ENR Travel Memories: Reporting From Disaster Zones, Various Locations, 2000s
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 30, 2024
ENR editor Tom Sawyer traveled extensively for ENR to project sites, disaster areas and war zones far afield and close to home.
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Why Hiring a Non-Local Commercial Construction Contractor is Crazy…Like a Fox
HardHatChat
APRIL 6, 2010
The travel expenses alone for a non-local general contractor would inflate a retail construction bid to the point where the job isn’t economical. Because Englewood Construction’s staff is so experienced and efficient, we only need one construction superintendent on site. Well, it’s not like that.
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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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Zoning Clearance Thoughts
Revit OpEd
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
A long time fellow Revit traveler reached out to me via Revit Lifeline last night asking about zoning clearance ideas. They also want them to prove it doesn't extend into a zone that leans back into the site. I used the floor's offset parameter to move it up above the surface by the zoning height required.
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5 Ways To Give High Fives To Remote Employees
Construction Marketing
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
But in many industries, leaders struggle to show appreciation for their on-site staff, not to mention their employees who work remotely with limited connections to headquarters. And for some industries, such as construction, working off site is the norm for a majority of employees. Benefits speak loudly.
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The Travel & Tourism Game
Business Facilities
AUGUST 7, 2019
Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 Domestic travel spending directly supported 7.7 By the BF Staff.
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An Old Stone Schoolhouse in Wales Converted to a Home
Natural Building
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
As well as the breathtaking scenery, the village is the site of one of the UK’s most iconic ruins: Tintern Abbey. The bold color on the chimney breast demands your eyes to travel up the structure to marvel at the exposed beams and ceiling above. The stone fireplace creates a central area with seating nestled around it.
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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 17, 2016
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. As the region’s conduit to travel, BNA often serves as the first and last impression of Nashville for travelers.
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Managing moisture in construction: Effective strategies for durable roofing systems
Construction Specifier
JULY 25, 2024
Understanding the potential sources of moisture and employing mitigating strategies upfront in the construction process is critical for project specifiers and the construction team on site. Typically, water vapor or moisture movement—called diffusion—travels from warm humid (i.e. A 102-mm (4-in.)-thick
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How Permasteelisa Deploys Hands-free Construction Management
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The need to access information and capture notes is still present on projects like this, but it is also crucial to maximize the safety of workers on site. . During the pandemic, this has also helped us limit travel as much as possible, which has been crucial to mitigate the virus and keeping our teams safe.” .
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Europe Day: Celebrating some of Europe’s biggest infrastructure projects
Autodesk Construction Cloud
MAY 9, 2022
Trains will be able to travel up to 200 km/h – so when the tunnel replaces the ferry link, crossing the border itself will take just a ten-minute drive. Travelling across the Brenner Pass between Innsbruck in Austria and Bolzano in Italy is a popular route. A new rail route between Austria and Italy deep beneath the Alps.
3 ways the most innovative companies work differently
BD+C
APRIL 15, 2024
Innovators are approximately three times more likely to have spaces for individual work such as quiet zones, alternate individual workspaces, and focus rooms; spaces for group work, such as innovation hubs; and spaces to rest/restore, such as game rooms and rest/nap spaces. Innovators have a wide array of spaces to choose from at the office.
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Key Elements in a Fluid-applied Barrier System Specification
Construction Specifier
JUNE 5, 2024
This ultimately facilitates a degree of moisture transfer and promotes circulation and drying, which can come in handy in cold climates with “interior to exterior vapor drive,” such as climate zones 6, 7, and 8. This also means more installers and contractors on site for installation purposes. helps ensure compatibility.
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Crystal Steel Fabricators Opening Maryland Manufacturing Facility
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 18, 2016
The company is also eligible for a number of state tax credits, including the Job Creation tax credit, Enterprise Zone tax credit and One Maryland tax credit. Read Crystal Steel Fabricators Opening Maryland Manufacturing Facility on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.
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T-SLAB® takes precast concrete floor systems to the next level
Construction Specifier
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Blocks can be placed where they’re needed or left out to accommodate various design elements, such as floor drains, electric conduits and boxes, solid zones, large openings with additional reinforcement, and more. Travelers Rest High School was only the first of many T-SLAB projects for Tindall. T-SLAB ® in action.
