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Green Light for $1.4 Billion London Tunnel

ENR Construction

London’s transportation authority has secured approval to go ahead with design, build, finance and maintain project for a 1.4 km twin highway tunnel under the River Thames between Greenwich and Silvertown.

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Composite steel core to speed up Rainier Square high-rise

Construction Dive

The system is predicted to shave nine months off the Seattle project’s construction timeline versus a steel frame around a reinforced concrete core.

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Girl Scouts Learn About Construction and Engineering

PC Construction

The PC Construction team at the Kennebunk High School project recently had the pleasure of leading a tour for a local Girl Scout Troop. These young women were excited to be on an active construction.

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What Is a Leading-Edge?

Construction Business Owner

Aself-retracting lanyard (SRL) is much like a sophisticated seatbelt. When used as intended, it stops the fall or controls the impact experienced by the wearer in the event of a fall, which is why overhead fall arresters have long been used to harness workers to help prevent stability hazards. However, in a classic case of needing a product for another use, the construction industry started using self-retractable lifelines, not just in an overhead manner, but also in a horizontal one.

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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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10 helpful tips for construction managers

Lets Build

Finishing homework in school was always an achievement. Be it an hour before the school started or a day before the holidays ended. Finishing a project is an achievement in its own. This feeling goes on till the end though. When it comes to constructing a building or a house or any other project, the.

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Fall Protection: Opinions, Obstacles, And A Fix

FDR Safety

Creating an effective Safety Culture is something we at FDRsafety preach daily to our clients, partners, friends, and family. Through our decades of experience, we have learned that an effective Safety Culture is something that is developed through individuals buying into the idea that safety is the top value at home and work. Here are two main obstacles we must overcome to change the view of fall protection.

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How Hoar Construction Does Jobsite Safety

Construction Business Owner

Tips and advice from the safety team at Hoar Construction on what it is doing to decrease jobsite injuries and improve the company’s culture overall.

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5 things you can’t do using a spreadsheet in construction

Lets Build

It is no secret that a spreadsheet still plays a substantial role in a good number of construction projects. People love its simplicity and they use it for many different purposes, such as diagram creation and data analysis. And more importantly, a spreadsheet is cheap and in many cases free to use. At a first.

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Asbestos Still Life Threatening for Construction Workers

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Despite regulations, asbestos is still a real and present danger for construction workers. Though 42 percent of construction deaths involve falls , a surprising 17 percent are attributed to exposure to toxic materials like asbestos. In fact, approximately 100,000 workers are projected to die over the next ten years from diseases like mesothelioma and asbestosis, which are diseases exclusively caused by working around asbestos.

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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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Contractors still manually collect data despite risks, costs

Construction Dive

More than half of construction managers responding to a survey believe hurdles of pen and paper processes could be eliminated by digitization.

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Key Tips on Hiring & Retaining Top Employees

Construction Business Owner

Your guide to hiring and retaining the best talent the construction industry has to offer.

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Robotics in construction: How technology is making waves in the industry

Lets Build

As one of the least technologically advanced industries, construction has taken a backseat to embracing the digital revolution for some time. Automation of processes and systems, increasing the use of technology in everyday tasks, and autonomous machinery seems like a far-fetched fantasy out of a sci-fi film for construction project managers and contractors.

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Building Trends: An Old Material Becomes New Again

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Is Wood the Future?

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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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Share Project Information and BIM Models Real-time

Job Order Contracting

Do You Need to Share Project Information and BIM Models real-time? You Need Building in the Cloud. Watch the video. Whether you design, build, or maintain, or operate buildings, it’s time to react to under pressures of an increasingly digital and collaborative way of working. You need easy-to-use, mobile tools that allow you to access and manage information anytime, anywhere.

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Ford’s Tim Stoehr on Trends Changing the Truck Market

Construction Business Owner

With so many major factors affecting efficiency on the jobsite, it may seem trivial to pause and think about your work truck, how it’s performing and what might help it perform better. On the contrary, the work truck is one of the most important pieces to the puzzle of jobsite productivity, and one familiar name in work trucks has been studying the market for over 100 years—Ford.

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April construction jobs up 17K for post-recession high

Construction Dive

A 3.5% average wage hike is helping to recruit more experienced construction workers.

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Cummins X15 Engine & Endurant Trans Now Available in Navistar Trucks

Construction Equipment

Cummins has announced its latest integrated diesel power solution from the Cummins Integrated Power Portfolio - the X15TM paired with the Eaton Cummins Endurant TM transmission – is now available with Navistar in both the International LoneStar and LT Series trucks.

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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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Unlocking the Full Potential of Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Unlocking the Full Potential of Job Order Contracting requires observance of fundamental LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) principles, owner leadership and competency, a full open, transparent environment, and ongoing training for all participants. The OpenJOC(TM) Approach delivers all of the tool and training needed for public sector real property owners, contractors, and subcontractors that are ready and able to fully leverage the benefits of JOC… 90%+ of ALL repair, renovation, repair, a

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Manual data entry still hampers jobsite construction

BD+C

Nearly half of construction managers still capture critical jobsite quality data manually. One-third still use paper and pen to track data. These are some of the key findings from a survey of more than 500 executives and managers in the construction and engineering fields. The survey, conducted in February by TrackVia , an operational workflow platform, exposes a jobsite management environment that, for many companies, is antiquated and potentially prone to more errors.

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Airport projects could hit $70B by 2021

Construction Dive

Experts say that U.S. airports have exhausted their short-term modernization strategies and must now invest in major renovations or new construction to accommodate more passengers and new technology.

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New Manitowoc Extended Warranty for Grove GRT Cranes

Construction Equipment

Manitowoc Cranes has announced a new, extended warranty program for the Grove GRT series of rough-terrain cranes. The program consists of a two-year standard warranty on newly ordered cranes, complemented by three additional tiers of total extended coverage for three, four and five years.

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How Poor Planning and Budgeting Lead to Construction Cost Overruns

Budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning directly impact construction project outcomes. Inaccurate projections lead to cost overruns and delays. This guide outlines best practices for financial discipline, including forecasting methodologies, resource allocation strategies, and risk mitigation frameworks. Industry leaders recognize that precise financial control is essential for profitability and project stability.

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The 50-Yard Challenge: Mowing 110 Lawns in One Day to Celebrate 110th Anniversary

Green Industry Professionals

In honor of its 110-year anniversary, Briggs & Stratton is mowing lawns for free in the Milwaukee area.

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Illinois Office of Tourism unveils new Frank Lloyd Wright Trail

BD+C

Frank Lloyd Wright is arguably the most famous American architect who ever lived. He was a starchitect before starchitects were even a thing and developed the architectural style known as the Prairie school.

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Las Vegas building boom drawing more development

Construction Dive

Billions of dollars' worth of construction projects have put Nevada's Sin City on the radar of even more developers.

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ARTBA Transportation Safety Program Now ANSI Accredited

Construction Equipment

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced today the Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals (SCTPP) Program, launched in late 2016, has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) under the ISO/IEC 17024:2012 international standard.

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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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Creating empathic people-centric buildings

Contractor Magazine

When you start down a new road you see everything differently.

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6 noteworthy projects: Transit-oriented rental community, micro-unit residences, and an office tower becomes a mixed-use community

BD+C

. 1. ELEGANT LANDSCAPING MARKS CONTEMPORARY lifestyle IN DOWNTOWN Los angeles.

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Facebook building $1.5B Iowa data center expansion

Construction Dive

Local media reported that the Des Moines-area project is already Facebook's largest construction site in the world.

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