Construction Business Owner

MARCH 10, 2016

Out of all of the private sector fatalities in 2014, one in five occurred in the construction industry. This statistic doesn't include the amount of injuries that are seen in the field every year, which are regularly numerous and often perilous. Many business owners understand the inherent dangers of working in construction and try to account for this by imposing new rules or leaving the responsibility to workers to fix the problem.

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HardHatChat

MARCH 8, 2016

Mason workers close openings at a Countryside Bank in Chicago. Just as clients’ needs change, so too does the way we exchange information in construction management. In a post last month, we took a look inside the commercial construction technology toolbox, specifically a rundown of construction management software options that benefit not only the contractor, but also the client.

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The Constructor

MARCH 6, 2016

What is Triangulation Surveying? Triangulation is the tracing and measurement of a series or network of triangles in order to determine the distances.

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Constructonomics

MARCH 10, 2016

As a factory manager, you have range of responsibilities under your belt, production management, streamlining processes, making sure health and safety guidelines are adhered to, and keeping employees productive and happy to name but a few. But the maintenance and upkeep of the factory is something successful factory managers need to address, as poor working conditions not only can lead to employee dissatisfaction which affects productivity but it can also be dangerous in terms of health and safe

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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 Owner

MARCH 7, 2016

The old adage, “You don’t know what you don’t know,” is true for many managers and supervisors when it comes to crane operations. If a worker has never attended mobile crane operator training or had any hands-on exposure, chances are their mobile crane knowledge is limited. Site management doesn’t have to know everything, especially when an experienced operator is in charge.

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The Constructor

MARCH 6, 2016

What are Intake Structures? Intake structures are used for collecting water from the surface sources such as river, lake, and reservoir and conveying.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 10, 2016

There was some UK involvement from both Nick Nisbet of AC3 and also Vinci UK were involved in the development too.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 9, 2016

Early indicators suggest that 2016 will bring many challenges to environment, health and safety (EHS) professionals in the construction industry. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has taken measures to push through long-awaited regulatory shifts that empower the agency to better identify violators and hold them accountable. In general, the industry continues its progress toward greater environmental obligations and EHS transparency.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2016

Real property owners must be held accountable in their roles as stewards of the built environment. For example, to this day, despite decades of notices, regulations, reports, and mandates to resolve the problem, the nation’s largest property owner, the GSA PBS, does not have a standardized LEAN process to efficiently manage the renovation, repair, and maintenance of its facility portfolio and infrastructure.

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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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The Constructor

MARCH 8, 2016

WHAT IS DRILLED PIER? A drilled pier is a deep foundation system that is a large diameter concrete cylinder constructed by placing fresh concrete and.

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The Korte Company

MARCH 8, 2016

At The Korte Company, we believe our company is only as strong as our people. To date, we’ve had a great team that’s fueled our strong growth. So, it’s with great pride that we’re welcoming a new crop of talented individuals to the Korte team.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 7, 2016

Whether it's right or wrong, most construction business owners continue to run their projects and manage their companies the same way they always have. When the economy was strong, there was enough work to manage your company like everyone else and still produce a reasonable margin. As the economy worsened, everyone cut their expenses to stay alive.

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Contractor Magazine

MARCH 10, 2016

Less successful plumbers are good at adopting bad business practices, or fails. Here are 14 fails you can practice to be really bad at plumbing. read more.

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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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Green Industry Professionals

MARCH 9, 2016

Central Turf & Irrigation Supply has opened a new store Opelika, AL, its first in Alabama and 38th across the eastern U.S. and Canada.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 8, 2016

Word on the street is that self-driving cars are coming to our near future. With that in mind, federal and state DOTs are looking at what can be done now while new roads are built and existing highways are repaired to prepare for "connected vehicles" merging into the nation's traffic. Vehicle infrastructure integration, the actual network of technologies that will allow autonomous vehicles, is a new consideration for projects already on the books.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 10, 2016

Timesheet Mobile is a GPS-enhanced timekeeping app that prompts users to punch in and out when they arrive at and leave a jobsite. The app uses both Geofence timekeeping and GPS location technology to give necessary location information. In addition to giving notifications when an employee comes into or leaves a jobsite, these technologies can also help employees record accurate mileage for traveling between jobs.

