Like it or not pre-manufactured modular construction is coming to America. It has been used in other countries as fast inexpensive housing, but that doesn't make it bad. When most people think of modular housing they think of shipping containers, ugly squares and rectangles, trailer parks in the sky. But that stigma is about to change.
Read moreKnow What Should Be Included in Your Overhead Costs to Keep Your Company Profitable
Winning a bid is a wonderful thing. That is, unless, you win it and end up losing money in the process. A key factor in making a profit is having a good understanding of what your company’s overheads costs are.
Read moreA Complete Guide to Fall Prevention
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 57,000 people were injured by a fall to a lower level on the job site in 2013, with the victims averaging 20 days missed of work. These types of injuries are extremely costly to employers and, more importantly, detrimental to the wellbeing of the victim.
Read moreHow to Hold Your Subs Accountable For Their OSHA Violations
General Contractors are often tasked with being everywhere at the same time and OSHA takes no exception to that. OSHA’s directive number CPL 2-0.124 states that on any multi-employer worksite, multiple companies can be held liable for the same OSHA infraction, even the “controlling” entity (read: General Contractor) even if they didn’t cause the infraction.
Read more4 Reasons Your Project is Behind Schedule
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The ability to stick to a schedule is one of the most important skills in the construction industry and it takes years to master. Schedule delays not only cost the contractor time and money, but it can cost the owner thousands of dollars of lost sales and delay people from starting jobs. If the owner loses money, a battle for liquidated damages is likely to occur. As with many things, early detection and swift reaction is key to battling schedule slippage and knowing the causes of slippage makes it easier to detect.
Read moreNominate Your Favorite Construction Podcast 2015! [CLOSED]
Alright Junkies, we need your help! Let us know what your favorite construction related podcast is by entering it into the form below! After 2 weeks of nominations, we'll open the polls for voting. We'll be keeping this page updated for all of the podcasts that receive nominations, so if you don't see yours, set up to the plate.
Read moreMiami's Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science is Awesome
Miami's new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science opens in 2016 and is already set to be an incredible feat of engineering and construction. The word "epic" is not thrown around very much in construction but, in this case, it might be fitting
Read moreReport: Heavy Equipment Rentals on the Rise. How Can Your Company Capitalize?
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A recent report by Purchasing.com titled, “Tech Innovations Drive Increases in Heavy Equipment Leases and Rentals” determined renting heavy machinery of all types is on the rise, and purchasing is down. The study surveyed over 71,000 professionals directly related to the purchase of equipment regarding their preferences of renting vs leasing backhoe loaders, bulldozers, compact track loaders, excavators, rough terrain forklifts, skid steer loaders, and wheel loaders and most categories showed a high increases of renting versus purchasing.
Read moreCommunicate Effectively & Visually With Free Autodesk Software
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The madness must stop. Don’t waste one more second going around and around trying to explain an issue you’re having with your construction documents over the phone. If you have access to DWG, DWF, or DXF files of your project’s drawings you can quickly and easily explain yourself without all the confusion and frustration of trying to explain which of the 120 structural columns were set in the wrong place.
Read moreManage Your Site Inventory For Free with Google Drive (Part III)
Part 3 of our multi-part series on how to create a FREE inventory system using Google Drive will dive deep into data manipulation. As a refresher, Part one talked about the overall process summary and part 2 discussed setting up a Google Form to easily grab data from anyone or anywhere that has an internet or mobile connection.
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