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App Spotlight: Timesheet Mobile
Construction Business Owner
MARCH 10, 2016
Timesheet Mobile is a GPS-enhanced timekeeping app that prompts users to punch in and out when they arrive at and leave a jobsite. In addition to giving notifications when an employee comes into or leaves a jobsite, these technologies can also help employees record accurate mileage for traveling between jobs.
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Tech Tools for Builders: Mobile Apps
Pro Builder
JANUARY 6, 2021
Tech Tools for Builders: Mobile Apps. Using the PlanGrid mobile app enables you to publish amended versions of construction drawings to a cloud server and share them. The DeWalt Mobile Pro app offers basic calculation and reference tools with optional add-ons to customize the app for your needs, the developer says.
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10 Great Mobile Apps for Construction
Construction Business Owner
DECEMBER 3, 2012
There are many ways in which both consumer mobile devices and specialized industry devices can improve efficiency in any workplace, but this is especially true for construction.
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Top 2023 Security Trends For Construction Site Security
Construction Marketing
JANUARY 6, 2023
With cloud-based TVL security cameras , your security staff can access cloud-based control centers and mobile applications that can view security data from anywhere. In that case, it will send a mobile alert to your security staff, allowing them to quickly and efficiently resolve the issue. Strong Security Doors And Gates.
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The ABCs of BYOD in Construction
Viewpoint Construction Technology
APRIL 27, 2018
Contractors are Leveraging Power of Construction Management Software and Mobile Applications for Growth, But Where Do Responsibilities for Device Management Lie? A couple of years ago, a colleague of mine lost his iPad after leaving it in a rental car while traveling. percent said mobile capabilities were not important.
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Sloan Mobile Showroom Kicks Off Nationwide Tour
Contractor Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2019
The traveling showroom will highlight Sloan’s expertise in performance, design, and sustainability.
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Growing Companies Invest More In Their Mobile Workforce
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Runzheimer International Total Employee Mobility® Benchmarking Report shows high growth companies invest more per mobile employee. High growth companies invested an average of $11,779 per mobile employee, compared with an average of $6,527 for low growth companies. Photo: PRNewsFoto/Runzheimer International.).
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Viega Hits the road with spacious, new mobile promotion truck
Contractor Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2014
Viega is excited to announce its new mobile promotion truck, which hit the road at the beginning of August and is traveling from coast to coast across the continental United States showcasing Viega’s innovative system solutions. Marketing Trucks'
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American Standard, DXV, and Grohe launch the "Beauty in Motion" Mobile Experience
Contractor Magazine
JUNE 22, 2016
Innovative, high-style kitchen and bath solutions from LIXIL Water Technology highlighted in traveling showrooms visiting select U.S. The kitchen and bath brands that comprise LIXIL Water Technology Americas have teamed up to create the “Beauty in Motion” mobile experience. read more.
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The Construction Office Imperative: Digitize, Go Paperless and Mobile
Carol Hagen
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Review and approval on a iPad, signature capture on a form and granting access from a mobile device can return big dividends. While I am co-hosting the Phoenix Construction Peer Exchange, this event is traveling to other cities throughout the United States. ” These are compelling statistics.
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$3B Philippines Span Promises to Improve Regional Mobility
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 9, 2020
The 20-mile-long, four-lane cable-stayed bridge will link the provinces of Bataan and Cavite, cutting travel time from as much as five hours to 30 minutes.
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BYOD and the Construction Industry
Viewpoint Construction Technology
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
Not too long ago, our marketing director lost his iPad after leaving it in a rental car while traveling. For many, this would be a near catastrophic event, given the amount of personal (and often business) data that is often kept on any mobile device.
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Traveller letters: Here’s a sure-fire way to keep backpackers off Bondi
Construction Test
MAY 6, 2020
We travelled in early March via Doha to Barcelona to start a long-awaited holiday adventure in Spain, Portugal Morocco. We travelled in business class (a once-only treat), but others in our tour group in a different class experienced the same service. One travel organisation that gets it right is Premier Inns in the UK.
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Developing a Better Flight Plan for Travel Growth
ENR Construction
MARCH 3, 2020
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority embarks on a landmark construction program to expand mobility in the air, and on the ground.
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Contractor Magazine
JULY 9, 2014
The Surface Pro 3 uses a fourth generation Intel Core processor, is just 0.36” thin and 1.76-lb. The multi-touch tablet (supporting swipe, pinch and drag), has 5 MP front and rear facing cameras, a USB 3 jack, a video output jack, and a microSD card reader. read more.
