Construction Dive

JULY 17, 2024

Work includes demolishing three buildings, removing and relocating utilities and creating temporary construction roads.

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The Constructor

MAY 6, 2016

Types of soil tests for road construction project requires the site investigation to be carried out to understand the soil profile. For road.

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The Constructor

AUGUST 24, 2016

i want to what are the various types of test to be conducted on the site of road construction test specified for base , sub base , bitumen,

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2023

Rather than breaking up hard-packed materials by hand, which can be time-consuming and costly, you can attach a ripper to your excavator and use it to break up or scarify asphalt, rocks, tree roots, roads, and hard-packed materials. You might be surprised at just how much more productive your construction team can be.

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Lets Build

MARCH 11, 2021

In one of our recent webinars, Olivier Luxen, Senior Project Manager on a residential project, compared the way we do planning in construction today with the way we did on a road trip 40 years ago. Many project and site managers tell us that they have to spend up to 50% of their time each week on planning. unnecessary phone calls.

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Wolgast Corporation

MARCH 25, 2024

When starting to search for the perfect site for positioning your business, put on your marketing hat and consider how the location will help you to fulfill your product, place, price and promotion. Promotion Your business may benefit most from foot traffic or from signage seen from automotive traffic.

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Construction Enquirer

JUNE 11, 2023

A campaign has been launched in Birmingham to respect road workers after civils staff were threatened with weapons including machetes, crossbows and dogs. Kier Highways site supervisor, Paul, said: “The people I work with are not confrontational. Just because somebody wants to drive down the road that must be closed for safety reasons?

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 28, 2018

We also always recommend our clients invest in a proper existing conditions survey, which will alert us to any site issues we’ll need to mitigate and plan for in the budget. But in reality, the quality of plans we receive to work with at this stage varies widely.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 3, 2022

The Great Convergence, Part 2: Off-Site Construction Drivers and Enablers. A closer look at what’s propelling the adoption of off-site construction methods in home building. Is Off-Site Construction a Real Solution to the Housing Industry's Challenges? Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction and Modular Homes.

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Construction Marketing

MAY 7, 2021

Building and construction, whether it’s for structures or roads, requires multiple types of heavy equipment. Here are some of the kinds of equipment you may need on the job site: 1) Excavator. Some examples are road and building construction, mining, and demolitions. You can use an excavator for lifting heavy amounts of soil.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

That’s exactly what reality capture and site scanning provide. Kipp Ivey , National Key Account Manager at Faro , and Adam Settino , Solutions Engineer Manager at Openspace , join the show to break down what reality capture and site scanning is, why they’re useful, and how they work. Reality capture and site scanning defined.

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Construction Law

JUNE 28, 2024

Birmingham City Council has won a judicial review of the Department for Transport’s decision to reject its new private finance initiative (PFI) roads maintenance contract. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 20, 2020

Using a crawler crane would have required the shutdowns because the of the small size and constrained location of the job site on… Quasius Construction avoided partial street shutdowns by using a Potain Igo T 85 A self-erecting tower crane to build an apartment complex in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 20, 2018

Doing so can reduce road closures, traffic delays and overall project costs, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The FHWA explains three ABC technologies used to construct these bridges: Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems: Bridge components built offsite or adjacent to a site and then installed in place.

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The Constructor

MARCH 25, 2012

The individual components are prefabricated off site then taken to site where they are erected. Transport to site: The components are delivered to site in a pre-determined sequence to ensure that hardened concrete are ready for instant erection. Erection at site: The components are erected straight from the lorry.

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Construction Marketing

MAY 13, 2021

Using a truck wheel wash system is one way of conserving water, in which water can be used to wash dirt from truck wheels that leave the construction site. Metal contaminants, like lead, stay on the road surface and aren’t washed off by rainwater. 2) Safeguard Public Health and Safety. 3) Improve Efficiency.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Comfort Systems Road Map: A Plug-and-Play Residential Duct System. After visiting the Pittsburgh test site, the home builder agreed to mock up the system for one of its floor plans.“Being The Building America Research-to-Market Plan identified three integrated road maps: High-performance, moisture-managed envelope systems.

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Construction Enquirer

AUGUST 27, 2023

Five HS2 workers were rescued with one hospitalised suffering neck and back injuries on Saturday after an incident at the Northholt vent shaft site in London. Police and emergency services were called to the Mandeville Road site next to Northolt Tube station on Saturday just after 10am to rescue the workers.

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Construction Law

MAY 10, 2024

billion A66 Northern Trans-Pennine road scheme. 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 Enquirer

JUNE 18, 2023

If planning is approved, Galliford Try will build a new slip road onto the M5 southbound and a new slip road off the M5 northbound to create an all-movements signalised junction. The scheme also includes a new link road connecting the A4019 to the B4634 in west Cheltenham and widening of the A4019 Tewkesbury Road.

