Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The labor shortage is no match for forward-thinking contractors with the right technologies and workforce mindset. See why they're planning ahead.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Biden administration announces its plans to partner with underserved communities on replacements of lead service lines.

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Business Facilities

MARCH 15, 2019

Read: Toyota Ramps Up U.S. By 2021, Toyota will now invest nearly $13 billion in its U.S. operations with plans to add nearly 600 new jobs at American manufacturing plants. Investment at BusinessFacilities.com.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A project superintendent for an Indiana-based paving company worked on behalf of a law allowing speed cameras in roadway construction zones.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 15, 2023

These projects included the reconstruction and redesign of many ramps and bridges; community branding and refreshed entryways into cities and villages throughout the I-75 corridor. “We Wood and Lucas counties: Reconstruction and addition of a third lane from Wales Road to Dorr Street. The project will complete in fall 2023.

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ENR Construction

MAY 11, 2023

As the inventory of existing buildings continues to grow in the U.S., leaders in the historic preservation community are sounding the alarm that the construction industry is in dire need of workers with historic trades training.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 17, 2023

To deliver the ramping up of work, United Utilities has created a model of five delivery runways. United Utilities has started the hunt for contractors to deliver complex design and build projects for a programme worth £5.5bn over 10 years.

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Revit OpEd

MAY 29, 2013

We can apply the Spot Slope annotation to a ramp but isn''t very useful because, while Revit does acknowledge the ramp element, when you attempt to tag it you see [no slope] (image using 2014). In this image I''ve dragged a slope annotation from a floor element over to a ramp element and it recognizes the ramp''s slope!

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Construction Dive

MARCH 14, 2023

The Avenue J improvements in Lancaster include four on- and off-ramps to enhance access for commuters.

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ENR Construction

MAY 24, 2023

The utility-scale projects—the 800-MW, estimated $3-billion Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts and the 132-MW, estimated $637-million South Fork project off New York—could begin to generate power this year, their developers say.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 9, 2019

The agency's visits to construction sites will ramp up once new inspectors are fully trained, labor department head Alexander Acosta told a House committee.

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CCE Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) published new guidance to ensure that inclusion and accessibility were considered at every stage of the design and construction process.

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The Pro Builder

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The fundraising effort supports Habitat for Humanity's local projects, including new-home construction, wheelchair ramps, and exterior home repairs, Michigan’s Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity says. “We

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Revit OpEd

MAY 23, 2013

Luke wrote a post the other day that shows how to use the "scary" adaptive point family to tag a ramp''s slope, since the slope tool doesn''t work on ramps. I used them to identify sloped "ramps" that are really floors for a client last summer. The resulting triangle is what they wanted to see.

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New Civil Engineer

JULY 5, 2023

The UK must radically ramp up its rail electrification programme, a key figure has urged, after data revealed the sustainability benefits of traveling by train. The post Stuttering rail electrification strategy ‘has to change’ appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 1, 2023

The steps of this project include: Installing Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) improvements including count stations, closed-circuit television (CCTV), and ramp metering to nine on-ramps. Addition of one HOV lane in each direction along the I-5 between the SR14 and Parker Road interchange.

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Construction News

APRIL 27, 2023

The body, which is part of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is currently trying to ramp up its complement of staff and has started… The post Building Safety Regulator aims to recruit ex-police investigators appeared first on Construction News.

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Construction Dive

AUGUST 28, 2018

The construction giant claimed that its goal of reducing the United Kingdom's volume of onsite construction 25% by 2025 would increase speed, quality and safety while potentially creating thousands of jobs.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 21, 2023

It is also ramping up work programmes to improve network resilience in the face of climate change with spending in embankment works and drawing set to double to £1.8bn from 2024-29. Network Rail has set out its planned spend and prioritise for the next five years under the CP7 spending programme.

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Construction Daily News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In today’s construction news , learn about there will be ramp closures at West Verona Avenue and County Highway PB all week long as part of the ongoing project on US Hwy. 18/151 will close ramps at West Verona Avenue and County Hwy. PB eastbound on- and off-ramps on Monday, Nov. PB and West Verona Ave ramps. PB all week.

