Construction Business Owner
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
Effective project management starts well before construction begins. With meticulous preplanning during the estimating stage, followed by strategic thinking during the job itself, a company’s project management team can ensure project success.
The Constructor
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Culvert is a tunnel structure constructed under roadways or railways to provide cross drainage or to take electrical or other cables from one side to.
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HardHatChat
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Working with a client on a design-assist or design-build basis, as Englewood Construction is with the reimagining of Stratford Square Mall, allows the commercial contractor to provide valuable input during the initial planning stages. Anyone who reads this blog regularly probably already knows I’m a huge proponent of client partnerships that bring the general contractor into the commercial construction planning process as early as possible.
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
Halloween activities often include carving pumpkins into jack o lanterns and trick or treating in costume, and this year on All Hallows’ Eve you should be registering your LEED project. The end is near. October 31, 2016 is the last day to register a LEED version 2009 project. Registration will close on that date and thereafter GBCI will only accept applications for projects pursuing LEED v4.
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Constructonomics
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
If you own or run a business and it carries any kind of hazard or risk to employees, visitors or passing members of the public then you need to use safety signs to let people know about the potential dangers. Using safety signs is a very rapid and cheap way of alerting the public and your workers about hazards in certain areas or around particular machines.
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Construction Business Owner
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
With profit margins averaging around only 3.5 percent, construction companies cannot afford to waste money. It is imperative that company owners plug any leaks in their financial affairs, including any possibilities of fraudulent acts by employees or outsiders. Unfortunately, fraud has been widespread in the construction industry for a long time and can be perpetrated through a variety of schemes.
The Constructor
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
A concrete pedestal is a compression element provided to carry the loads from supported elements like columns, statues etc. to footing below the.
FDR Safety
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
The key to a strong safety culture: positive employee attitudes. Improve safety performance with Attitude-Based Safety Culture Training. Join Our Mailing List. The key to a strong safety culture: positive employee attitudes. By Fred Rine. There are many drivers of a strong workplace safety culture, but perhaps the most important is employee attitudes: if employees want to be safe, rather than merely feeling they have to, they are far more likely to make the right decision about a potentially uns
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 18, 2016
Cannabis cultivation is not new, but beginning in the 1990s when states began to legalize medical marijuana and recently as state laws evolved, decriminalizing and legalizing recreational use of cannabis, the burgeoning industry has brought with it environmental implications, including of water and energy use. Energy consumption for cannabis cultivation can be incredibly significant and vary widely between different methods of growing but any way you measure it, it is huge.
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Constructonomics
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
The changes we are experiencing in our climate are affecting all of our lives. Every industry is being affected by what is happening, but is having an especially big impact on the construction sector. Governments across the world are waking up to the fact that extremes of weather are rapidly becoming the norm. In many countries, they are gradually changing construction legislation to take account of this fact.
Construction Marketing
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
If you own or run a business and it carries any kind of hazard or risk to employees, visitors or passing members of the public then you need to use safety signs to let people know about the potential dangers. Using safety signs is a very rapid and cheap way of alerting the public and your workers about hazards in certain areas or around particular machines.
Construction Business Owner
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Almost every contractor’s goal is to win more work than he or she currently has scheduled. When the economy was slow, contractors worked hard to keep crews busy and break even. And as the economy heated up, contractors began to take on more work than they could handle with their current staff. On paper, they figured they would make more money, as their overhead remained constant while their revenues grew.
The Constructor
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Surge tank is a water storage device used as pressure neutralizer in hydropower water conveyance system to resists excess pressure rise and drop.
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FDR Safety
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
OSHA’s policy of allowing union representatives to accompany agency compliance officers in walk-around inspections of worksites, even if the union doesn’t represent company employees, is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. The agency changed its policy on participation in OSHA walk-arounds in 2013.
