For Construction Pros

JUNE 26, 2025

Verifi uses real-time monitoring to reduce waste, improve operational performance and drive cost efficiencies. We will provide them with personalized recommendations to manage their operations with increased visibility and precision to reduce their costs and environmental impact. The plant produces the ReAct low-carbon cement product.

Construction Equipment 52

Construction Equipment Cost Control Quality Control Schedule Management 52

The Construction Index

JUNE 18, 2025

It sets out how the politicians in a hurry to build the world’s best and fastest railway meant that cost control went out of the window and gold plating ran riot. The top-down vision of building a railway that would be the best and fastest has been a major factor in undermining attempts to introduce a culture of cost control.

Construction Equipment 64

Construction Equipment Government Works Cost Control Contracts 64

ENR Construction

JULY 8, 2025

Army Corps of Engineers July 8, 2025 T he contractor and the flood control authority for the massive Red River diversion project in North Dakota have resolved $400 million in claims with a $57-million settlement. Video still courtesy of the U.S. The extra payments will come out of a contingency budget. billion project.

Cost Control 46

Cost Control Building Information Modeling (BIM) Infrastructure Development Building Controls 46

Construction Specifier

APRIL 16, 2025

In 2015, the historic Paris Agreement was ratified by world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference to commit to a collective climate action to reduce emissions and limit the Earths temperature increase to 1.5 The goal of most retrofits is to execute all improvements in a short period to minimize wasted time, space, effort, and cost.

Sustainability 59

Sustainability Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Systems Building Performance Measurement 59

The Construction Index

JULY 21, 2025

New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building.

Construction Equipment 64

Construction Equipment Land Use Regulations Wall Systems Controls Manufacturing 64

The Construction Index

JULY 20, 2025

New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building.

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Wall Systems Controls Manufacturing Surveying 59

The Construction Index

JUNE 19, 2025

The market study will examine whether there are opportunities to improve how the public sector and industry work together, for example through improvements to public procurement, so more cost-effective infrastructure can be built in support of the government’s growth mission.

Public Works 64

Public Works Construction Equipment Government Works Procurement 64

The Construction Index

JUNE 18, 2025

He said the overall project with respect to cost, schedule and scope is unsustainable. He reveals costs will continue to increase if not taken in hand, further outstripping the budget set by the previous government and he cannot be certain that all cost pressure have yet been identified.”

Construction Equipment 64

Construction Equipment Government Works Cost Control Wall Systems 64

The Construction Index

JULY 21, 2025

New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building.

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Wall Systems Construction Machinery Controls Manufacturing 59

The Construction Index

JUNE 10, 2025

I’m excited to be spending more time developing and growing our sister company Thrive-AI, our intelligent building platform that puts end users, operators and asset owners in control of their building, carbon footprint and operating costs. Got a story?

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Wall Systems Modular Construction Government Works 59

The Construction Index

JUNE 20, 2025

Richard Stearn, finance director since 2015, will become chief executive when Perrins moves up. Perrins said that the supply chain was soaking up most of the pain when it comes to rising costs. For Berkeley, build costs have remained stable over the course of the year,” he said. “The Revenue of £2,486.5m

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Wall Systems Cost Control Contracts 59

The Construction Index

JULY 18, 2025

regulatory cost relating to the settlement of a claim and associated legal costs. The turnaround was attributed to “increased rigor in opportunity selection, stronger project controls and tighter operational execution”. for last year. In the past five financial years Keltbray has only made a profit once. Got a story?

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Wall Systems Contracts Cost Control 59

The Construction Index

JULY 21, 2025

That would only buy us 20 more years, at great cost and disruption, without solving the core safety issues. “By New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building.

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Wall Systems Safety Regulations Surveying 59

The Construction Index

JULY 21, 2025

New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building.

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Land Use Regulations Property Management Wall Systems 59

The Construction Index

JULY 20, 2025

New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building.