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Construction Dive

JUNE 11, 2018

PCL Construction's two new executives have worked on more than $6 billion of sports-related projects in the last four years.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Companies, unions, others earmark more than $105M as of Oct. 16 for key midterm races, up from $90M in 2018, says the Center for Responsive Politics

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The Pro Builder

AUGUST 1, 2023

Department of Labor is ramping up its enforcement of heat safety violations amid record-breaking temperatures across the country Following the planet’s hottest month on record, Joe Biden on Thursday asked the U.S. Biden Administration Introduces Plans to Protect Workers From Extreme Heat ldeakins Tue, 08/01/2023 - 10:52 The U.S.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 7, 2022

California showcase for US floating wind energy projects produces five lease teams, European dominated—with deep water, limited port infrastructure and supply chain gaps still to be tackled.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Developers and industry firms link streamline and fund technologies to move Britain away from fossil fuel energy dependence.

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Construction Enquirer

APRIL 20, 2023

Further to this, the Department’s Recovery Strategy Unit has ramped up litigation against freeholders who will not remediate buildings they are responsible for, including recently against GreyGR, owned by billion-pound railway pension fund RailPen.

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ENR Construction

MAY 18, 2020

Contractors, architects and engineers in Boston and across Massachusetts are heading back to work amid the launch of a phased construction reopening.

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The Pro Builder

MAY 18, 2023

Shelter inflation is the biggest component of CPI inflation at 44.4%, and in order to bring costs down, builders will have to ramp up new-construction or complete existing projects at a faster pace. Why New Rental Supply May Be Key to Lowering Mortgage Rates ldeakins Thu, 05/18/2023 - 11:38 Shelter inflation is taking the U.S.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Moving from the lab to the field, a highway off-ramp bridge under construction in Seattle features memory-retaining metal rods and bendable concrete designed to provide the structure with flexibility sufficient to withstand a major seismic event.

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Roads Online

JUNE 1, 2023

Ramps have reopened on the Townsville Ring Road in Queensland, with traffic now travelling in each direction. The Townsville Ring Road’s southbound entry and exit ramps at Hervey Range Developmental Road have reopened, with the southbound ramp at Shaw Road also expected to reopen. Works began on these sections in August 2022.

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New Civil Engineer

JULY 6, 2023

The much delayed delivery of Milan’s new £1.5bn (€1.7bn) underground metro line is ramping up with contractor Webuild opening two more new stations, San Babila and Tricolore. The post Eight of 21 stations now open on Milan’s £1.5bn new underground metro line appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

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Roads Online

MAY 31, 2023

All precast beam installations for the West Gate Tunnel project’s Hyde St Ramp is now complete, following more than 20 months worth of works on the section in Victoria. The Hyde St Ramp on the northern side of the freeway will provide a new exit ramp for inbound traffic from the West Gate Freeway.

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Construction Enquirer

APRIL 25, 2023

The fundraise will help TopHat ramp up production. In addition to its current output of up to 800 homes a year from its first factory in Derby, it will begin production from its cutting-edge 650,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Corby, Northampton in 2024.

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Construction Dive

AUGUST 20, 2018

With each ton of the nearly 3 billion tons of cement produced per year globally releasing one ton of carbon dioxide, manufacturers are ramping up approaches to finding alternative methods and materials.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 30, 2021

Fluor-led natural gas export terminal, part of estimated $31-billion project, pushes ahead to make up for COVID-19 delay.

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Roads Online

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Early works on the project were conducted by Transport for NSW in late 2022, before additional early works ramped up in May 2023, which included installing fencing along the corridor, demolition of existing buildings and relocation of power and communication public utilities.

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Roads Online

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Nearly a kilometre worth of bridges and ramps will be erected in the coming weeks as works on the West Gate Tunnel project in Victoria enters the next stages. Over the next eight weeks, workers will build the bridge structure that arches over the intersection from the ground up, lifting and installing the huge steel beams.

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