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6 Best Lunch Cooler for Construction Workers
Work Gearz
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Since workers will be at the construction site all day, the lunch cooler must be big enough to fit in the meal for the day, liquids, and some snacks too. Arctic Zone Titan Deep Freeze Zipperless Hardbody Cooler. Arctic Zone Titan Deep Freeze 16 Can Zipperless Hardbody Cooler. Do not simply go for the first one you see.
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Mind the gap: Minimizing embodied carbon overages
Construction Specifier
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Load assurance displays on concrete trucks provide real-time monitoring of mix specifications, ensuring compliance and enhancing quality control at the construction site. Testing concrete in place with digital sensors improves accuracy compared to using site-cast samples. Reduces waste and rework arising from sampling errors.
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Digital Builder Ep 26: Wearable Technology in Construction
Autodesk Construction Cloud
MARCH 14, 2022
They could literally be walking around on the construction site,” says Ken. Niran adds that the data gathered from wearables can be used to optimize scheduling and ensure that you have the right number of people on site. . “A You may be cramming teams in a site or you don’t have enough.”. “If Saves money.
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Logistics: No Drivers Needed
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Indiana may be known as the Crossroads of America, but the aptly named Hoosier state connects far more than travelers criss-crossing through the state’s network of interstate highways. In its 2017 fiscal year, Nashville International Airport (BNA), the region’s conduit for air travel, served a record-breaking 13.5 percent increase.
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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
The region boasts one of California’s largest enterprise zones, offering incentives for companies to locate and expand within the greater Sacramento area. At the time, this solar installation was the largest single-site industrial project in California and one of the largest in the country. gigawatt hours of electricity a year.
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Design Excellence: A Selection of Projects From the 2021 Best in American Living Awards
Pro Builder
JANUARY 30, 2022
The design team faced the challenge of incorporating the community’s protected, natural landscape and dealing with flood zones. Designed to be the focal point of Atlas Urban Homes , an infill redevelopment project in Charlotte’s arts district, The Legend pays homage to a preserved church building on site. Stacey Freed. .
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Chase Center LEED Gold Certification: Q&A with Sustainability Team
Stok
AUGUST 24, 2020
That, combined with a very complex set of HVAC systems to serve the wide range of space types (the court, luxury boxes, food and retail stalls, walking areas, and more) and an abnormally high number of thermal zones, resulted in one of the most complicated Title 24 energy models ever created to show compliance.
LOCATION FOCUS: The Heartland of America Beats Strong
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 22, 2012
Illinois rail network offers 52 railroads that provide service to every part of the country and its prime location also makes the state a natural hub for air travel. Louis are Foreign Trade Zones, providing low-cost production and warehousing facilities for imported and export-bound products.
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don't think: Do Revit: Conceptual Design Workshop
Do
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
Revit Zone. The comments and blog entries on this site represent the viewpoints of the author only. skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Tuesday, September 28, 2010. Conceptual Design Workshop. Revit Inside (list of Revit firms). Revit Job Captain.
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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class
Business Facilities
DECEMBER 6, 2017
IOWA’S CERTIFIED SITES PROGRAM. Industrial sites in 17 communities are third-party certified as ready for development. Each of the certified sites, which range from 150 to almost 600 acres, were inspected by an independent site selection consultant to assure it meets national site selection standards.
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43 Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN
Business Facilities
JULY 6, 2016
The less money that is needed to spend on gas and other work-related travel, the more money that can be spent on everything else. “In Among a number of benefits, this allows Brunswick County to provide industries fully developed shovel-ready sites at low or no cost. Four sections are now open to travelers.
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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 12, 2014
The Midwest Inland Port is served by a Foreign Trade Zone and provides local Customs Clearing, features that are being enhanced to provide a more robust set of service offerings. The Santa Teresa and Columbus ports-of-entry have overweight cargo zones with a six-mile radius for trucks carrying a reducible load up to 96,000 lbs.
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57 COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 18, 2012
Little Rock is where ‘America Comes Together’—located at the crossroad of Interstate 30 and the most heavily traveled Interstate in the nation, Interstate 40. The Port of Little Rock, on the Arkansas River is a designated Foreign Trade Zone and a United States Customs Point of Entry.
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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 25, 2013
One advantage by using the barge is that containers can be loaded heavier than the 80,000- pound weight limit for trucks traveling between Stockton and Oakland via the highway system. Please contact the Port of Stockton for more details: (209) 946-0246, or visit the Web site. Foreign-trade zones help U.S. TUPELO/LEE FTZ: 15M SQ.