Wall Systems 81

Wall Systems Government Works Construction Equipment Energy Efficiency 81

The Construction Index

JULY 21, 2025

Sizewell C is projected to cost £38bn to build Energy secretary Ed Miliband has today signed the final investment decision for Sizewell C. stake, making it the single biggest equity shareholder but not in total control of the project. The UK state will own a 44.9% and US investor Amber Infrastructure with 7.6%.

Land Use Regulations 59

Land Use Regulations Cost Control Construction Equipment Government Works 59

The Construction Index

JULY 14, 2025

We are already seeing tangible benefits from the Redrow acquisition, with cost synergies being delivered ahead of schedule, a new divisional structure in place and revenue synergies progressing well. Barratt clearly has strong fundamentals in place, but like the rest of the sector, it is constrained by forces beyond its control.

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Wall Systems Quality Control Structural Systems 59

The Construction Index

JUNE 18, 2025

Operating profit was £13.4m (2024: £14.9m) but this was eroded by finance costs increasing to £15.9m (2024: £12.7m). on ‘transformation costs’ and £1.2m on ‘transformation costs’ and £1.2m For the year to 31 st March 2025 Speedy Hire made a pre-tax loss of £1.5m (2024: £5.1m profit) on revenue down 1% at £416.6m (2024: £421.5m).

Construction Equipment 64

Construction Equipment Wall Systems Cost Control Lifts 64

Construction Daily News

JUNE 26, 2025

Due to rising operating costs, the company lost money despite growth. The company’s ISO 9001:2015 accreditation should open doors to major car OEMs. Irby claimed the robbers got past the code and messed with the control panel. Simply changing the equipment control panel of the machine to break into that bank was foresight.

Construction Equipment 52

Construction Equipment Construction Machinery Electrical Systems Building Resilience 52

The Construction Index

JULY 1, 2025

It will ensure the system has greater resilience against shocks from volatile gas prices we don’t control.  The sooner we build the network we need, and invest to strengthen our resilience, the lower the cost for bill payers will be in the future.  Got a story? Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

Approvals 103

Approvals Renewable Energy Systems Electrical Systems Construction Equipment 103

The Construction Index

JULY 21, 2025

New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building.

Construction Equipment 59

Construction Equipment Land Use Regulations Wall Systems Controls Manufacturing 59

Construction Dive

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The fact that this exemption requires the operator to have a pilot’s license demonstrates that the value from using drones is worth the trouble and cost. Read more.

Cost Control 150

Cost Control Public Works Inspection Surveying 150

Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 1, 2023

Manufacturing building components in a controlled environment results in enhanced quality control, cost savings, a schedule that is less adversely affected by weather conditions, minimized onsite waste, and the ability to schedule and sequence fabrication and delivery. Lastly, light commercial projects (i.e.

Building Materials Manufacturing 247

Building Materials Manufacturing Steel Fabrication Building Information Modeling (BIM) Modular Construction 247

Civil + Structural Engineer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The building’s strategic design includes a 35 percent targeted reduction in potable water use through efficient fixtures and equipment, a 25 percent targeted reduction in energy costs with a focus on thermal performance and optimal heating, and a 360-panel floating solar array to name a few.

Engineering 264

Engineering Concrete Pouring Plumbing Systems Structural Systems 264

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2021

Lack of recognition by senior management of the linkage between between the built environment and organizational mission Low level of understanding of both life-cycle total-cost-of-ownership management and integrated lean planning, procurement, and project delivery principles and processes. engineering the whole life cycle costing process.

Construction Management 105

Construction Management Procurement Cost Control Infrastructure Development 105

Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 30, 2015

The Rules, which take effect July 1, 2015, can be downloaded here. Information exchange measures to give arbitrators a greater degree of control to limit the exchange of information, including electronic documents. Availability of emergency measures of protection in contracts that have been entered into on or after July 1, 2015.

Cost Control 48

Cost Control Permits Contracts 48

HardHatChat

MARCH 17, 2015

As we move further into 2015, Englewood Construction has been fortunate to entertain a lot of new business opportunities. Based on our backlog and client activity, we predict record growth in 2015. Here’s to more design-build construction work in 2015. As a former architect and member of the AIA, this couldn’t make me happier.