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Contractor Magazine

MARCH 8, 2016

Good plumbing gets taken for granted in much of the western world. It happens behind the walls, underground, automatically. It’s only when something goes wrong that people stop and take notice. read more.

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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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Digger Blog

MARCH 7, 2016

Family-run CJ Holmes & Son has been providing groundwork services in the Skegness area for more than 20 years and has recently opened a plant hire operation. Family-run CJ Holmes & Son has been providing groundwork services in the Skegness area for more than 20 years and has recently opened a plant hire operation.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

MARCH 5, 2016

An example of one of the postings in the Liveinliberty.com blog. Most entries in the Best Construction Blog competition are from contractors or service providers for the architectural, engineering and construction community. The Live in Liberty blog takes on marketing from a different perspective — developer to consumer — and shows how effective a well-designed blog can be for the retail/consumer market.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 10, 2016

In its 41st year of showcasing innovative products, equipment and machinery and new technologies for the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries, World of Concrete 2016 held its largest show since 2009. This year’s show spanned 743,889 net square feet of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 2-5, and welcomed 60,110 registered professionals.

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Green Industry Professionals

MARCH 9, 2016

The Small Machine vs. Big Jobs Challenge lets operators compete in three applications using either a skid steer or compact track loader.

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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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Construction Equipment

MARCH 9, 2016

. . Right off the parkway and just south of Staten Island sits 440 acres of Sayerville, New Jersey land that once was contaminated by the National Lead company, a paint manufacturing operation. After an multi-million dollar clean up that included injecting 38,000 tons of cement into a lagoon on the site to add ground stability, O’Neill Properties, based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, will officially break ground on its 5.8 million square foot project called The Pointe.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

MARCH 11, 2016

All Highly Successful Contractors Like Saving Money Where They Can. But Not On Cheap Tools, Equipment, Material And Bookkeeping. Because That Always Costs Them Profit Dollars In The End. Cheap tools break which slows the work down, increases labor costs and in the end costs more than quality tools. Cheap equipment breaks down more often, increases labor costs and also costs more than quality equipment.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 9, 2016

Because a typical fleet spends a large portion of its total operating budget on energy or fuel, fleet managers are always looking for ways to reduce energy costs. There are really only two methods for doing so: consuming less of the energy you are currently using or switching to a lower-cost energy source. First, most fleets must maintain service during any conversion process.

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Green Industry Professionals

MARCH 8, 2016

The ASLA's annual survey finds that rainwater/graywater harvesting is the top trend for 2016, but eight others follow closely behind.

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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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Construction Equipment

MARCH 8, 2016

Caterpillar and SunSelect Produce, Inc., intend to collaborate to take the waste products of Caterpillar’s combined heat and power cogeneration facility in Mossville, Ill., and put them to productive use in SunSelect hydroponic greenhouses. If the agreement comes to fruition, SunSelect will purchase real estate adjacent to Caterpillar’s energy generation facility, Advanced Tri-Gen Power Systems (ATPS), to construct a hydroponic greenhouse.

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Revit OpEd

MARCH 7, 2016

Reading a thread at AUGI tonight prompted this post. Line Styles aren't a thing in Revit families, the option is disabled if you attempt to review them while in the Family Editor UI. The family discussed in the thread seems innocent enough until it is loaded into a project file. These are the line styles that are in the default template (imperial). This is the same dialog after loading the family; nearly 100 more (98) line styles show up.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 9, 2016

Because a typical fleet spends a large portion of its total operating budget on energy or fuel, fleet managers are always looking for ways to reduce energy costs. There are really only two methods for doing so: consuming less of the energy you are currently using or switching to a lower-cost energy source. First, most fleets must maintain service during any conversion process.

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