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Advancing our time-honored traditions through technological innovation
The Korte Company
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
And these interactive experiences save on travel time and expenses. For instance, wearables and devices that can track movement could ensure workers avoid restricted zones and don the right safety gear. For example, we can integrate cameras through software like OpenSpace to document and track project progress. No huge emails.
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52 FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
These ports are reminding cross-country destinations that they can still get containers to them faster over land than it will take the big ships traveling through the Canal to reach East and Gulf Coast Ports. CSX has selected the Mount Clare rail yard in Baltimore for the proposed intermodal site. In May 2013, CSX Transportation Inc.
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88 Illinois Revives Premier Corporate Tax Incentives
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Rauner also enacted an extension of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone tax credit program. The River Edge Redevelopment Zone Program helps stimulate the state’s economy and the local economies where the program is available. Specifically, SB 1783 extends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone tax credit until Dec. Rauner said.
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53 Open Borders
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 7, 2016
They’ve become proponents of a regional tech zone spanning the border; they’ve even got a name for it: the Cascadia Innovation Corridor (a name derived from the Cascade mountain range that cuts through the U.S.-Canada Read Open Borders on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.
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STATE FOCUS: Lassoing Jobs In Texas
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
DECEMBER 3, 2013
When a single Texas site is competing against viable out-of-state options, the TEF provides a financial incentive to bring home projects that offer significant job creation and capital investment. Shovel-ready sites and notable companies reside in the Lubbock Business Park today. Through the end of 2012, the program had awarded $487.41
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4 Best Internal Metatarsal Work Boots
Work Gearz
JANUARY 12, 2022
If you work at a construction site or in a heavy industry site, you already know the importance of quality protective gear when on the job. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product. Check on Amazon.
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51 Best Gifts for Construction Workers (DIY Ideas Too!)
Work Gearz
OCTOBER 5, 2020
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The Desert Comfort Idea Home: a True Desert Oasis
Pro Builder
MAY 22, 2023
Inside, the earth-toned palette, wood plank ceiling, and seamless form and function designed by Scottsdale’s K&Q Interiors evoke a sense of calm—the perfect environment for LaLiberte, who travels up to 300 days per year, to spend his downtime. The system features multiple HVAC zones and an innovative ducting system.
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52 June 26 or Bust
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 19, 2016
The Port Authority of NY and NJ, which operates one of the nation’s busiest ports, is working non-stop to complete a project to raise the Bayonne Bridge to a height that will permit Post-Panamax vessels to travel under it. Read June 26 or Bust on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.
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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 19, 2012
Over 80,000 vehicles travel through this intersection every day, making Waxahachie an ideal location for a variety of business and industry. The Midland International Airport has many sites available to meet the needs of this fast-paced and thriving technology. The Foreign-Trade Zone Program adds to Port Freeport’s appeal.
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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda
Pro Builder
DECEMBER 15, 2021
The other front was for the real estate community to stop playing defense against entitlement processes, development standards, and zoning procedures that varied widely from city to city within the Salt Lake Valley. The builder reported 1,323 closings in 2020, raising its ranking among Pro Builder’s 2021 Housing Giants to No.
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122 Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
Overall, global passenger travel also continues to increase, with most of the growth recorded in the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. With 19 commercial airports, Florida airports are some of the most frequented travel destinations in the U.S. The industrial park is zoned for heavy industry. 120 miles to Vancouver, B.C.
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Selecting Success
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 23, 2016
Secretary of State John Kerry has interrupted his tireless international travel to global crisis hot spots to come back to Washington and deliver the closing speech at every SelectUSA Investment Summit. Read Selecting Success on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. Selecting Success.
Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40
Pro Builder
APRIL 7, 2021
Off the Clock • Working out • Traveling • Crushing it as a single mom with a full-time career. Off the Clock • Spending time with family • Golf • Cooking • Travel . Secret Life • Enjoys analyzing land zoning and development layouts for fun. . . . . Off the Clock • Painting • Travel. Cory Charles, 36.
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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Cape Coral hosts diverse investment zones, commercial corridors and industrial parks suitable for a wide range of corporate and entrepreneurial pursuits. The city owns this land and is seeking a public-private partnership for this site, nestled in a natural setting with characteristic Cape Coral water views. Chile, Peru and Mexico. “To
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