Business Facilities
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The two commonwealths and one state were chosen for excellence in Business Climate, Dealmaking or Workforce/Educational System. The post BF Names Virginia, Tennessee, Massachusetts 2021 States Of The Year Award Winners appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Trimble Viewpoint makes year-end processing easy for its clients.
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Safety Services Company
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Safety is not something that can be solved by one person alone. It requires collaboration and buy-in from all levels of an organization. As the saying goes, it takes a village. Jason Damm is the Natural Resources Project Manager and Health and Safety Coordinator at Metric Environmental. He shares why it’s important for safety professionals to be humble and to factor in feedback from others when investigating and refining safety plans.
Contractor Bookkeeping
DECEMBER 24, 2021
As a Construction Contractor, much of your world is Outside The Box. You make what seems impossible and turn it into a finished product; the whole house remodel, kitchen or bath remodel, new roof, install an attic fan, replace windows, deck, patio, hot tub, swimming pool, children's backyard playhouse. The Handyman Contractor fixes "Things," which are very important to the clients who need them—fixing a door, hanging a closet rod, moving something, removing something.
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Construction Marketing
DECEMBER 7, 2021
A house is built to protect the people in it. In design and construction, every corner built plays a significant role. The roof, in this case, completes the shelter as it covers and protects the whole house and people living in it. If you’re looking for roofing materials for your current or future house, then the choice of materials can differentiate between a good and a bad home.
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Business Facilities
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Despite turbulence caused by labor and supply chain challenges, the manufacturing industry is experiencing a positive trajectory as it recovers from the pandemic. The post The Manufacturing Industry: Building Back Fast appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
DECEMBER 1, 2021
New software technology is helping many parts of the construction business go faster. See 11 hotspots where the rubber hits the road!
PC Construction
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Every year right around Thanksgiving, our entire Seacoast team gets excited. We start to rally our families and trade partners, and put a plan into action to spread holiday cheer. This year was no different. The post PC Team Brings Holiday Cheer to Children first appeared on PC Construction Company Blog.
Contractor Bookkeeping
DECEMBER 17, 2021
If you've been considering making a move to a cloud-based accounting system, you're not alone. Cloud technology has impacted many business functions, including efficiently managing your business's financial aspects. Cloud-based accounting moves your accounting from being hosted on your computer's hard drive to an online platform. Cloud-based platforms like QuickBooks and Xero offer important features that save you time and money, freeing you to focus on other essential construction business acti
Speaker: Dylan Secrest
Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.
Practical Law Construction
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Many years ago I wrote a blog on how an adjudicator should avoid using idiosyncratic language in their decision. I had in mind a particular judgment ( Vision Homes Ltd v Lancsville Construction Ltd ) , where one party was arguing the decision was void and of no effect because it was vague and ambiguous. It was the judge (Christopher Clarke J) who described the adjudicator’s language as “idiosyncratic”, but also said that it would not have prevented him from upholding the adjud
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 15, 2021
It’s critical to take the time to monitor and improve your Job Order Contracting processes as they are not as you think they might be. Job Order Contracting (JOC) has been distorted into a way to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, and new build construction, bypassing procurement rigors and doing little to assure mutually beneficial benefit to owners and design-builder or overall efficiency.
Business Facilities
DECEMBER 22, 2021
The commercial gene therapy company's state-of-the-art innovation center will be located on Drexel University’s campus in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood. The post Spark Therapeutics To Invest $575M In Philadelphia appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Much-needed good news for the construction industry highlights the stories we were following in November.
Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant
Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors and CEO of consulting firm Sage Policy Group, expects projects from the new infrastructure package to be released in next year's third and fourth quarters.
Contractor Bookkeeping
DECEMBER 31, 2021
It’s been another excellent year for Fast Easy Accounting. We appreciate your support for those of you who have been with us through all these years; without our contractor clients, template customers, construction accounting academy students, email subscribers, podcast listeners, blog readers, and social media followers, we wouldn’t get to where we are today.
