Construction Business Owner
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'Fast, friendly service sounds more like a characteristic of your local barista than an employee of a construction firm. Customer service is on the decline—not specifically in the construction industry, but across the board. When asked to describe an experience with great customer service, we often find ourselves struggling to recall just one instance.
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'When it becomes impossible to provide the suitable surface foundation for a structure; the use of pile foundations becomes necessary, this situation.
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Construction Marketing
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'Winners of the 2014 CMA STAR Awards and CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR Awards are announced by program sponsor, the Construction Marketing Association (CMA). The STAR awards recognize excellence in 16 marketing categories and 78 sub-categories. CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR recognizes top brands, companies or individuals by region. SUPERSTAR and STAR (first place/second place respectively) are awarded for each sub-category.
FDR Safety
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
'OSHA is seeking to significantly expand its powers over recordkeeping by effectively adding five years to the time it can issue citations. A 2012 decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed that OSHA has six months under its statute of limitations to issue a citation for alleged recordkeeping violations. But in its Spring 2014 Regulatory Agenda, OSHA said it would be offering up a rule that would effectively extend that period to five and a half years.
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Construction Business Owner
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
'A telehandler’s true value is in its multipurpose capabilities.Any contractor who needs to lift, move and/or place materials has many equipment options from which to choose, and telehandlers are an ideal choice because they provide all-around utility to meet more than one work site need. Today’s telehandlers incorporate a number of innovative features that manufacturers say improve jobsite productivity, meaning that the unit is able to accurately place loads under any conditions.
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Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Last evening the Baltimore City Council adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes. Baltimore, the 26th most populous city in the country, was among the first jurisdictions, in 2007 to mandate that all “newly constructed, extensively modified non-residential buildings” “achieve a Silver rating in the appropriate LEED rating system or satisfy the Baltimore City Green Building Standard” (a LEED-
FDR Safety
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
'The Ebola outbreak has put hospitals across the country in a difficult position. Nurses and doctors are understandably concerned about the risks of dealing with patients potentially infected with Ebola, as are hospital administrators, yet fully complying with CDC guidelines can be extremely expensive in an environment in which many hospitals operate on very thin margins.
Construction Business Owner
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'Fast, friendly service sounds more like a characteristic of your local barista than an employee of a construction firm. Customer service is on the decline—not specifically in the construction industry, but across the board. When asked to describe an experience with great customer service, we often find ourselves struggling to recall just one instance.
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'Concrete admixtures are used to enhance the properties of concrete for applications in concrete works with special requirements. Concrete admixtures.
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Carol Hagen
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'Before marking up your plans, particularly for the punch process many clients use the Spaces Tool to designate areas. Today’s tip is a bonus of taking the time to create spaces. You can grab a snapshot of a space quickly. Just open the spaces tab and right click! There are a few Settings | Preferences (CTL+K) for the Snapshot Tool that you can tweak including the resolution, whether you want vector graphics when pasting to another program and including markups in your snapshots.
Cassell Construction Estimating
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
'On a recent trip to Hawaii, one of our clients brought a problem to our attention that we’ve heard numerous times before. Their original one-year contract term had grown to eighteen months (and counting). With 80+ approved change orders, the contract price had increased by more than fifty per cent. All in all that sounds like a good job, right?
Construction Business Owner
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
'Business owners are concerned about the electronic frontier we now live in and the liabilities that we all face because of it. Cyber insurance aims to help mitigate losses from a wide variety of cyber and electronic intrusions, such as data breaches, business interruption and network damage caused by virus or malware. By alleviating or limiting a wide range of risks, this flexible and customizable tool can help improve prevention practices.
