December, 2021

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How Lean Gets Done

Construction Business Owner

How Lean Gets Done. Alex Headley. Mon, 12/27/2021 - 07:30. In its early stages, the coronavirus pandemic forced dozens of major cities and even entire states to put a hold on construction to reduce the spread of COVID-19. While the moratorium has lifted, supply chain logjams in the construction market continue to drive up the cost of materials. Adding to the volatility, we’ve seen many businesses table their construction projects to prepare for the likelihood of a global recession, as well as a

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Complete Resources For Your Construction Year-End Processes: On Tap!

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Trimble Viewpoint makes year-end processing easy for its clients.

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NeoConcrete: Applications and Advantages

The Constructor

NeoConcrete is a construction material that creates a continuous coating of 0.4 cm thickness for walls, floors, and exteriors that resembles terrazzo.

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How To Choose The Right Roofing Material For Your Home

Construction Marketing

A house is built to protect the people in it. In design and construction, every corner built plays a significant role. The roof, in this case, completes the shelter as it covers and protects the whole house and people living in it. If you’re looking for roofing materials for your current or future house, then the choice of materials can differentiate between a good and a bad home.

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A Practical Guide to Profitable, Sustainable Construction Strategies

The future of construction is sustainable, efficient, and cost-conscious. This guide offers a practical roadmap for reducing material waste, optimizing energy use, and integrating sustainable design principles. Discover how innovative construction firms are leveraging circular economy strategies, digital tracking, and energy-smart building solutions to reduce expenses and stay ahead of regulatory shifts.

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Public Sector Facilities Preventive Maintenance – Financial and Technical/Financial Visibility Criticality

Job Order Contracting

Public sector facilities preventive maintenance is critical to efficient facilities management, however, rarely performed with financial and technical visibility and transparency. What is it? Preventive maintenance (PM): The systematic and cyclic check, inspection, and correction of minor deficiencies, as well as reporting of deficiencies beyond the scope of preventive maintenance.

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Optimizing the Project Delivery Process

Construction Business Owner

Optimizing the Project Delivery Process. Alex Headley. Thu, 12/09/2021 - 16:35. Digital transformation may seem like the buzzword of the hour, but its benefits are real, especially in sectors with high-dollar projects and multiple stakeholders. In the construction industry, building information modeling (BIM) plays a central role in leveraging data from both building models and company processes to dramatically improve decision-making capabilities, establish more efficient workflows and reduce d

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11 Construction Jobs That Work (Much) Better with Construction Technology

Viewpoint Construction Technology

New software technology is helping many parts of the construction business go faster. See 11 hotspots where the rubber hits the road!

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Demolition or Refurbishment: What are the Factors Controlling Decision-Making?

The Constructor

The decision to demolish or refurbish a specific building is not a simple task. It requires a trade-off between various objectives and values. The.

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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

As a contractor, you likely know that your business is always at risk. Between the potential for accidents and injuries on the job site and the risk of lawsuits, it’s important to have insurance to protect yourself from financial losses, but what kind of insurance do you need? Here’s an overview of the most important types of insurance for contractors. 1.

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The Funding Blueprint for Your Construction Business – Your Guide to Growth

Take your construction business to the next level with our comprehensive 2025 funding guide! Whether you're managing seasonal cash flow challenges, dealing with unexpected equipment repairs, or planning to scale your operations, securing the right funding is essential for success. This guide explores a range of fast and flexible financing options tailored for construction businesses.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting – What Public Sector Facilities Professionals Need to Know

Job Order Contracting

It’s critical to take the time to monitor and improve your Job Order Contracting processes as they are not as you think they might be. Job Order Contracting (JOC) has been distorted into a way to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, and new build construction, bypassing procurement rigors and doing little to assure mutually beneficial benefit to owners and design-builder or overall efficiency.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

I am excited to be presenting a one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” Not just for lawyers, this Tuesday, December 14 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. Calculating net zero is ill defined, unregulated and complex. Businesses making a net zero claim like, “we will be net zero by 2030” risk a charge that they are misleading consumers.

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Data-Driven Safety On-Site

Construction Business Owner

Data-Driven Safety On-Site. Alex Headley. Fri, 12/17/2021 - 08:00. In the past few years, there has been an explosion in the types of technology available to contractors on-site. The potential to improve productivity and increase budget and schedule certainty are among the appealing benefits that these technologies have the potential to offer. However, one of the most promising areas that many of these new technologies can address is improving jobsite safety.

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State of the Construction Industry: November 2021 Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Much-needed good news for the construction industry highlights the stories we were following in November.

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The Constructor's Digital Transformation Playbook: Reducing Risk With Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest

Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.

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Busan to Welcome the World’s First Floating City

The Constructor

Floating cities are going to be a reality soon. With the joint efforts of UN-habitat and blue tech company, Oceanix, the city of Busan in South Korea.

