BDC Network

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint 1 kcichowicz Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:59 Facility condition assessments provide powerful insight into your buildings and offer an ideal vehicle to advance resiliency and decarbonization goals. Smart control systems enable more precise and efficient energy management.

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Construction Specifier

JANUARY 26, 2025

Photo courtesy Intertek As building codes and standards evolve, the demand for airtight, environmentally friendly building enclosures increases among building owners, insurers, and design professionals. Air barriers are essential for maintaining the integrity and performance of building enclosures.

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UK Construction Blog

JULY 18, 2025

These detailed plans serve multiple critical functions: they ensure Building Regulations compliance, facilitate accurate structural calculations, and provide clear guidance for construction teams throughout the build process. Building Services Integration Modern loft conversions demand sophisticated building services integration.

Fire Protection System Installation 52

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CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Asset monitoring solutions have become a game-changing tool, empowering construction firms to oversee and control their assets with precision. These solutions provide up-to-the-minute information on the whereabouts of assets, their utilization levels, and maintenance requirements, thereby boosting effectiveness.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 52

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iField Smart

JANUARY 21, 2025

These can lead to bottlenecks, misinterpretations, lack of information flow, and delayed responses. This information is scattered across multiple formats and devices. This leads to difficulties within information access that impedes decision-making and causes delays. How does AI help with quality control?

Construction Management 52

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CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Energy efficiency experts emphasize that AI-driven tools can help hospitals optimize their energy use and reduce it by up to 20%. Hospitals stand out from other commercial buildings. For example, they must maintain precise climate control to ensure patient safety. In the U.S., Complex owners saved about 80k as a result.

HVAC Systems 52

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As they build, it’s crucial for you to pay utmost attention to the plumbing layout and use appropriate materials. You can make an informed decision by checking out Dan’s reviews at Product Review , helping you pick the right plumbing service for your commercial construction project. Absolutely! Error Prevention Measures?

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CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These systems provide data on pollutant levels, temperature, and humidity, enabling site managers to make informed decisions about air management. Mobile apps and dashboards make this information easily accessible, ensuring that the purification process is both proactive and adaptive. A report by the U.S.

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iField Smart

JUNE 30, 2025

Construction teams like architects, general contractors, subcontractors, and other participants require higher data storage and in-depth document management solutions that create real-time access, greater version control, data compliance, audit trails, and streamlined coordination. Improved access control and synchronization in real-time.

Construction Management 40

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CCR Magazine

MARCH 14, 2025

A leader with strong management expertise ensures that teams are aligned, budgets are controlled, and risks are mitigated. Budget Control Projects often derail due to poor financial planning. Skilled managers keep tight controls on spending, ensuring no surprises hit down the line. Time Efficiency Delays can cost millions.

Construction Management 52

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Jonas Construction

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The key lies in optimizing the job costing process for accurate and real-time visibility into project expenses. This allows contractors to make informed decisions, allocate resources more efficiently, and maintain strong cost control. In construction, no two projects are the same, and costs can vary significantly.

Cost Control 52

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Commercial Construction Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

When GCs participate in the planning and design phases, they can identify constructability issues, optimize designs, and establish realistic budgets and timelines. By establishing a process for handling change orders collaboratively, Directors and the GC can control the impact of changes on the project’s timeline, budget, and quality.

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CCR Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

Whether you are a homeowner planning a renovation , a developer looking to break ground on a commercial project, or simply an interested party in the real estate market, understanding the construction costs in NYC is crucial for making informed decisions. These unforeseen challenges often lead to cost overruns.

Construction Management 52

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UK Construction Blog

JULY 18, 2025

Technology limitations : Some finance teams lacked the tools to process, monitor, and report lease information accurately under the new rules. Tighter procurement controls : Procurement teams could renegotiate lease terms with better data at their fingertips.

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UK Construction Blog

JULY 15, 2025

Data reveals that 50-80% of construction site problems stem from missing or delayed information, creating cascading effects across entire project timelines. This connectivity ensures everyone works with current information, reducing misunderstandings and project delays. Communication breakdowns plague construction sites daily.

Building Code Compliance 52

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Procore

JUNE 18, 2025

Introducing Procore Helix, an intelligence layer that powers smarter, more connected ways to build Author: Brian Payne, VP of Product Marketing Construction is changing. At this year's Innovation Summit, we discussed not just the evolution of technology but the dawn of a new era in how we build.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 52

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2025

Granular Local Market Cost Data is Essential for Cost Visibility & Management (Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, & New Builds) Using current, verifiable, and detailed local cost dat a instead of national averages with adjustment factors ensures: Cost transparency All labor, material, and equipment costs are broken down and verifiable.

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Jonas Construction

JULY 30, 2024

This allows them to optimize resources and maintain control over timelines and costs, ultimately meeting project deadlines efficiently. This ensures that everyone is aligned and informed on various project elements and they can collaborate on challenges and decisions to ensure successful project outcomes.

Schedule Management 40

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Construction Specifier

APRIL 27, 2025

Precast concrete is a desirable material for these buildings for a variety of reasons, whether used for walls, floors, and roof panels in a total precast structure or as an enclosure system. While data centers are currently being constructed at a fast pace, they are not a new building type. Section CAZ: Controlled Access Zone.

