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State of the Construction Industry: June Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

AGC Uses Targeted Ads to Try to Prevent Work Zone Crashes. A survey from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) found that 54 percent of highway contractors reported crashes in their work zones within the past year. The AGC aims to increase work zone safety this summer with targeted advertising.

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Bluebeam Tips: Construction Safety Hazards using Pictograms

Carol Hagen

Adding visual symbols on HAZOPs, P and IDs and construction safety studies are also a good idea. Besides placing signs or symbols, shading work zones with open trenches, equipment traffic flow or crane boom reach, possible falling objects, etc is beneficial too. How bout scaffolding locations on the jobsite and lift placement.

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Successful Commercial Construction Strategies and Operations: Tip #1

HardHatChat

By moving to a paperless project management software system. This means that all parties working on a job (us, the client, subcontractors and architects) have access to all job files 24/7, which is ideal when you have multiple projects in different time zones. But not anymore. Well, it’s a domino effect of savings. Bill Di Santo.

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Construction Standardization: A Game Plan to Success

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Lack of standardization makes it more difficult for teams to communicate; often they’re using different devices and software and relying on paper notes and memory to make things happen. Every additional device or single piece of software makes the data your team is working with less reliable and useful. Who creates projects?

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NAHB—Making a Difference for Its Members

Pro Builder

Americans Agree on Strict Building Codes for Fire, Flood Zones. NAHB’s 130,000 members share insights and ideas that are priceless in today’s economic climate. NAHB New Chair to Tackle Regulation and Promote Trades. How Excessive Design Standards Hurt Affordability.

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How to position yourself in first place (without cheating) in construction marketing

Construction Marketing Ideas

South Bay Construction in the San Francisco area, for example, developed ballpark cost reference guides (in print and through mobile applications) that allow brokers, owners and others to gather quick numbers — without having to bother anyone else — when they are exploring early-stage ideas.

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

He closed wondering if I could offer any advice, ideas or a solution. The essence of my response via email: HVAC Zones are meant to combine spaces into larger more coherent collections for engineering purposes. The HVAC Zones have a different purpose and are not meant for band-aiding spaces together. Aaron Maller.

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