2022

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5 Safety Precautions For Multi-Level Construction Sites

Construction Marketing

Construction workers face various challenges in the course of their work. These challenges include using dangerous tools and poisonous chemicals and being around unsafe working environments. All these pose risks to the health of these workers. . As the owner of a construction firm , you’re responsible for enhancing the safety of your workers.

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Argon Gas-Filled Windows: Advantages and Applications

The Constructor

Argon gas-filled windows consist of double or triple glass panes and argon gas that fills the space between them. The argon gas improves the.

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Construction Claim- Types, Causes, and Preventive Measures

The Constructor

A construction claim is the assertion of a right that requires either more time or/and payment by either party of the contract (often the contractor) for compensation of the losses brought on by the other party’s failure to uphold their portion of the responsibilities as defined in the contract. The compensation often involves extra payment […].

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Exploring Exit Plan Strategies

Construction Business Owner

Exploring Exit Plan Strategies. Alex Headley. Mon, 01/10/2022 - 09:25. The United States construction market is a $2.4 trillion dollar industry, with over 4 million participants as of September 2021. Since the aftermath of the 2008-2009 financial recession, the growth in new construction companies has ballooned; approximately 81,000 new construction companies per year have entered the market, on average, since 2014.

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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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Modular Construction: Pros and Cons

Lets Build

There’s a strong trend toward the modular construction approach—in fact, the global market is expected to reach $175 billion by 2025. But why are more companies building modular structures? Is modular construction cheaper than other methods? What advantages do modular construction techniques bring to the table? Modular construction is gaining more attention, and for good reason.

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Manufacturer, Agribusiness To Invest Over $94M In South Carolina Expansions

Business Facilities

In South Carolina, SHL Medical to invest $90 million in its new North Charleston manufacturing site; City Roots will invest $4.4 million to expand in Richland County.

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Rethinking rebar: Reinforcement goes green

Construction Specifier

Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel. By Chris Bennett, iSCS, CDT, and Aurora Jensen. Reinforcing bar, commonly known as “rebar,” comes in the form of mesh, wires, or bars, and is designed to strengthen concrete under tension. Describing it in a more humanistic manner, one could consider rebar as a part of the muscular skeletal system of a building. Together, rebar and concrete work to resist tensile forces and increase the utility of a structure.

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5 Reasons to Move to Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD)

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The last few years have been a challenge for Singapore’s construction sector. Amid falling demand, spiralling debts and waning investor confidence, the arrival of a global pandemic almost brought the industry to its knees. And, as borders closed, so too did access to the vital pool of migrant labour and the pre-cast components used in built-to-order construction projects.

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Keystone Pipe Has Full Restart After 14,000-Barrel Spill Dec. 7

ENR Construction

Crude oil spill in Kansas is contained but not fully cleaned up, as fed agency allows full line operation and Canadian owner TC Energy has yet to state pipeline rupture cause.

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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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Infrastructure Study Finds Inefficiencies & Opportunities for Design-Build

Construction Business Owner

Infrastructure Study Finds Inefficiencies & Opportunities for Design-Build. Alex Headley. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 08:30. Travelers, the second-largest writer of United States commercial property casualty insurance and the largest writer of surety bonds in North America, has released the findings of a new infrastructure study that followed 224 heavy civil construction projects from 2004 to 2020.

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5 Questions for Effectively Recruiting a Younger, More Diverse Workforce

Construction Business Owner

5 Questions for Effectively Recruiting a Younger, More Diverse Workforce. hirvin. Mon, 06/20/2022 - 15:36. Several years ago, the construction industry was faced with a looming concern: the overwhelming number of workers set to retire over the next decade. A study conducted in 2019 determined that 41% of the construction workforce at the time was expected to retire by 2031.

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Protecting Against Environmental Risk in Changing Climates

Construction Business Owner

Protecting Against Environmental Risk in Changing Climates. Alex Headley. Tue, 01/18/2022 - 09:45. Already expecting a downturn, the commercial construction industry was further impacted when COVID-19 either delayed or shuttered projects nationwide and a seemingly endless barrage of storms caused more than $95 billion in damages across the United States alone.

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Modern Technology Provides the Solution for Recruiting New Employees

Construction Business Owner

Modern Technology Provides the Solution for Recruiting New Employees. Alex Headley. Thu, 01/20/2022 - 09:35. Employees are the backbone of every company, no matter what industry they are in. To create a culture of top-notch results, a company must have high-quality employees at the helm. It takes a companywide effort, from the executives to the bottom line, to make a company successful.

