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The cold weather season is approaching faster than we’d like it to and it’s the perfect time to start thinking about meals that will warm your bones on those frigid work days. Some jobsites are lucky enough to have a microwave on site, but for others it’s a thermos of soup or a cold meal – at least it USED to be.
Read moreAs difficult as it has been navigating through the past 6 months of site shutdowns and additional safety precautions caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic, it has also had some additional side effects that no one had planned for, especially for lumber. Add some devastating wildfires in the Northwest and imported lumber tariffs to that and it’s a recipe for continued challenges.
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If we’re being honest with ourselves, rework happens on 99.99999999% of construction jobs, whether it’s due to poor craftsmanship, field changes, or errors of omission. It’s fairly easy to determine what rework costs a contractor with regards to labor and material, but determining the true total cost is a whole different beast
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Sure, I’ve already written about the completion of Allegiant Stadium, the brand new home to the Las Vegas Raiders, but I ask you this: Is a building actually built if there’s no timelapse video to show for it? I submit to you that it is not.
Read moreFor the past six months, we’ve known the construction industry In the US has been highly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but how much? A new survey conducted by Autodesk and AGC of America is giving us a deeper look into the impacts so far.
Read moreOne of the key components to building a proper safety culture is first building awareness. That awareness is built through training, tool box talks, and jobsite experience. The good news is that construction companies don’t need to come up with safety topics and information by themselves, there are actually a lot of fantastic resources available online and many of them are free.
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Tall mass timber buildings have been gaining steam across the globe over the past few years, but their detractors argue that they are at a much greater risk of burning to the ground than traditional tall structures made of steel and concrete. The National Fire Protection Association has recently adopted provisions to allow for taller mass timber buildings within NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code and NFPA 101 Life Safety Code.
Read moreWell, I didn’t really intend for Construction Junkie to be filled with a bunch of articles to bum you out, but when dozens of people are injured from a jobsite incident, it’s important for us all to learn from it in order to avoid similar circumstances in the future.
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Safety training and awareness building are a core fundamental of building a proper safety culture on your jobsites, so it’s important to know the resources that are available to you. The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) has recently released a collection of free construction safety resources to help build and share safety knowledge.
Read moreIn 1964, UK-based contractor Eric Carnaby & Son bought a JCB 1 backhoe loader and put it to good use. After its retirement, the company kept it stored away in a shed for decades.
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