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Check Construction Vibration Impact Zone With Your Phone
Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
The Travelers insurance company has introduced a new digital tool that can help contractors identify areas around a construction site that may be negatively affected by the ground vibrations caused by heavy equipment.
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More Buyers than Average are Purchasing Suburban Properties
Pro Builder
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Apple® Maps Daily Mobility Trends Report Show More Mobility and Traveling in Smaller Cities and Counties. A daily indicator that points to the greater economic activity arising from greater mobility is the Apple® Maps Mobility Trends index.
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Mobile field service software, apps for diverse data
Contractor Magazine
AUGUST 5, 2016
A schedule assistant analyzes the existing schedule and suggests the best time slot for a new job, taking into account such factors as skills required for the job and travel distance. read more.
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How to do a road trip around Australia: Expert travel tips
Construction Test
MAY 4, 2020
I have a small, personal Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) the size of a mobile phone in my backpack with my camera, which always goes in first. The post How to do a road trip around Australia: Expert travel tips appeared first on Construction Test Daily. A sense of humour is always necessary.
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26 Creating a movement: How Mamava, Konrad Prefab and ALPOLIC partnered to change the culture of breastfeeding
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
When Mamava founders, Sascha Mayer and Christine Dodson, developed the concept for a mobile lactation unit, it came more from necessity than creativity. As working mothers, traveling without their nursing infants, both encountered issues with pumping in a safe, comfortable space.
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Are Americans Still Interested in Tiny Homes and Offices?
Pro Builder
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Tiny homes have typically appealed to travelers and adventurous homeowners, but the pandemic has seen a recent uptick in popularity for weekend escapes or a tiny backyard office. Considering that most tiny homes are 400 square feet or less, many can be built on wheels, which allow homeowners to live a mobile lifestyle. Read More. .
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10 tips for trucks and drivers
Contractor Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
It’s a mobile billboard, generating advertising exposures everywhere it travels. Nothing builds a contractor brand better than a well wrapped truck.
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Looking forward — Social media, mobility and personalization in marketing (yet the human touch remains vital)
Construction Marketing Ideas
OCTOBER 1, 2016
The annual Google Top Contributor program meetup/summit travel experience has reminded me of four overriding, sometimes conflicting, but often correlating marketing trends in the past six or seven years. I think we need to build all of these elements into our marketing strategies. Social media has become a cornerstone essential resource.
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5 Charts That Track Economic Recovery in the U.S.
Pro Builder
JUNE 16, 2020
Find out how restaurants, hotels, air travel, home sales, and mobility are faring. Even the battered air travel industry has seen some slight growth in passengers, indicating that the worst might be over for the U.S. Though things may change if the pandemic has a second wave, the country is on track for recovery for now.
Arup's vision of the future of rail: driverless trains, maintenance drones, and automatic freight delivery
BD+C
JUNE 30, 2014
A new report by Arup reveals a vision of the future of rail travel in light of trends such as urban population growth, climate change and emerging technologies. Body Image: read more.
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How Do I Create an Online Job Application?
ExactHire - Construction
JULY 16, 2021
You’ll see the most benefits from your online job application form if it’s mobile-friendly. Smartphone owners are even using their mobile devices for complex tasks. These smartphone-wielding job seekers will pass over your job ad if you don’t create a mobile-friendly job application. Mobile-friendly.
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Building Tiny Houses on Wheels: Trends and Insights
Building Radar
OCTOBER 8, 2024
These compact homes offer an innovative solution for individuals seeking minimalism, mobility, and affordability. Mobile Living Spaces A defining characteristic of tiny houses is their mobility. Building tiny houses on wheels (THOW) has become a growing trend in the construction and housing industries.
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Increasing transparency for Copenhagen Metro with Autodesk’s Construction Cloud
Autodesk Construction Cloud
APRIL 11, 2022
The Metro is a sustainable, fast and safe way to get around Copenhagen, and daily about 360,000 passengers travel with it. Since opening in 2002, over 1 billion passengers have travelled in the city by Metro. . Increasing Mobility and Driving Sustainability Goals.
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Newest Construction Projects in the United States for 2024
Building Radar
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The Texas High-Speed Rail Project One of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in recent years is the Texas High-Speed Rail Project, connecting Dallas and Houston with a bullet train that significantly reduces travel time between the two cities.