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Construction Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Breathalyzers – These devices are used to monitor a person’s blood alcohol levels to ensure that a worker does not come to a construction site intoxicated. CCTV cameras – While these aren’t usually installed on construction sites, they can function as a surveillance measure as well as a deterrent.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 18, 2024

IU Health’s new AMC, for example, is designed to transition to electricity with on-site solar energy production and geothermal power. There’s a great need to reduce the carbon footprint [of these buildings] and to get to a point down the road where they can be energy positive, as opposed to energy negative,” said Strohm.

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Lets Build

MAY 11, 2022

The easiest way to define preliminaries in construction is as a group of items necessary for a construction company or contractor to complete a project but that won’t become a part of the finished work—site overhead, scaffolding, powering the site, etc. Site security. Site-based services. For example: Provisional sums.

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Lets Build

MARCH 24, 2023

Improve communication and collaboration with a digital construction site diary The key to efficient communication and collaboration between construction teams is storing all relevant data about a project in a single place. And the best way to do that is with a digital site diary. Keeping every stakeholder on the same page.

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Construction Equipment

JULY 9, 2020

As well as aiding driver maneuverability, they support road and site safety by eliminating vehicle blind spots and helping to prevent incidents. Vehicle Camera systems have become more common for trucks, construction vehicles, and other heavy equipment. Deciding the type of vehicle camera to…

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Roads Safety Equipment Site 102

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 22, 2021

OnStation, a mobile app that allows road construction crews to easily locate people, assets and physical conditions, is gaining traction on projects throughout the U.S.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 29, 2018

To address this hazard, OSHA enacted a new rule about silica dust on construction sites last fall. Technology-Driven Safety Revolution Making Construction Sites Safer. Concern about roads and other infrastructure issues was second only to mayors’ concern about revenue. One of their top concerns? Infrastructure.

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Construction Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

They’re used in the construction of roads, bridges, dams, power plants, quarries, airports, farms, buildings, and residential areas, such as homes. Dozer equipment is commonly used in large-scale farming operations and construction sites, wherein it’s used for moving and lifting heavy materials. Conclusion.

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Factors that affect construction project Site selection is mainly based on two factors: 1. Aim should be to reduce the consumption of energy resources and still create an efficient structure. Factors concerning before construction of the project 2.

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The Constructor

MARCH 19, 2012

It is easily cut to shape on site, and if handled and stored carefully, it can be used many times. Note the different thickness: A standard plywood thickness on site is 18mm. Like plywood, it can be easily cut to size on site. Aluminium: Often used in pre-fabricated formwork, that is put together on site.

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CivilJungle

AUGUST 9, 2022

What Is Site Preparation? Site preparation affects many works such as destruction of old alive design, the gap of construction sites, below ground benefit and wire checking, place attentive and pismire service before building career begins. Types of Site Preparation. Site Surveying and Layout. Site Clearing.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Introduced in North America at ICUEE in 2015, the 74-horsepower JCB 3CX Compact backhoe loader targets utility applications, road construction, and urban job sites requiring power and maneuverability in a small package. The machine is 35 percent smaller than the conventional 3CX backhoe loader and…

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Lets Build

MARCH 26, 2021

Whether you are building a hospital, a school, an entire apartment block, or even a new road network, it is of paramount importance that your teams are connected around a centralised, live schedule. But it’s not the project manager or the site foreman to blame for it. How could you change that? It’s like running a race.

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Lets Build

MAY 6, 2021

Many project managers and site foremen, like you, choose to rely on these tools to manage their programme. So, you have no way to share the programme with the rest of your team leaving them with no visibility of what is happening on site. Pretty much like going for a road trip in the ’80s using a paper-based map.

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Construction Enquirer

AUGUST 11, 2023

The scheme will deliver enhanced walking and cycling routes, road access, public open spaces, and includes the retention of the existing landscape structure. Plans for the second phase of the remaining 310 homes were submitted in April and are currently being examined by Cornwall Council.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 10, 2018

From the back office to the job site, technology is transforming construction, facilitating new levels of collaboration, efficiency and speed among project teams. So how can contractors overcome the regulatory hurdles on the road to bidding in a new jurisdiction? With the stakes that high, it doesn’t pay to gamble with state licenses.

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The Constructor

MARCH 25, 2012

No space needed on site for storing moulds and reinforcement: Precast components are made in a factory and delivered to site where they are lifted straight from the lorry onto the building. Faster erection at site: Components are erected straight from the delivery lorry.

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