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
A public hearing is scheduled tomorrow on a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loan program ordinance in Baltimore City. I have been quoted saying that PACE “could be bigger than anything in U.S. real estate since the invention of the glass window.”. PACE loan programs, where payments for energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements to real estate are made through a building owner’s property tax bill are gaining acceptance nationally including being implemented acro
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Performance-based Construction Contracting. Performance Based Contract Management principles for Construction have existed for decades, and include Integrated Project Delivery and Job Order Contacting. Task Orders are focused upon and emphasize outcomes, repeatable processes, standardized information, and expected quality results rather than excessive management and control versus ‘ad-hoc’ traditional methods.
Construction Marketing
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
If you own or run a business and it carries any kind of hazard or risk to employees, visitors or passing members of the public then you need to use safety signs to let people know about the potential dangers. Using safety signs is a very rapid and cheap way of alerting the public and your workers about hazards in certain areas or around particular machines.
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Construction Business Owner
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Big data is a phrase used so much in today’s business world that it is nearly a cliché.
The Constructor
SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
A consulting engineer is simply an independent, professional engineer who performs well-detailed engineering services for a client based on an agreed.
FDR Safety
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
OSHA’s Nov. 1 start date for enforcing its new record-keeping rule is drawing close, and employers need to pay particular attention to their drug testing policy related to workplace accidents. The new rule makes it clear that employers who have a blanket policy of conducting drug testing in the wake of accidents will be subject to OSHA scrutiny. The agency’s rationale is that some types of accidents are very unlikely to have been caused by drug use, and that employees fearful of retaliation for
Mr Ethics
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
Dear Mr. Ethics, My company regularly gives to a political action committee run by a construction association. The purpose of the PAC is to promote construction issues to our state legislature and governor. We always give in accord with the laws governing political contributions. The PAC association has asked us to host at our company facilities a political round table where construction industry and government elected officials will discuss construction issues in our state.
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Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRACTOR’S JOB ORDER CONTRACT COEFFICIENT. A Job Order Contract Coefficient is a numerical factor that represents costs (generally indirect costs) not included in the unit price line items within the Unit Price Book, UPB, associated with the Job Order Contract. Example include, general and administrative and other overhead costs, insurance costs, bonding and alternative payment protection costs, protective clothing, equipment rental, and contractor’s profit.
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
The 66-year-old Port Authority Bus Terminal is deteriorating and in desperate need of an update. And, thanks to an international design and deliverability contest from the Port Authority, there are now five designs that may one day stand as the new terminal. Arcadis of New York, Inc., Archilier Architecture Consortium, Hudson Terminal Center Collaborative, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, and Perkins Eastman are the five firms battling for the design opportunity.
Construction Business Owner
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
The importance of tires to the successful operation of loaders, articulated dump trucks and other vehicles used on construction sites cannot be understated. Quite simply, tires play an irreplaceable role in helping vehicles accomplish their tasks. The following are five best practices that will help you achieve optimal tire performance. The benefits will flow right to your operation’s bottom line.
The Constructor
SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
Septic tank can be defined as primary sedimentation tank for disposal of night soil. Components and design of septic tank based on population is.
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Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment were down 24 percent overall at midyear 2016 compared to the first half of 2015 with a total $5.65 billion shipped to global markets. Europe was the sole region with a gain – up 2 percent, and South America and Africa led the double-digit declines, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), citing U.S.
Mr Ethics
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
Dear Mr. Ethics, My company regularly gives to a political action committee run by a construction association. The purpose of the PAC is to promote construction issues to our state legislature and governor. We always give in accord with the laws governing political contributions. The PAC association has asked us to host at our company facilities a political round table where construction industry and government elected officials will discuss construction issues in our state.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
The History of Job Order Contracting. BEST VALUE CONSTRUCTION. Early 1980’s – U.S. Military Academy, West Point, facility engineers realized the disadvantages of the design-bid-build construction delivery system, and implemented an a new indefinite delivery- indefinite quantity (IDIQ) facility maintenance contract which was first used by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium.
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