Uber For Trucking: A New Era Of Freight Movement And Logistics
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Mobile-based freight brokering for trucking can reduce empty miles travelled, lower operating costs, and improve asset utilization and productivity, finds Frost & Sullivan. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Uber For Trucking: A New Era Of Freight Movement And Logistics appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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‘Nobody told us about the pandemic’: Couple travelling the world in a yacht had no idea coronavirus had swept the globe until they were stopped from docking at Caribbean island after 25 days at sea
Construction Test
MAY 1, 2020
Elena Manighetti from Lombardy, and Ryan Osborne from Manchester left the Canary Islands in late February to plan to travel to St Vincent – a distance of 3,000 miles. . ’ The couple were out of mobile phone contact for much of their journey across the Atlantic .
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Stella Vita, a Solar Powered RV
Natural Building
DECEMBER 22, 2021
The vehicle features a pop-up roof lined with solar panels that the students claim produce enough electricity to travel over 450 miles in a single day. It will take between two and three days for the mobile home to fully recharge, so it’s best suited for leisurely trips where you can schedule stops of a few days or more.
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What Is Crane | Different Types of Cranes
CivilJungle
APRIL 24, 2020
Mobile Cranes. Mobile Cranes. Mobile cranes are generally found on vehicles, but cranes used for construction work are adapted to move on the tractor, and several cranes may be attached to barges when used for construction work on waterway bridges. Also, read: Different Types of Plumbing Pipes for Different Use. Tower Crane.
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Back to sleep: Can hotels help guarantee the full eight hours?
BD+C
DECEMBER 5, 2016
However, in recent years, hotels have striven to respond to the lifestyle of mobile workers, millennials and ‘bleisure’ (business/leisure) travellers. The design and marketing of hotels once focused primarily on providing ‘a good night’s sleep.’
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3 ways the most innovative companies work differently
BD+C
APRIL 15, 2024
office workers have always been mobile—working both in and out of the office. We first started tracking mobility in 2016. The rest of the time was spent working in alternate office locations, client/customer sites, travel, and coworking spaces. Innovators Say They Need to Spend More Time in the Office U.S.
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Best Free CRM for the Construction Industry: Top Picks and Reviews
Building Radar
AUGUST 6, 2024
Mobile Accessibility : Access to CRM data on-the-go, crucial for on-site work. Mobile App : Access your CRM data on-the-go. Mobile App Access : Access CRM data on construction sites or while traveling. Mobile Functionality : Given the on-site nature of construction work, robust mobile access is crucial.
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Three interconnected solutions for 'saving' urban centers
BD+C
MARCH 16, 2023
Safe, Appealing Transit Reimagined offices and attainable housing options are critical factors, but there’s one other connecting factor needed to truly revitalize cities: mobility. Photo courtesy Gensler When it comes to mobility, our data shows that city dwellers prioritize convenience, affordability, travel time, and travel distance.
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Why Cloud-Based Construction Management Technology Is the Future
Autodesk Construction Cloud
OCTOBER 10, 2022
No mobile platform without cloud access is going to give you the same results. They’d work in the office or out in the field and need to do reports after traveling or by calling over a landline. Native mobile solutions. Mobile access provides it. Mobile access shouldn’t come with paired down accessibility and features.
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The ethical edge: Relationships, marketing and collusion (and plenty of murky waters)
Construction Marketing Ideas
JANUARY 18, 2016
A client you know from other jobs calls and asks you to bid on a project in another city, requiring extra travel and mobilization challenges. You bid the job, including a margin for fair profit after calculating your mobilization and travel costs. How would you handle this situation? And you win the work.
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Biggest Infrastructure Project in Germany for 2024
Building Radar
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Once completed, Stuttgart 21 will drastically reduce travel times, enhance regional connectivity, and contribute to Germany’s economic growth. This tunnel will significantly cut travel times between the two countries for both road and rail traffic, fostering greater economic integration and collaboration within the region.
More than a million travellers visit the Maldives each year. Here’s what they don’t see
Construction Test
MAY 2, 2020
We have a history which molded our rich culture that is unique in each island” Venturing outside those Insta-worthy resorts, many of which are leased by foreign-owned companies on 99-year contracts, is a win-win: visitors gain a greater knowledge about this part of the world and locals get to share in the travel dollar.
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5 Ways to Simplify Complex Project Management Tasks
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JUNE 28, 2022
In the past, submittals were made up of many pieces of paperwork that would have to manually travel from the field to the office. Bonus tip] Edit meeting agendas via mobile. As fast as information travels among team members, its way too easy to miss critical talking points in a meeting unless clearly documented.
Understanding Other Construction Company Costs And Opportunities To Increase Your Profit
Contractor Bookkeeping
AUGUST 2, 2019
Mobilization Cost. Are the costs you incurred to get a crew to the job site in terms of travel time and vehicle operating costs; and then the labor costs to unload tools, equipment, and material and put everything in place for easy access and not in the way of the work to be done.
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