Building Design 92

Building Design Building Controls Building Materials Budgeting 92

Wolgast Corporation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Since the Michigan Energy Code (2015) was adopted in 2017 in Michigan, how far are our Commercial Building owners from achieving Net Zero Energy Building Ready? The Michigan Energy Code already requires lighting controls to save on energy ( read more ). Once this happens, an Owner can get their building Net Zero Energy Certified.

Renewable Energy Systems 116

Renewable Energy Systems Building Code Compliance Energy Efficiency Building Codes 116

Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2015

JOC reduces unnecessary levels of engineering, design, and contract procurement time along with construction project procurement costs by awarding long-term contracts for a wide variety of renovation, repair and construction projects. Further research can be found at Center for Job Order Contracting Excellence. Key elements.

Contracts 45

Contracts Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) General Contracting Facility Management 45

Rapport3

JUNE 1, 2023

In 2015, PJA invested in Rapport3, realising that they needed a more efficient timesheet and project financials system to facilitate their exponential growth. They had taken on our Project Costing and HR modules along with Sage Integration. Why Did Phil Jones Associates Choose DocuPing as Their Document Issuing System?

Project Management Consulting 98

Project Management Consulting Cost Control Risk Management Project Management 98

Rapport3

JUNE 1, 2023

In 2015, PJA invested in Rapport3, realising that they needed a more efficient timesheet and project financials system to facilitate their exponential growth. They had taken on our Project Costing and HR modules along with Sage Integration. Why Did Phil Jones Associates Choose DocuPing as Their Document Issuing System?

Project Management Consulting 98

Project Management Consulting Cost Control Risk Management Project Management 98

Civil + Structural Engineer

JUNE 26, 2024

Stantec and its project partners have been working on the program since 2015. Pure Water is creating a safe, sustainable, reliable, and cost-competitive water supply while reducing treated water discharges to the Pacific Ocean. This phase of the program is a multibillion-dollar potable reuse initiative.

Engineering 100

Engineering Facility Management Schedule Management Project Management 100

Roads Online

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Road Ant(s) not only helped Rich River Asphalt to immediately save costs, but also de-risk its jobs sites. You save money in the long run and the impacts on risk and safety outweigh the cost as well.” We have been able to control accelerator, transmission shift and other communications via the Volvo system. meters,” he says.

Engineering 98

Engineering Quality Control Cost Control Risk Management 98

Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

A Comparison of Construction Cost Estimating Tools. Electronic Cost Books and Calculators – RSMeans CostWorks RSMeans Online. Cost Estimating/Project Management Software – 4Clicks Project Estimator. Cloud Cost Estimating – Ceasel. Electronic Cost Books and Calculators – RSMeans CostWorks.

Estimating 40

Estimating Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Building Information Modeling (BIM) Cost Control 40

For Construction Pros

JULY 1, 2025

Here are six ways predictive maintenance can positively impact the daily operations of a concrete business, enhancing operational efficiency, safety, cost savings, and customer satisfaction. Reduced Maintenance Costs A significant advantage of predictive maintenance is its cost-saving potential.

Schedule Management 86

Schedule Management Construction Equipment Maintenance Cost Control 86

FDR Safety

APRIL 16, 2018

EHS Today : “A recent court decision extending the time limitation for OSHA to assess repeat violations has upped the ante for employers who until now chose not to contest more routine violations because of the cost of defending them. We can’t change the past but we can control our future when it comes to workplace safety.

Safety Regulations 59

Safety Regulations Cost Control Sustainability 59

Building Information Management

AUGUST 29, 2015

reposted and adapted from practicalBIM: 28 Aug 2015 08:14 PM PDT. There is an underlying assumption that a BIM model must become a single unified ‘thing’ (“Integrated Data Environment”), and that all BIM processes must be under the control of one entity. practical BIM. Everyday BIM. BIM is not A UTOPIA.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 45

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Building Standards Facility Management Project Management 45