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Sustainability
Atlas Copco Initiates Employee Sustainability Program
Atlas Copco Power Technique
The new program called Blue is the New Green hopes to help the company reduce its resource consumption on a global scale.
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World of Concrete Europe, Co-located with Intermat 2015, will Showcase Four Days of Seminars Dedicated to Concrete
INTERMAT
As part of the trade show INTERMAT 2015, World of Concrete Europe will be offering an extensive range of educational seminars and workshops from April 21-24, 2015, highlighting the technical innovations and processes to help contractors.
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States Where Construction is Growing, Struggling Years After the Recession
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
Mississippi, Hawaii, Louisiana, North Dakota and Montana had the top construction contributions as a percentage of each state's GDP in 2013
The energy boom—from fracking to refineries and ports—has helped lift Mississippi, Louisiana, North Dakota and Montana’s construction sectors. Those four states and Hawaii are the top five for construction as a percentage of GDP. A resurgence in tourism and defense spending benefited Hawaii.
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Arizona Becomes Newest State to Revise Construction-defects Law
New law gives homebuilders the right to repair construction defects before a homeowner can sue
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FMI 2015 Construction Outlook: Economy On Track for Resilient Recovery
FMI Corporation
Most of the new construction activity is in the private sector with lodging, commercial, manufacturing and office construction experiencing the highest growth rates
Total construction put in place for 2015 is predicted to grow 8%, which supports FMI's predictions that construction put in place (CPIP) will top $1 trillion in 2015, something the market has not seen since 2008.
Apps
App of the Week: DocuSign
DocuSign is a secure way to electronically sign documents and collect signatures to streamline the paper-based process to completely digital
Create your signature and initials using your finger/stylus, uploading a picture of your signature, or selecting one of the preformatted styles.
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Colorado Construction-Defects Bill Passes Legislative Committee, Moves on to Senate
Proponents of making changes to the Colorado law hope those changes will breath new life into the state's condominium and housing markets
Construction Toolbox
Website Connects Construction Contractors Looking to Find or Dispose of Extra Jobsite Materials
Contractors who are too long or too short on jobsite materials can use Material Tracker to connect with other contractors looking for extra or looking to unload extra materials such as dirt, sand, gravel and more
Material Tracker lets contractors enter distance parameters and then see other contractors within those search parameters who are either long on material and looking to unload it or short and looking to purchase some extra material.
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Video: How Material Tracker Connects Construction Contractors to Solve Extra Jobsite Material Issues
Material Tracker harnesses the power of the Internet to connect contractors with each other to efficiently and economically meet their material needs for dirt, topsoil, clay, stone, sand and more
Video: How Material Tracker Connects Construction Contractors to Solve Extra Jobsite Material Issues
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Two Strategies to Maximize Construction Profit
Construction Business Coaching
How to accurately estimate soft costs and fully charge for all change-order work to maximize your construction company's bottom line
Contractors needs to make sure they are charging the right price for everything prior to starting a job or a change order request.
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Video: How the BusyBusy Time Tracking Mobile App Simplifies Timecards for Construction Contractors
The BusyBusy mobile app for time tracking and payroll uses GPS to obtain accurate clock in and clock out locations for employees on a construction jobsite
Video: How the BusyBusy Time Tracking Mobile App Simplifies Timecards for Construction Contractors
Concrete Equipment & Products
Women in Concrete Forum to Headline Sustainability Conference in Miami
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
The second Women in Concrete Forum will open the 10th annual International Concrete Sustainability Conference, to be held May 11, 2015 in Miami.
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