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ForConstructionPros App of the Week: Site2Site

Site2Site is a complete solution that allows small and medium sized construction companies to automate day-to-day office work from estimates through completion of a job

While on the job, field workers can use Site2Site to instantly view pertinent job information such as job notes, important contractors and the subcontractors involved.

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Manage your mixed branded fleet in one easy to use platform

Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas

With LANDCROS Connect you can monitor the location of your mixed branded fleet. You can also view maintenance alerts and machine usage all on one single dashboard.

Manage your mixed branded fleet in one easy to use platform

ForConstructionPros App of the Week: GenieBelt

Real-time project management and quick collaboration with GenieBelt mobile app

The GenieBelt dashboard provides an overview of all projects, notifications of important actions needed and a visualization of project goals.

Construction Technology

Mesa Business Management Software

Mesa is a web-based application designed to simplify the business of asphalt including customer and business management

Affordable Striping & Sealing is in the “Yes” Business

managing jobs and employees in 24-hour Las Vegas

Shonda Decker says Affordable Striping & Sealing crews are on the job seven days a week, 24 hours a day. “We try very hard to rotate days off but it’s not unusual for the sealcoating crew to work six or seven days in a row without being off because we can have that much work,” she says.

Mortenson Forecasts 3% to 4% Increase in Nonresidential Construction Costs

Structural steel and steel framing are just two components that could see cost increases of 3.5% to 4% this year

The Mortenson Construction Cost Index is calculated quarterly by pricing a representative nonresidential construction project in geographies throughout the country.

Construction Material Prices Fall for Eighth Consecutive Month

Construction input prices fell 0.6% on monthly basis in February and 3.7% on a yearly basis

Construction input prices fell 0.6 percent on monthly basis in February and 3.7 percent on a yearly basis. Inputs to nonresidential construction fell even further, declining 0.7 percent from January 2016 and 3.8 percent from February 2015. Prices for eight of the 11 key inputs declined on a monthly basis in February, while nine of the 11 key inputs experienced year-over-year price declines.

Sealcoating among “Moving” Inventory

Paradise Asphalt Maintenance crews followed four days of milling with paving, then crews cleaned and cracksealed areas a day in advance to ready them for sealcoating. Striping was generally started the day after sealcoating an area, and as soon as it was halfway done and dried Adesa began moving cars back into the newly sealed and striped area.

Construction Technology

How E-Construction Can Increase Your Efficiency and Your Bottom Line

The Iowa DOT and Manatts Construction partnered with Earthwave Technologies on a pilot project to reduce time-consuming paper shuffling

The pilot project involved an 8-mile resurfacing job on Highway 69 in Central Iowa. The first phase of the pilot was completed without telematics. The second phase used Earthwave Fleetwatcher to monitor HMA delivery trucks and two pavers used on the job.

Project Management

[QUOTABLE] How Technology Can Solve Construction’s Workforce Shortage

Two contractor site-technology managers answer the question: what do you see coming next in construction technology?

Dustin Burns, IT Director, McCownGordon Construction

Construction Technology

[QUOTABLE] Mobile Computing On Site Lets Everyone Focus on Making Money

Commercial building contractor’s site supervisors slash document-management time with cloud-based project-management software to make more time to build projects

Chandler Brooks, Project Engineer - Operations Technology, Andres Construction

Construction Materials Prices Continue to Fall

Construction input prices fell by 0.6% during January 2016; have now decreased on a year-over-year basis for 14 consecutive months

'While it is possible that prices will begin to rise, increases are likely to be gradual absent some coordinated action by producers to limit supply. Falling input prices certainly carry positives, but there are also large risks involved,' said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu.

Construction Toolbox

Is Proprietary Project Management Software Best for Your Construction Business?

Choosing between free, open-source and proprietary construction project management software to make the best choice for your business

Overall, significantly more construction project managers who use proprietary software are satisfied with their product than their counterparts who use free and open-source products: 69 percent say they are “completely satisfied” with their proprietary software, while 31 percent are “mostly satisfied.”

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