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Four injured after partially built floor collapses

Construction Enquirer

Aryn Stones Ltd had been contracted to build a new domestic property in Hampstead. The two men – a welder, who is now 62, and a 31-year-old bricklayer – both sustained life-changing injuries, while two other men who were standing at ground level were injured by falling concrete.

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Managing Change Orders

Job Order Contracting

Managing change orders for any size of repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project, whether IPD, alliance job order contracting, DB, DBB, ‘et al’, simply requires a robust preconstruction process in most instances. The post Managing Change Orders appeared first on 4BT.

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From military precision to market leadership, American Facilities Professionals (AMFAC) is changing the face of facilities management

Construction Today

Thanks to a combination of hard work and innovative vision, AMFAC has established itself as one of the US’ foremost providers of preventative and reactive property maintenance services. In just six years, the company has made waves across the industry, and expanded its offering with innovative, eco-friendly advances.

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WINT urges construction industry to tighten up water management processes amid UK JCoP regulation

Civil + Structural Engineer

The new water management standard enforces Mandatory Water Systems Management Plans, Active Automatic Flow Monitoring Shutoff (AAFMS), and coverage for temporary and permanent water systems. Moreover, WINT’s systems are easily transferable to the building’s owner for the operational phase of the property.

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Contractors back New York’s Scaffold Law update

Construction Dive

Dive Insight: New York’s Scaffold Law, a safeguard for high-risk construction work, imposes absolute liability on property owners and contractors for gravity-related injuries, regardless of a worker’s negligence. Elmendorf claimed the Scaffold Law added more than $200 million to the budget of the Mario Cuomo Bridge project.

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Early Contractor Involvement & Improved Sustainment / Construction Cost Management

Job Order Contracting

Early Contractor Involvement is a mandatory component in any real property owner process designed to ensure consistent delivery of quaility repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on-time and on-budget. The issues associated with Traditional Construction * Project Delivery (DB, DBB, CMAR…) are clear.

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WINT and HSB partner to deliver holistic water protection

Civil + Structural Engineer

The partnership combines WINT’s industry-leading AI-based water management solutions with HSB’s unique expertise in IoT technology and OEM uptime warranty solutions to provide businesses with an ultimate solution to protect from water leak damage. Water leaks are a major point of pain across the real estate and construction industry.