Building Materials Manufacturing 64

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CCR Magazine

APRIL 2, 2025

Setting new benchmarks in safety and resilience, pioneering engineering, sophisticated materials, and painstaking design produce buildings that withstand the worst challenges of nature. Creative ideas and cooperative practices merging mostly form modern, safe buildings with long-lasting effects.

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Jonas Construction

JANUARY 30, 2024

Here are some of the construction technology trends that will dominate in 2024: Additive Manufacturing 3D printing technology is becoming more accessible and affordable, allowing construction companies to create customized building components on-site or in a controlled environment.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 40

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Jonas Construction

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The key lies in optimizing the job costing process for accurate and real-time visibility into project expenses. This allows contractors to make informed decisions, allocate resources more efficiently, and maintain strong cost control. In construction, no two projects are the same, and costs can vary significantly.

Cost Control 52

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UK Construction Blog

MARCH 3, 2025

The post The Role of Strata Managers in Post-Construction Building Maintenance appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Once a construction project is completed, the real challenge beginsmaintaining the building to ensure its longevity, safety, and optimal functionality for all residents or users.

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CCR Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

In construction, it means leveraging tools such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), artificial intelligence, drones, and IoT-enabled devices to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. Both governments and clients are demanding greener practices, energy-efficient buildings, and sustainable materials.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) 52

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Energy Efficiency Environmental Impact Assessment Renewable Energy Systems 52

UK Construction Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

In todays fast-moving global economy, businesses need to optimize every link of the supply chain end to end visibility process. Data Sharing: Cloud-based platforms allow seamless information exchange between suppliers, warehouses, carriers, and customers. This builds loyalty and reduces customer service inquiries.

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Buildern

JUNE 30, 2025

Planning a construction marketing strategy that builds trust and a strong reputation. Building trust one project at a time, the construction business will naturally attract more clients and will stand out. The ultimate goal is to build a reputation and convert leads into loyal clients. What is important?

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 21, 2025

Improve Project Control: Gain local market labor, material, equipment and productivity visibility to manage projects proactively from day one. Enhance Decision Making: Make informed decisions based on realistic, verifiable cost projections and time requirements.

Cost Control 52

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UK Construction Blog

JULY 15, 2025

In this complete guide, you’ll discover everything you need to know about recycled paper insulation – from its manufacturing process and thermal performance to installation methods, costs, and UK building regulations. What is Recycled Paper Insulation? What is Recycled Paper Insulation?

Fire Protection System Installation 52

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iField Smart

JANUARY 23, 2025

It acts as a unified source of truth that includes models, as-built drawings, specifications, reports, and other information. Maintenance and operations: Facilities managers depend on as-built drawings to understand how buildings work to enable effective maintenance, repairs, and asset management. Can AI build as-built models?

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Buildern

MAY 20, 2025

When to Use Profit Margin Think of profit margin as your strategic lens for evaluating overall profitability and making informed business decisions. Rather than focusing on whats left over after expenses, it starts with your costs and builds upward to ensure your desired profit is included.

Project Management Consulting 52

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Building Radar

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Integrating Building Radars innovative solutions ensures that your sales enablement efforts are not only effective but also optimized for increased conversion rates and reduced sales cycles. By incorporating Building Radars AI-driven insights , training sessions can be tailored to address specific client needs and market demands.

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For Construction Pros

JULY 18, 2025

Concrete contractors have also been struggling with the pervasive challenge of data fragmentation and inconsistent information flow directly impacting field productivity and increasing costly reworks. Contractors have responded by accelerating the adoption of technology and optimizing project planning.

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CCR Magazine

APRIL 8, 2025

Protecting your commercial building goes beyond locking the doors. Its about creating a security system that fits your unique needswhether its safeguarding your employees, assets, or sensitive information. Security Alarm Systems Security alarm systems serve as your building’s first line of defense against unauthorized entry.

Cost Control 52

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CCR Magazine

APRIL 8, 2025

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today announced the launch of the NSW8000 Series Wireless Network Sensor for Metasys building automation systems (BAS) and FX series programmable controllers.

HVAC System Installation 52

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Roads Online

JUNE 23, 2025

With 211 sales, service and distributor companies across 151 countries, Komatsu has a firm grasp on the global market, with each location and representative able to deliver optimal outcomes for local markets. offers advanced features, such as 3D boundary control and automated steer-to-line. “The Enter, bauma 2025.

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UK Construction Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Legal obligations require employers to assess, control, and review noise exposure under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, providing mandatory hearing protection at 80 dB and health surveillance for at-risk workers. Wrecking balls generate 110-130 decibels during building destruction.

Environmental Impact Assessment 40

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CCR Magazine

MARCH 26, 2025

Real estate investments can be a smart path to building long-term wealth, but there’s more to it than just buying and renting out property. So, if your building is worth USD$275,000 (not including the land), you could deduct USD$10,000 a year from your taxable income. For residential rentals, the depreciation period is 27.5

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