Civiconcepts
DECEMBER 29, 2021
What Is A Mansard Roof? A mansard roof is having a four–sided gambrel–style hip roof. The gambrel–style roof is nothing new it is a modified version of the gable roof. … Mansard Roof | Mansard Roof Design | Types of Mansard Roof | How To Build Mansard Roof Read More ».
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 29, 2021
via Four BT, LLC – Proven LEAN construction delivery solutions including locally researched granular unit price line-item databases, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery, support services, and collaborative technology. www.4bt.us. The post Construction Spending for Public and Private Sectors appeared first on 4BT.
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Business Facilities
DECEMBER 27, 2021
U.S. domestic travel has almost returned to its pre-COVID levels, but business and international travel segments are seeing an uneven recovery. The post The Tourism Industry: Headed For Recovery appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Read the three major factors surrounding cloud based construction management, and see why migrating to cloud hosting is a smart, growth-based move.
Construction Specifier
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Photo courtesy David E. Sacks. By David E. Sacks. In the 20 th century, wall assemblies discretized into multi-layered systems with each playing a distinct role. Each new layer arose with the emergence of building science technology, including rain screen design principles and the evolution of building materials. What began as an assembly of one primary material offering thermal mass, weather protection, and aesthetics, fragmented into a series of components, including cladding , thermal barrier
Contractor Bookkeeping
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Creating invoices and receipts is vital to successfully running a business. You need receipts to track your purchases and expenses. Your clients need invoices for their tax purposes and to manage their finances. Paper receipts and invoices have been around a long time, so many people are used to them and may even resist moving away from them. Thanks to technology, paper receipts and invoices are becoming more a thing of the past.
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.
Civiconcepts
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Introduction Bamboo Materials Bamboo which does belong to the grass family – has been associated with various names such as “poor man’s timber”(low-class material, because people tend to choose brick, … Bamboo As A Building Material | Uses of Bamboo In Construction Read More ».
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 22, 2021
It’s not surprising that eighty percent of construction change orders are due to poor information early in the process. LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery is the only way to consistently minimize the number and impact of change orders. With processes such as integrated project delivery, IPD, and LEAN job order contracting owners and design-builders receive the following benefits: Early and ongoing information sharing.
Business Facilities
DECEMBER 16, 2021
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies will create 150 jobs in College Station-Bryan; MP Materials will bring 100 skilled jobs to Fort Worth. The post Texas Projects To Create 250 Biotech, Manufacturing Jobs appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.
Natural Building
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Named TECLA, a combination of the words technology and clay, this home was designed by Mario Cucinella Architects in Italy and was constructed and engineered by Wasp using clay sourced from a nearby riverbed. It is formed of two connected dome-shaped volumes with a ribbed outer wall that is made up of 350 stacked layers. The clay is arranged in undulating layers that not only provide structural stability but also to act as a thermal barrier.
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Construction Specifier
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Rendering courtesy Brookfield Properties. By Chris Bennett and Chris Flint Chatto. Concrete is a tremendously useful and flexible material: building foundations, roads, walkways, bridges, and other infrastructure utilize concrete for its strength, durability, and plasticity in formation. Concrete also has relatively low-embodied carbon per unit volume when compared to other building materials, but, because of its utility, modern construction uses a lot of it.
Contractor Bookkeeping
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Hiring Vs. Outsourcing. Are you thinking of hiring a bookkeeper? After reading this, you may think it is not as good an idea as it seems. In addition to the costs of advertising, reading many fiction stories (resumes), interviewing candidates (like a brand new car on the showroom floor), job-seekers are the best they will ever be during the interview.
Civiconcepts
DECEMBER 19, 2021
What Is Grade On Slab? The Slab On Grade is defined as a directly laid on the earth surface for supporting the structural elements and walls. The minimum thickness of … What Is Slab On Grade | Grade On Slab Foundation | Slab On Fill vs Slab On Grade | Slab on Grade Foundation vs Crawl Space Read More ».
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