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A Perfect Storm of Challenges: State of the Concrete Industry

For Construction Pros

Some contractors are even using technologies like lifting robots, rebar-tying machines, and exoskeletons to make jobs less physically demanding and reduce burnout. Contractors will need to navigate thinner margins, uneven market demand, and elevated material and transportation costs that are stabilizing, but not dropping.

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Repairing Spalled Concrete Joints

For Construction Pros

If inadequate joint preparation is performed, the filler will more easily break bond with the joint sidewalls and can get pulled or torn out of the joint under lift truck traffic. The LS120 is equipped with 3-wheel steering, joystick operation, 8 ft screed head, 16 ft boom reach, and can be transported with a ¾ ton truck & trailer.

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10 Portable Generator Safety Tips for the Summer

For Construction Pros

The OPEI is an international trade association representing power equipment, small engine, utility vehicle, golf car, and personal transport vehicle manufacturers and suppliers. If you must use an extension cord, it should be heavy-duty and designed for outdoor use. It’s best to plug in appliances directly to the generator.

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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Enormous Complexity Under a Veil of Simplicity

ENR Construction

The primary isolators are so heavy that they had to be transported individually via semitruck from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. On the roof, where the cables converge, a hydraulic jack pulled those cables tight, lifting the cantilevers and counteracting gravity. “It It was like tuning a giant guitar.

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Complete Construction Terminology Cheat Sheet: US and AU Specific

Buildern

Picture it like a super-detailed treasure map that shows every nook and cranny of a building before it’s even built. It’s like mapping out the journey before taking the first step. Excavators and Bulldozers These are the heavy machinery used for digging, moving earth, and lifting heavy loads.

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Concrete Construction Tools for Construction Sites

CivilJungle

The wheelbarrow enables too quickly to transport heavy-weight luggage. Use of Wheelbarrows: The wheelbarrows mainly used for transporting materials from one place to another place. It is mainly used to transport concrete on the construction site. They are also useful for testing placement and mapping.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

Some heavy business hitters also are placing huge wagers on Detroit’s recovery, most prominently Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, a native son of Michigan, has spent more than $1 billion to acquire 3 million square feet of real estate in the heart of downtown Detroit. Other allocations include $12.5 million-square-foot plant.