Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Learn how to overcome construction innovation barriers to become a more effective organization.

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Building Radar

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When it comes to building design, the concept of mass walls plays a crucial role in providing structural integrity, energy efficiency, and moisture control. Mass walls, often constructed using materials like concrete, stone, or brick, are designed to manage heat flow, making them essential for both commercial and residential buildings importance of mass walls.

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Construction Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Shoring is a cornerstone technique in modern construction, providing temporary support to buildings, trenches, and excavation sites. Whether stabilizing a structure during renovations or ensuring safety in deep excavations, shoring is indispensable. Below, we discuss the top 7 benefits of shoring in construction and why it’s essential for maintaining safety and efficiency in today’s projects.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Active Construction Cost Management is important to any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build activity. Yet, despite is value, most public sector organizations have yet to deploy it. Over eighty percent (80%+) of all projects are late or overbudget largely due to an inadequately detailed and poorly communicated Scope of Work (SOW), including the failure to leverage readily available objective, current, verifiable, local market labor, material, equipment, and productivity data.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Anna Martin, U-PACT Oregon Lead Instructor AT Ironworkers Local 29 Apprenticeship ccapoccia Tue, 11/19/2024 - 07:14 Anna Martin needed a fresh start, one she felt she couldn’t get in her role in customer service. She took a pre-apprenticeship class and fell in love with ironworking. When she took her journeyman’s exam, she had the highest score of 27 people — and she was the only woman.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Construction input prices increased.3% in October compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data. Nonresidential construction input prices also increased.3% for the month. Prices increased in all three energy subcategories last month. Natural gas prices increased by 29.3%, unprocessed energy materials prices rose 9.9% and crude petroleum prices advanced by 7.3%.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A shift in how tech companies like Google and Amazon meet their energy needs is creating opportunities for construction firms equipped to handle atomic power work.

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Construction Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) has introduced a new guarantee product to help British firms secure international contracts providing engineering, design and technical services. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account.

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Construction Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The construction industry remains one of the most hazardous, accounting for nearly a quarter of all US worker fatalities in 2022. Despite the increase in safety initiatives, injury and fatality rates have remained steady, underscoring the ongoing opportunity to improve safety practices and better address the evolving challenges of modern construction.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Brit Fuller, Chief Operating Officer at Building Company Number 7 ccapoccia Thu, 11/21/2024 - 07:19 Brit Fuller, chief operating officer at Nashville, Tennessee-based Building Company Number 7 (Build Co. 7), said she fell into construction by accident. Working for a company that outsourced administrative and marketing tasks for businesses, she landed a construction client, which led to the creation of a new arm of that company.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The underutilization of robust construction cost management methods continue to drive high levels of waste across virtually all public sector organizations. You can’t manage what you don’t measure… A standardized approach to construction data collection, maintenance, and use should be established use a common format data format and yields objective, verifiable, and current local market labor, material, equipment, and productivity details.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

See the highlights from Dimensions 2024, featuring a powerful showcase of innovation, growth and collaboration.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The $740 million riverside development and $64 million concert venue will bring new leisure, retail and housing options to the Steel City.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Have you ever paused to consider the real impact of your business's customer experience? Is it lifting your brand or dragging it down, along with your team's morale? Today's consumers expect nothing short of excellence, so understanding the consequences of poor customer service is vital. So, what does poor customer service cost you? Let's delve into the details—they might change your perspective.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Practical LEAN construction frameworks involve robust approaches inclusive of multi-level training, detailed workflows, clear responsibilities, and a common data environment (CDE)*. Examples of practical LEAN construction frameworks are Integrated Project Delivery (if it includes objective, granular, detailed line-time construction task data), Alliance Partnering, and collaborative Job Order Contracting.

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PC Construction

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Last week industry leaders came together in Maine to discuss the use of mass timber in future building projects and learn about the drive to bring mass timber production to New England. Hosted by the Portland Museum of Art, this event stimulated forward-thinking ideas and dialogue to blend creativity in design and construction to optimize the use of CLT, Glulam and other mass timber products within design and our day-to-day lives.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The specialty contractor has a strong backlog and wants hundreds of tradesworkers in the Lone Star State to help deliver it.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Procore introduced new artificial intelligence tools for scheduling, safety and project management and its technology partners with integrations into Procore's platform introduced their own new AIs at the Groundbreak Conference November 20-21 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Eric Kues is a smalltown guy who appreciates a close-knit team. But that doesn’t limit the big things he hopes to accomplish with The Korte Company. He grew up in Bartelso, Illinois, at that time a town of 400 people, where everybody filled up at the same gas station and family gatherings were a Sunday tradition. With his big extended family, Eric’s upbringing was steeped in the values of hard work, family and community — values that stay with him.

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Construction Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Now entering its 98th year in business, R. C. Stevens Construction (R. C. Stevens) has been leading the Florida construction sector for almost 100 years. The company was founded back in 1926 by builder and architect Raymond C. Stevens, who was a true pioneer in the design-build industry, being the first builder in Orlando to take on both the design and construction of projects for his clients.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The agency’s goal is to help transit departments deliver projects on time, on task and on budget, said the transit authority’s deputy administrator.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Revenue and profit fell for several of construction’s biggest companies, according to numbers posted for the third quarter of 2024, but there was also optimism that fast-developing market sectors will become financial springboards that add to future results.

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Contractor Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

National Apprenticeship Week will include over 1,300 apprenticeship events, across all 50 states and U.S. territories.

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Construction Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Thanks to a combination of hard work and innovative vision, AMFAC has established itself as one of the US’ foremost providers of preventative and reactive property maintenance services. In just six years, the company has made waves across the industry, and expanded its offering with innovative, eco-friendly advances. Company President, Jameka Spencer, joins CT to discuss the company’s fascinating… Source The post From military precision to market leadership, American Facil

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With 40% of its revenues set to come from data centers, chip fabs and similar projects, the industry’s biggest contractor is making moves to stay ahead of its growth.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Settlement resolves United Builders Group Co.'s alleged misclassification of nearly 100 employees as independent contractors with no overtime wages paid.

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Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

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Contractor Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The new boiler will enable the company to deliver its carbon-free thermal energy product, eSteam, to its customers this heating season.

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Construction Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A renowned industrial contractor, Norrell Construction (Norrell) offers a wide range of self-performed services, including mechanical, piping, civil, instrumentation and electrical (IE), cranes and elevators, HVAC, sheet-metal, building and remodeling, plumbing, roofing, and more. Beyond its comprehensive skill set, what truly sets Norrell apart is its unwavering dedication to delivering… Source The post Learn how Norrell Construction’s focus on employee safety sets it apart from

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The burgeoning sectors drove double-digit gains across the Dallas-based firm’s portfolio, according to the company’s earnings call.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Officials in Kenya have already canceled major contracts with Gautam Adani's companies, with funding for projects in other markets also facing potential impact.

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