We hear a lot about safety on job sites and federal regulations, but there’s one area that may be overlooked. Yes, people fall and are injured, and sometimes killed. But what about objects that fall from high levels onto lower areas that can prove dangerous? Consider the story from a New Jersey construction site…(Read More)
Biometrics is a futuristic-seeming technology that can solve real-life pain points for construction companies, according to Constructech.com. “In construction, which relies heavily on a mobile workforce, many companies have already dabbled in biometrics technology by leveraging solutions that allow employees to keep track of their time via fingerprint or even facial-recognition…(Read More)
“Productivity, budgeting, and management have all seen improvements due to mobile technology,” according to RealEstateRama.com. “Mobile devices have become the most powerful, and useful, tools on a construction site because they bring everyone together for collaboration, control, and design.” Before the burst of technology hit, it could take weeks or months for construction workers…(Read More)
The nation’s first U.S. Olympic Museum and Hall of Fame will be built in Colorado Springs, CO and should be completed prior to the Winter Olympics in 2018. Anderson Mason Dale Architects of Denver is the architect of record and New York City-based Diller, Scofidio + Renfro are the design architects. CPExecutive.com…(Read More)
Here are some promising predictions for U.S. construction starts next year. Dodge Data and Analytics expects total U.S. construction starts to rise to nine percent to $612 billion. Details are included in the 2015 Dodge Construction Outlook, which concludes support will be more broad-based than in previous years. Robert Murray, Dodge’s…(Read More)
When it comes to supply and demand in the coming year, what role will construction play? Research from CareerBuilder finds there will be brisk job activity for those with college degrees, such as industrial engineers, marketing executives, network and computer system administrators, and nurses. The positions that don’t require degrees that are on the…(Read More)
A reduced reliance on paper forms is saving construction companies money. According to estimates, the average cost of paper per employee is $80, says Jason Peck, marketing director at Canvas, a cloud-based software company. “It takes an average of 18 minutes to find a paper document, and a whopping 70 percent of businesses would…(Read More)
Adaptive reuse projects are popping up in cities around the U.S. as construction companies convert old buildings into hotels. One such mini-boom is taking place in Chicago. Many developers are turning to redevelopment rather than ground-up construction, writes Bob Geiger on GlobeSt.com. “Like the high tech industry, the hospitality industry is…(Read More)
U.S. construction spending fell in September, as investments in both public and private projects dropped. This was the second straight month of decline, according to Reuters.com. The Commerce Department says the September rate inched down 0.4 percent to an annual rate of $950.9 billion. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014…(Read More)
If a prime contractor gets hit with bills because of the work their subcontractors performed, things can get dicey. The situation gets more complicated when legal action ensues. Read this post to see how the courts in one state handled this disagreement. The comments that follow are interesting as well. http://constructionpronet.com/Content_Free…(Read More)