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How to See the Underground Before Starting a Project

Construction Marketing

Do you work in a construction company? If yes, you have probably built several establishments in a different environment. What are the things you considered before and after a construction site is built? “How to see the underground before starting a project?” This is the most common question by several companies and establishments that want to add another construction site in a different environment.

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Construction Spending for Public and Private Sectors

Job Order Contracting

via Four BT, LLC – Proven LEAN construction delivery solutions including locally researched granular unit price line-item databases, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery, support services, and collaborative technology. www.4bt.us. The post Construction Spending for Public and Private Sectors appeared first on 4BT.

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Water is the Most Important ESG Factor

Green Building Law Update

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. Potable water use reduction may be the most important ESG factor. It is widely accepted that a person can only survive without water for 3 days.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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The Automation Transformation

Construction Business Owner

The Automation Transformation. Alex Headley. Tue, 12/07/2021 - 08:20. From excavators that can automatically dig to depth, to trucks that drive themselves, machine control technology is revolutionizing the construction industry. Machine control hardware and software solutions were developed to determine a machine’s current position on the earth and compare it with the desired design surface.

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To Host or Not to Host: Is Cloud-Based Construction Management for You?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Read the three major factors surrounding cloud based construction management, and see why migrating to cloud hosting is a smart, growth-based move.

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Tube Structural System: Types & Features

The Constructor

A tubular structural system is used in high-rise buildings to resist lateral loads like wind and seismic forces. These lateral load resisting systems.

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10 Do’s And Don’ts Of A Perfect Kitchen Remodel

Construction Marketing

For most people, the kitchen is the heart and the crowning glory of their home. Here is where they pour all of their creativity and money, of course, to have a perfectly-looking area where they can cook and enjoy their family time together. Nowadays, the kitchen is becoming more than a place for you to cook your favorite meal. It has become a center of attraction and a place for entertaining guests and friends too.

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Every Contractor Needs An Effective Website - Unlock the Key to Increased Leads

Grow Leads & Visibility! Contractors need more than word-of-mouth. A strong website boosts visibility, draws in leads, showcases skills, and enhances your credibility. Learn how a quality site, that is easy to manage, can set you apart from the competition, and help can take your construction business to the next level. Marketpath is a leading provider of high-quality website solutions tailored for contractors and the construction industry.

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Eighty percent of Construction Change Orders Are Due to Poor Information

Job Order Contracting

It’s not surprising that eighty percent of construction change orders are due to poor information early in the process. LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery is the only way to consistently minimize the number and impact of change orders. With processes such as integrated project delivery, IPD, and LEAN job order contracting owners and design-builders receive the following benefits: Early and ongoing information sharing.

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Why you need a clear definition of “done” in your projects

Lets Build

When everyone clearly understands what “finished work” looks like, all teams and project stakeholders can easily align their expectations. With standardised rules and practices to qualify “work done”, you avoid delays and minimise mistakes. When is a handover considered successful? Where on site will incoming materials be delivered, and when are they considered correctly received?

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Maximizing Mixed-Fleet Operations

Construction Business Owner

Maximizing Mixed-Fleet Operations. Alex Headley. Mon, 12/06/2021 - 07:30. While many manufacturers promote brand loyalty (the idea of using one brand for every piece of equipment on the jobsite), this way of doing business is often no longer practical on the modern jobsite. Contractors’ needs have shifted with time and the jobs they complete. And no single manufacturer makes the best piece of every type of equipment.

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5 Construction Technology Trends Australian Contractors Should Invest in Now

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As the construction industry continues to adapt, connect and scale, these are the 'must-have' innovations.

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How General Contractors Can Drive Growth Without Increasing Headcount

For construction businesses, scaling operations means taking on greater workloads. Unfortunately, much of the responsibility of managing additional work falls on you and your finance team. Learn how you can navigate the increased complexity of managing more projects without adding headcount. We’re here to share insights into why technology is key to scaling your finance operations.

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2022 FIFA World Cup Stadium Built out of Shipping Containers

The Constructor

The construction of Stadium 974, previously known as Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, has been completed ahead of schedule for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be.

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BF Names Virginia, Tennessee, Massachusetts 2021 States Of The Year Award Winners

Business Facilities

The two commonwealths and one state were chosen for excellence in Business Climate, Dealmaking or Workforce/Educational System. The post BF Names Virginia, Tennessee, Massachusetts 2021 States Of The Year Award Winners appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.

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Improve Job Order Contracting with 4BT

Job Order Contracting

If you are a public organization using JOC, it may be time to rethink, rebuild, and improve Job Order Contracting Program with 4BT. LEAN Job Order Contracting , exclusively provided by 4BT, delivers best value via locally researched unit price cost data, LEAN process integration, enabling collaborative technology, and support services with the LOWEST IMPLEMENTATION and JOC ADMINISTATION COSTS.

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