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Social distancing and site monitoring tech rapidly rolling out to US construction sites

Construction Dive

Tools to help keep jobsites safe and productive, which should have been the norm long ago, will be around long after the coronavirus pandemic dissipates, construction tech experts say.

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11 Steps in Construction of Multi Storey Buildings

Learn Civil Engineering

Hello guys,welcome to the Expert Civil blog, today we are going to discuss about Eleven Steps in Construction of Multi Storey Buildings, i hope you will like it. What are the Eleven phases of construction? Here are the basic steps involved in the construction of multi storey building :- Planning Excavation P.C.C Work Materials Column […].

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Will The Corporate Footprint Shrink Due To COVID-19?

Business Facilities

A CoreNet Global survey reveals corporate real estate professionals' belief that remote work and virtual meetings will last beyond the COVID-19 crisis, and the corporate footprint will likely shrink as a result. - Read: Will The Corporate Footprint Shrink Due To COVID-19? at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Lack of Trust has Doomed the Construction Sector

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery. One thing is for certain, no one can solve a problem without asking the right questions. The negative practices that have affected the construction sector (including architects, engineers, builders, operators, and real property owners and facilities managers-AECOO sector) can not be resolved with technology.

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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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Construction Business Communication Strategies During A Pandemic

Contractor Bookkeeping

Most small business owners face a time in their career when they have to communicate in ways or about topics they aren't confident with. COVID-19 has put construction business owners in the position of having many conversations that are uncomfortable and stressful. Whether you're communicating with employees about company issues during the pandemic, hoping to negotiate a rent reduction to the landowner, or changes to credit terms to your banker, here are some strategies that will help you be mor

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Addressing the Uncertainty over Construction Materials

Viewpoint Construction Technology

It may soon be more important than ever to be able to track materials acquisitions, usage and waste in real time.

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Improving Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

INTRODUCTION. Significant improvement across the AECOO sector (architecture, engineering, construction, operation, owner) requires an understanding of the critical parameters. Improving construction planning, procurement, and project delivery involves consideration of core “competencies”, “process”, “efficiency”, and “technology” Or, put another way, People, Process, Information, and Technology.

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What are Construction Site Layout Considerations? [PDF]

The Constructor

Many considerations need to be accounted for while setting the layout of the construction site, for example, considerations for site access, offices.

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How to Navigate the Scheduling Impacts of COVID-19

Construction Business Owner

How to Navigate the Scheduling Impacts of COVID-19. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 05/06/2020 - 17:21. Varying degrees of stay-at-home directives in response to the spread of COVID-19 have been issued across the country, with each state taking a different approach to its enforcement of projects that it deems essential to the community and continued operation of local government, while maintaining social distancing guidelines.

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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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COVID-19 Resources for Australia

Viewpoint Construction Technology

There's a lot of information on how Covid-19 will shape the future of construction in Australia. We've gathered resources to you keep you up-to-date.

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The Value of Locally Researched Line Time Construction Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

Despite the value of actionable locally researched line item construction cost data, few real property owners in the public or private sector consider the need for improvement. Far too many owners and facilities oversight groups rely upon historical costs and/or national average cost data. Historical cost data must be used cautiously for two reasons.

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How to Fill Materials in Foundations, Trenches, Plinth, and Flooring

The Constructor

A filling refers to a quantity of earthen material such as murrum, soil, rock, aggregate, shingle, and sand that is placed and compacted in trenches,

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How to Make Your Business Work Without You

Construction Business Owner

How to Make Your Business Work Without You. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 05/06/2020 - 10:58. Help your construction company operate more efficiently by taking yourself out of the equation and giving your employees responsibilities.

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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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5 Key Features of Viewpoint Team

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint Team is the perfect solution for UK contractors looking to increase project collaboration, productivity and profits.

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Modular Monitor: Offsite offers unique answers to healthcare systems in a crisis, Part 2

Construction Dive

A month after the niche leapt to the occasion to address immediate, mid- and long-term needs, we have a snapshot of its successes and shortcomings, and a revised look at the future.

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How to Construct a Concrete Swimming Pool? [PDF]

The Constructor

Concrete is the most commonly used material when it comes to swimming pool construction. A concrete swimming pool is designed to take up full water.

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How 2 Leading Contractors Assign Projects Across Teams

Construction Business Owner

How 2 Leading Contractors Assign Projects Across Teams. Elizabeth Manning. Thu, 05/07/2020 - 16:10. A look inside Black & Veatch Construction and McCarthy Building Company's strategies for assigning projects across their teams.

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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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Change Orders in Construction – 101 Guide

Lets Build

Change orders are common to construction projects. After a project contract is agreed upon, and the construction plan and schedule have been finalised (including the schedule of values in accordance with works needed to be completed), the project owner may decide that the initial plans don’t meet his demands or the architect may detect a non-conformity that needs to be fixed.

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Bay Area construction opens to new set of rules and guidance

Construction Dive

Companies must work with owners to re-imagine “essential” onsite personnel, create work shifts and structure the layout of the way work is performed, says AGC of California CEO Peter Tateishi.

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How to do Filling in all Type of Works and its Measurement? [PDF]

The Constructor

A filling refers to a quantity of earthen material such as murrum, soil, rock, aggregate, shingle, and sand that is placed and compacted in trenches,

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Reopening Main Street post-COVID-19 quarantine

BD+C

Bringing people back downtown and to shopping streets will require confidence that the health crisis is abating, and a future outbreak will be minimized. States are now starting to re-open retail, and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that California is moving to Phase Two of the State’s re-opening strategy, which includes some retail stores, with restrictions. .

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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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How to Take Care When Restarting Equipment

Construction Equipment

Why Should I take extra care after prolonged periods of downtime? If equipment is unused for long periods of time, a number of things can happen that will cause trouble during restart.

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AECOM posts record $42B backlog amid COVID-19 crisis

Construction Dive

The Los Angeles-based multinational contractor also saw revenue increase 5% compared to last year's Q2 as most of its 50,000 projects have continued despite the pandemic.

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How to Construct a Manhole? [PDF]

The Constructor

A manhole or an inspection chamber is an underground unit constructed to provide access to the utilities like a sewer system, drainage system, etc.

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5 valuable questions building engineers will be asking after COVID-19

BD+C

There are so many unanswered questions we are sorting through during this pandemic. The big one for me is: what will be the new normal in the post-COVID-19 world and to what extent will the way we interact with the built environment change? Unfortunately, this is a question that can’t be answered precisely right now and that is really tough for me as a practical, fact-based, to-the-point engineer.

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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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5 Ways to Reduce Interruptions During a Construction Project

Construction Junkie

The following is a guest post from Anastasios Koutsogiannis, Content Marketing Manager at LetsBuild. In construction, interruptions are events that break the continuity or progress of construction work. These interruptions bring down a construction project’s rate of efficiency and are the biggest contributors to disruptions and delays on the construction site.

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Report: Q1 hotel construction pipeline strong despite pandemic

Construction Dive

Hotel projects under construction in the first quarter were at an all-time high, but hotel owners are extending their opening and construction start dates by four to six months.

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How to Handle Construction Mistakes at Site? [PDF]

The Constructor

Handling or management of construction activity is crucial to prevent the occurrence of construction mistakes at sites, which may result in damage to.

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