blog that has been a contender as a finalist in last year’s Best Construction Blog competition, and will likely become one as well in 2015, for good reason. Besides the substantial audience/user base (helpful in encouraging “get out the vote” campaigns), the blog has plenty of substance.

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'Having your plumbing and heating work done by a licensed professional is always the smart move. The alternative could be a real nightmare! read more.

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Help Everybody Everyday

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

'I always get a lot of questions about websites. Most of them center around how to improve your firm website. In the first Design & Construction Marketing Podcast episode of 2015, we talk to Hinge’s Sylvia Montgomery about that very topic. Among many things, we discuss how to know when it’s time to redesign your site and the most important improvement you can make.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'Construction employers added 39,000 jobs in January and 308,000 over the past year, reaching the highest employment total since February 2009, as the sector''s unemployment rate fell to 9.8 percent, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). AGC officials said the job gains come as most construction firms report plans to expand headcount this year, but worry about growing shortages of qualified workers.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

'Chris Hill’s Construction Law Musings continues to provide extensive insights and ideas, focusing on dispute resolution and litigation challenges, but covering many other aspects of the architectural, engineering and construction community. Chris Hill’s Construction Law Musings continues to provide solid insights and ideas. It is one of the longest-running construction blogs, and rightfully has been a finalist in several Best Construction Blog competition.

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'“If I could do it all again, I’d be a plumber.” This quote, according to Goodreads and many other quotation websites, comes from famed German physicist, philosopher and Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein. read more.

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Revit OpEd

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

'A frequent source of frustration is how leaders relate to the information in tags. The more complicated a tag family is the harder it becomes to ensure the tag''s leader(s) will align with the graphics or text it has. A leader connects to the midpoint along the overall extents of a tag''s graphics and labels. Imagine a rectangle that surrounds all of the graphics in your tag, the overall extent of that information.

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Digger Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'Sheet piling specialist Suttle Projects is looking for work for its remote controlled submersible excavator. Suttle converted a conventional Kubota mini excavator last year for underwater use. They removed the cab and engine to operate it remotely by hydraulic cables. They reckon it is the only one of its kind in the world. The Little Mermaid, as they call it, was developed in response to a scour protection project for main contractor Osborne.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'Sustainability sells — this Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) event on March 11 has already raised thousands of dollars in revenue. Yesterday, my wife and I attended a crisis meeting called after Jewish community leaders announced that they were closing our son’s high school. This isn’t an immediate problem for us — our son graduates this year, and we were looking forward to not having to pay the annual school fees (and thankfully, his educational savings account

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'After 50 years of perfect attendance as a plumbing inspector and delivery man for Mansfield Plumbing, Ron Kline has some great advice to share with other professionals. Content Classification: Curated. read more.

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Revit OpEd

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

'When Revit 2015 Update Release 3 became available a new MEP setting became available for Pipe and Duct Systems called Performance Mode. If you examine the Type Properties of a Piping system (or Duct) you''ll find this additional setting. The help documentation (link below) offers up this table to break down which system classification calculations are made available to us and which are able to take advantage of this new Performance choice.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Nearly 300 asset managers, equipment appraisers and remarketers will convene in Miami, Feb. 22 to 24, 2015 for the 26th Annual Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) Equipment Management Conference. The conference will allow professionals in the equipment leasing and finance industry to evaluate the current market conditions, portfolio quality and residual values for a variety of equipment segments.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Mark Mitchell’s Blog for Building Materials Manufacturers provides actionable advice. Mark Mitchell has defined his niche and expertise quite clearly. He focuses on marketing for building products materials manufacturers and how they can overcome the substantial hurdles of commoditization and varying and sometimes difficult sales channels. (If you are a contractor, renovator, or even a sub-trade, you can pretty easily visualize your market direction to take to achieve success.

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'BY ED O'CONNELL. If not me, who? If not now, when? Last time we talked about reducing the effort of growing our businesses to small, manageable steps that any Doofus could follow. I was called that. and it hurt. However, bein'' called stupid pissed me off so much I decided to show “them” — all them negative types who are only comfortable projecting their fear onto others.

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