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Construction 4.0: Why it’s Time to Adopt BIM and Digital Construction
Since the global pandemic started, more business leaders have analyzed how the coronavirus caused a rapid digital transformation across every industry. Businesses that want to survive must adapt to a world of “remote everything.”
Estimating & Bidding
DJM Launches New On-Demand Shop Drawing Services
Estimating & Bidding
TraceAir Site Work Estimating Tool
Digging Deeper
Procore Breaks into Preconstruction with Esticom Capability Assimilated into Project Management
Construction Technology
Basketball Legend Bill Walton Delivers Keynote Speech at B2W Software's 20th Annual User Conference
Construction Technology
AGTEK Development Co. Offers Underground Software for Takeoff, Production Control
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Profit Matters
A Surefire Plan to Nail Your Next Technology Implementation
Workforce-management technology that simplifies field data collection improves the profitability of decisions made from the data with an investment of methodical implementation planning
Backhoe Loaders
New York Utilities Take Delivery of Construction Industry’s First Electric Backhoe-loaders
Nearly a year after its debut, CASE Construction Equipment announces the delivery and implementation of two electric-powered backhoes by utilities in the state of New York.
Rental’s The Bottom Line
Point of Rental's What to Take (and Leave Behind) From 2020
Point of Rental shares lessons from 2020, what will continue (and change) in 2021, and about the technology available to help businesses tackle touchless processes, like renting via smart lockers.
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Concrete
Bid to Punchlist: Managing the Concrete Slab Package
Defining the RFP with a clear vision of the scope of work, job site conditions and work restrictions will go far in minimizing confusion and potential conflict.
Estimating & Bidding
New Construction Software Alliance Helps Contractors Submit Bids Faster
Plans4Less and PipelineSuite collaboration enables clients to submit bids faster to win more contracts.
Equipment
InSite Elevation Brings Cost-effective Speed and Accuracy to Earthwork Take-offs
Earthwork estimating tool is redesigned to help make users more productive in a Lite version and a Pro version, for when CAD import, utility take-off, and GPS grade control modeling is needed
Equipment
New TraceAir Site Work Estimating Tool to Debut at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020
TraceAir's tool will help grading contractors run more accurate takeoffs and get precise quantities based on bid documents.
Profit Matters
Fast, Accurate Earthwork Take-Off for Construction Estimators
InSite Software provides cost-effective estimating solution for owner-operator
Profit Matters
Takeoff and Bid Software Efficiency Drives Nearly 25 Years of Use for Contractor
On Center’s Quick Bid and OST software simplifies and syncs bidding and OST operations for PML Construction
Profit Matters
Construction Estimating Takeoff On-Screen Saves Time and Makes Changes Easy
Estimating with On Center Software slashes the cost and time of using blueprints and creates the cornerstone of an entrepreneur’s construction startup
Apps
[APP] Complete Takeoffs and Estimates Anytime, Anywhere with STACK
Eliminate bid inconsistencies, incorporate materials to ensure no pieces are missed and easily analyze estimates with detailed cost reports.
Profit Matters
Estimating Software is a Saving Bet
One wrong calculation in an estimate can doom a project before it starts and contractors who want to cut estimating costs in half are dumping the spreadsheets
Estimating & Bidding
Firm Digs In with an Accurate Quantity Estimating Software Solution
Hammond Estimating & Consulting gets accurate calculations supported by graphics from InSite's SiteWork so the dirt mover can visualize cut and fill requirements before they start
Profit Matters
Model-Based Estimates Delight Project Owners and Halve Pepper’s Costs
Estimating software integrated with BIM slashes take-off and re-estimate time for design revisions, simplifies formatting estimates to suit owner needs
Profit Matters
Spreadsheets Alone are Not Professional Construction Bids
Contractor KHS&S bids more jobs, more accurately and responds more quickly to changes with project takeoff and bidding software united over a database of materials, labor and pricing
Profit Matters
Top 5 Must-Have Technologies for Estimators
As the days of paper plans piling up on desks fade, here are the Top 5 digital tools that can help make today's estimators the keepers of construction profitability
Construction Technology
Sage, eTakeoff, Autodesk to Launch 5D BIM Solution
Vendors collaborated to automate key takeoff and estimating processes using 3D building information models and 2D digital plans
Construction Toolbox
[APP] Web-based Electronic Quoting Tool Allows for Real-time Field Quoting
Simple electronic quoting tool allows field and sales staff to quickly create a quote, get management review and get customer’s approval in real time while in the field
Estimating & Bidding
Understanding the Estimating Advantages of 5D BIM with Sage
With over 32% of contractors planning to buy BIM-related software in coming months, contractors who overcome challenges to gain the estimating advantages will be steps ahead
Estimating & Bidding
New eBook Outlines How BIM Improves Construction Estimates
Software provider Sage offers a treatise on rising contractor adoption of building information modeling, ways models can improve estimates and how to overcome model challenges
Estimating & Bidding
Free Tool Calculates Estimating Software ROI
Software Advice offers a free calculator to approximate the number of hours your business can save each year by using estimating and takeoff software, as well as how long it will take to recoup the investment
Business Services
NPE 2017 to Offer 40 New Conference Topics
Registration is now “live” and details of the 2017 National Pavement Expo and its 54-session conference program are now available on the NPE website, www.nationalpavementexpo.com.
Construction Toolbox
ForConstructionPros App of the Week: Construction Project Overhead Sizing Calculator
Construction contractors can create highly accurate and current job and project sizing information with this app to keep bids accurate and increase the chance to win good projects
Asphalt
How to Fix a Struggling Company
Survival for Petra Paving depended on learning and implementing what it didn’t know.
Asphalt
6 Steps Every Contractor Needs to Take for Growth
Construction Toolbox
ForConstructionPros App of the Week: Contractor Estimating and Invoicing Tool
Construction contractors can estimate, invoice, record payments and manage projects from their mobile devices with Joist's Contractor Estimating and Invoicing mobile app
Construction Technology
Data Drives Down Construction Costs
Using the past as a teacher, Vernox Labs helps contractors mine unstructured data to reduce costs on projects.
Construction Technology
BidGuru Estimating Mobile App
Creates immediate, professional-looking, custom quotes for crack sealing, asphalt overlays, sealcoating and other pavement maintenance jobs
Construction Toolbox
App of the Week: JobFLEX Quickly Creates Quotes while Off-line
Construction contractors can use the JobFLEX mobile app to create quotes, proposals and estimates in just minutes without the need for an Internet connection
Construction Technology
Real-time Data Transforms the Construction Jobsite
A digital jobsite promises a seamless flow of information from the field to the back office.
Asphalt
How to Survive End-of-Season Sealcoating
You can’t manage the weather so manage what you can: your process, your sealer, your equipment…and expectations
Estimating & Bidding
How Construction Contractors Can Improve Their Bid-Hit Ratio
Contractors need to focus on setting themselves apart from the competition through means other than just being the lowest bid
Construction Technology
[VIDEO] Contractor Estimating App Creates Quick, Easy Quotes
JobFLEX estimate app empowers contractors to create quotes, proposals and estimates in just minutes with no Internet connection required