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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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Reality in Job Cost Integrity

Construction Business Owner

Reality in Job Cost Integrity. Alex Headley. Wed, 01/12/2022 - 08:45. The vicious job loop is an endless cycle of misrepresentations and mistruths. There are so many things that can go wrong in job cost reporting and the interesting thing is that most of the issues lie not in information technology but with human psychology. Sure, there was a time when there was not a great, seamless system of real time feedback, allowing construction organizations to make project course corrections.

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5 Ways Construction Businesses Can Cut Costs & Improve Cash Flow in 2022

Construction Business Owner

Promote to rotator No. Rotator Image. Status of webinar Featured. Thu, 06/16/2022 - 12:00. 1 p.m. CDT. Running a construction business costs a lot of money. But with inflation at a 40-year high, supply chain issues and a staffing shortage, it has never cost more to run a business than it does today. So how can you improve your bottom line with so much to go up against?

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State of the Industry: Reflection & the Road to Recovery

Construction Business Owner

State of the Industry: Reflection & the Road to Recovery. Alex Headley. Mon, 01/03/2022 - 07:30. As the world celebrates the joyful beginning of a new year, the construction industry is looking hard to the future and its possibilities. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the industry is hopeful for recovery, but there are multiple roadblocks still creating challenges.

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The 10 Commandments of Project Success

Construction Business Owner

The 10 Commandments of Project Success. Alex Headley. Fri, 01/14/2022 - 09:00. Outlining how you will manage, operate and run your construction business is a big step toward building a continuously profitable construction company. You, your managers, field supervisors, estimators and crews must know the basics — rules, standards, values and fundamentals — that you stand for as a company.

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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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The New Economy vs. the Old Economy

Construction Business Owner

The New Economy vs. the Old Economy. ccapoccia. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:39. Trying to interpret which way the economy will go is confusing and uncertain, even for those whose primary responsibility is doing so. There are many competing views on whether we’re in a recession and how long it will last. One thing we are confident in is that 2023 looks quite challenging.

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Carbon Concrete: Production and Advantages

The Constructor

Carbon concrete is a sustainable construction material produced from concrete and carbon fibers or bars. The carbon is incorporated into the concrete through mesh-like textile mats placed between its layers or as randomly or uniformly dispersed fibers throughout the concrete. Carbon fiber improves the tensile strength of concrete to a great extent. Carbon bars can […].

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What is Transparent Aluminium?

The Constructor

Transparent aluminum or Aluminum Oxynitride (ALON) is an optically transparent aluminum which is a crystalline substance made of aluminate powder.

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High-Performance Building Envelope

The Constructor

A high-performance building envelope constitutes all the elements of a building’s outer shell that allows high-level control over different variables.

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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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Biden’s Bridge Repair and Replacement Initiative

The Constructor

On Jan 14th, 2022, President Biden’s administration launched the Bridge Formula Program (BFP) to fix thousands of bridges across the United.

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Concrete Sensors: Working and Types

The Constructor

Concrete sensors are sensors embedded in concrete to record its temperature and humidity. The data collected by these sensors is retrieved either.

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6 Types of Construction Technology You Will Use in the Future

The Constructor

The construction industry has always been a major contributor to the world economy. While the construction industry has been quite impervious to.

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Why Construction Scheduling Software is More Efficient

Lets Build

Construction projects are complex, and project managers have to take many factors into account. Fortunately, construction scheduling software makes it easier to keep your project on track and stay in control. We’ll cover the benefits of scheduling software for construction crews, the best construction scheduling apps, and how to improve your communication and coordination throughout every project. 5 advantages of construction project scheduling software.

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Learn How to Boost Productivity for Every Project

For construction contractors, productivity is everything. Download this guide to discover how digital production tracking improves project visibility, data collection, and production insights—all in real time.

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Louisiana Is Built For Film And TV Production

Business Facilities

Louisiana’s many advantages­ — including incentives, facilities and skilled crews — attract major productions. The post Louisiana Is Built For Film And TV Production appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.

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Inside the Mind of the High-Performance Homebuyer

Pro Builder

Inside the Mind of the High-Performance Homebuyer. ldeakins. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 14:29. New data sheds light on what homebuyers really care about when it comes to sustainability, helping builders improve their products. Suzanne Shelton. In the summer of 2020, in collaboration with the Energy & Environmental Building Alliance ( EEBA ), my firm, Shelton Group , launched WNDO, a survey platform specifically designed to gain actionable insights from high-performance homebuyers at five points along the

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Rankings Recognize Best Metros For Corporate HQs, Business Climate

Business Facilities

In Business Facilities’ 2022 Metro Rankings Report, cities across the U.S. and Canada are hot spots for corporate headquarters, best business climates.

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