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How Can Businesses Control Inflation in Construction Projects?

Management Controls explains how to use technology to manage high, inflation-driven costs affecting today's construction projects.

June 6, 2024

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Construction Safety

Myth Busting Today’s Top Risk Management Trends

To reduce contractor risk across their supply chain, businesses can turn to technology to reduce siloes, ensure the right controls and practices are in place, and overall minimize the number of workplace injuries and fatalities.

May 31, 2024

In the case of a serious injury or fatality, an investigation shows leading indicators or data that could have helped prevent an accident.

Financing, Insurance & Leasing

Protecting Yourself Against Construction Heavy Equipment Liens

Compliance and Lien Solutions Inc.

Given the cyclical nature of construction, it's crucial to understand the legal aspects of liens and take necessary precautions.

May 24, 2024

One significant issue is that equipment liens stay with the machine regardless of who owns it.

Labor & Workforce Development

5 Trends in Construction Worker Background Checks

Orange Tree Employment Screening

Keeping a close eye on these trends will not only safeguard construction firms from being blindsided with liabilities, but will provide them with direction as they build their plan and adapt their background check policies for the new year to come.

May 7, 2024

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Construction Technology

What Artificial Intelligence Means for the Construction Workplace

Littler Mendelson

When integrating AI into their business models, construction companies should carefully weigh the costs and benefits of this technology.

April 12, 2024

Under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), employers have a duty to monitor worksites and prevent hazardous conditions from developing. As it does with other major industry sectors, OSHA issues specific regulations targeting the safety risks unique to the construction sector.

Material Processing & Debris Handling

How Construction Procurement Software Evolution Helps Your Contracting Business

Construction software is evolving for procurement and supply chain management, and while constrained inventory in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic may have given the product category a boost, this trend has been a long time coming. From large EPC to trade and specialty, SaaS construction software is bringing answers to manage spend.

March 1, 2024

Coaching & Consulting

Risk Management: Safety First

Pinnacle Development Group,Inc

The legality and science of risk management is quite well known among most contractors and is growing in need to be embraced, understood, and practiced by all specialty contractors.

February 17, 2024

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Concrete: A Better Home for the Future

A home insurance crisis is forcing builders to rethink designs. This has some looking at concrete where a trend is breaking ground and alleviating some drawbacks of wood-framed homes.

February 7, 2024

Concrete vs Wood Homes

Software Solutions

Construction ERP Snapshot: Executive Insights

Here we list construction ERP products we see as significant or illustrative of the market, with the context construction executives need to make decisions about enterprise software for contracting environments.

February 2, 2024

Software Solutions

Civil Contractor Uses Monte Carlo Simulation for Planning

California Engineering Contractors (CEC) adds new predictive tool from Planera to a tech stack that includes B2W, HCSS and Sage 100 Contractor.

January 24, 2024

Equipment Management

Permitting & Safety in Mobile Fueling

For fleets considering the adoption of a mobile refueling service, permitting is one important step that adds to overall fleet safety but is often overlooked.

January 16, 2024

Geotab reported that for a fleet of 100 vehicles, each vehicle drives about 2.2 miles out of the way to fill up and each gas station stop adds more than 20 minutes to each trip, with nearly eight fill-ups a month.

Concrete Technology

Software for Concrete Pour Quality

From project management software to field productivity to photogrammetry and beyond, here is an overview of the role different types of software in the back office and in the field can play in quality concrete project execution.

January 10, 2024

Construction Software for Concrete Quality Assurance

An Open Letter to Construction Schedulers

Let’s face it. Despite your tireless work creating and updating complex, thoughtful construction schedules, most projects still end in delay. In fact, on average, 72% of projects are delayed with 38% increase in original contracted duration, Why does this keep happening? And more importantly, how do we fix this broken process?

January 9, 2024

Utilizing eDiscovery in Construction Litigation

The complex landscape of construction-related litigation requires construction firms to think more strategically about how they approach legal matters.

December 18, 2023

To gain a competitive advantage ahead of legal battles, construction firms navigating these challenges can adopt technology to help streamline the process.

One Specialty Contractor’s Experience with Data Capture Technology

US Engineering Expert offers tips on how to get value from OpenSpace Capture and Track.

December 18, 2023

Construction Safety

Making Sense of Complex Accessibility Regulations

Charles Taylor Engineering Technical Services

Accessibility compliance is an important aspect of any construction or building project and firms need to remember that there are numerous rules both at the federal and state level which can impact them.

December 12, 2023

While bringing in outside experts is a great way to ensure a project is compliant, its similarly important to ensure that all of the various internal construction crews and specialists that may touch a project are aware of the different rules that impact them.

Associated Builders Names Top 10 States for Construction

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

The scorecard ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on policies and programs that strengthen career pathways in construction, encourage workforce development and advocate for fair and open competition.

December 7, 2023

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has released its latest scorecard ranking the top 50 states for construction.

Material Processing & Debris Handling

4 Ways Equipment Management Can Lower Insurance Premiums

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but contrary to what some may think insurance doesn’t have to fall into the category of inevitable and insurmountable challenges—especially for the construction industry. While current challenges to the industry can also create FUD for the insurance industry (fear, uncertainty, doubt), advances in equipment management technologies can also ease the concerns of insurance companies while improving construction’s bottom line.

November 26, 2023