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Concrete Equipment & Products

Wetter is Better to Control Concrete Dust

Study confirms the benefits of wet cutting for controlling dust exposure.

The study by the University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Work Environment showed using water reduced respirable dust concentration by 85%.

How General Contractors Can Embrace Green Construction In 2023 and Beyond

With robust ESG strategies, contractors can meet and anticipate future regulatory requirements, ultimately enhancing their business sustainability and competitiveness.

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Coaching & Consulting

Create an Accounting Structure to Take Your Business to the Next Level

Understanding your business’ financial performance is critical to long-term sustainability and success. However, if you don’t have the right structure in place for capturing your financial data, you may not be able to get the information you need.

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Project Management

6 Tips to Improve Large-Scale Crew Management in Construction

Proper crew management plays a significant role in optimizing work efficiency, reducing costs and time overruns, and maximizing productivity.

Clear communication is essential when running a construction crew. Each crew member must understand their responsibilities and expectations. They must work well within a project as well as the parent company.

Antifragility Explained: 5 Ways to Build Agile Construction Companies

Milwaukee Tool Corp.

In this article, we break down antifragility theory and concepts into understandable terms and provide five actionable takeaways for how you can build an antifragile organization that wins more bids.

Becoming antifragile as an organization can result in empowered cross-functional collaboration and will ultimately make you more productive and profitable.

Construction Safety

How to Minimize Health Risks to Employees at a Construction Site

Cleanwrap Interior Protection Systems

How can construction companies minimize the health risk to employees at the jobsite? Here are certain measures you can adopt to minimize the risks of health hazards.

To ensure that the workers are adequately protected, health risks at the work site should be assessed.

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Construction Technology

Smart Equipment Management: IoT Integration in Construction

Tomorrow's construction landscape is undeniably smarter and more connected, bridging the gap between digital technology and physical operations like never before.

Mobile applications have infiltrated every other industry in the modern day, and the construction sector is no exception.

Controlling Cracks in Slabs with Unusual Panel Geometries

Tips for crack control in concrete panels with unusual shapes.

One of the rules for laying out sawed contraction joints is to not join them at angles less than 60 degrees because cracks form across the angle as shown here.

3 Ways That Automation is Sustainable Construction

Using autonomous technology in construction can lead to resource, cost, and time needed for project reductions. This kind of technology can also reduce the skilled workers needed for repetitive tasks.

The idea that sustainable construction is a costly and impractical solution to ensure a return on a building is outdated and inaccurate.

Labor & Workforce Development

A Labor War of Wages Won’t Cut It in Construction

Construction company owners must refrain from entering into a war of wages when looking to fill open positions.

Faced with an urgent skills shortage, construction leaders need to attract as many new faces into the industry as possible and importantly, retain them.

Equipment Management

8 Elements of ADCM & the Future of Technology on the Jobsite

Leica Geosystems, Inc.

Site prep best practices: what works today, what contractors need to let go of and where the industry should be headed.

Contractors require real-time data to make informed decisions, ensure profitability and prevent costly overruns.

How to Avoid Broomed Concrete Finish Disputes

KB Engineering LLC

Best practices can protect contractors and minimize disputes between job owners and architects.

Handleless rope brushes work well on large slabs and in confined areas where handles are awkward.

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