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 15, 2014
'There are different types of rollers and other soil compaction equipments available. Use of these compacting machines depends on soil types and.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'The construction industry, whose workforce was decimated during the last recession, is slowly getting back on its feet. However, in certain markets—especially those where oil drilling and production have been prospering—construction workers can still be scarce. Based on a survey of nearly 1,100 member firms in October, the Associated General Contractors of America ( www.agc.org ) reported that 83% of respondents were having difficulty finding craft workers, and 61% said other professional posit
BIM & Beam
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'Dynamo Plug-in for Robot Structural Analysis is a technology preview that allows designers and engineers to drive Autodesk ® Robot ™ Structural Analysis Professional software from Dynamo. Dynamo Plug-in for Robot Structural Analysis Professional helps designers to create parametric and complex structural frames models in Dynamo, submit it to Robot for simulation, and review the results returned from the analysis.
Construction Business Owner
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
'Business owners are concerned about the electronic frontier we now live in and the liabilities that we all face because of it. Cyber insurance aims to help mitigate losses from a wide variety of cyber and electronic intrusions, such as data breaches, business interruption and network damage caused by virus or malware. By alleviating or limiting a wide range of risks, this flexible and customizable tool can help improve prevention practices.
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
'Geopolymer concrete is an innovative and ecofriendly construction material and an alternative to Portland cement concrete. Use of geopolymer reduces.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
'Building the perfect space for kids to learn and play requires a designer in touch with his or her inner child. Takaharu Tekuza fit the bill, and it shows in his unorthodox design for the Fuji Kindergarten in Tachikawa, Japan. The oval structure is built around a group of 80-foot-high zelkova trees. The wide, low roof serves as a floating walkway in the middle of the greenery, and the trees are covered in netting, allowing the kids to safely play around and climb the trees.
Contractor Magazine
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
'Rickard Andersson, a senior analyst with Berg Insight AB, told TechTarget that North American market penetration of fleet technology will grow to nearly 22 percent by 2017 from 11.7 percent in 2012. read more.
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
'A 28-year-old woman who implemented the use of GPS units in her fleet to increase safety, productivity and tracking ability is one of the winners of Construction Equipment magazine’s “Under 40 in Construction Equipment Awards,” announced recently. A total of 22 young professionals, ranging in age from 28 to 39, populate the Class of 2014, chosen by Construction Equipment editors for exemplary leadership skills, inventiveness, interpersonal skills, training, dedication, personal integrity, techn
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
'Construction management degree can be obtained from universities online, or distance education and as a full-time course. But what are your.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
'When people are looking for public space in New York City, they often look to the waterways. Of the many ideas in this vein, a new one is more ambitious than usual: an offshore park proposed for the Hudson River off of 14th Street. Initial pricing puts the project, called Pier 55, at $170 million, and the proposal states that it would be located 186 feet from land and contain wooded areas and three performance venues, 6sqft reports.
Revit OpEd
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'When we link/import DWG files with survey data Revit often encounters file extents that are quite large. The developers have always encouraged us to use the Auto - Center to Center positioning option with those files. Revit will forcefully use that option when the extents of the file violate the current 20 mile tolerance it has. I wish I could write that linking/importing survey files was very simple and error free.
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
'The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the November 2014 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), which indicates an overall confidence in the equipment finance market of 64.2. This is an increase from the October index of 60.4 and the highest level since May. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from t
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Study reveals how this new trend of everyone and everything becoming connected to the Internet will impact the cities across the country and around the world. Internet Of Things Transforms Cities Into Platforms appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
'Frank Gehry''s first building in Australia, the Dr. Chau Chak Wing Building at the University of Technology, Sydney, has been completed. The building, primarily for use by the UTS business school, includes classrooms, a collaborative theater, a 240-seat auditorium, and a sculptural staircase made of stainless steel. Body Image: read more.
Contractor Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'In recognition of the 13th annual World Toilet Day on Nov. 19, American Standard has released a Global Sanitation Report, offering the latest information on the lack of adequate sanitation resources afflicting nearly 40 percent of the world population. read more.
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
'Caterpillar Inc. employees and retirees have pledged more than $6.4 million to the United Way this year, which the Caterpillar Foundation matched dollar-for-dollar. United Ways across the nation will receive a combined total of more than $12.8 million. The United Way has been Caterpillar’s only annual solicitation for funds to its employees and retirees for more than 60 years.
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