Flooring Design Considerations for 2017

With 2017 in full swing, the new year brings new considerations, materials, and markets for commercial flooring. With a construction landscape that is always...

Construction Ethics? You Bet!

Doctors, lawyers, and many other professionals are subject to specific codes of ethics that govern their performance and conduct. Architects and engineers are often...
TESMEC

Vegas-style Digging Demo

Las Vegas is known for trade shows, among other things. And, on one of the hottest days in March during this year’s ConExpo, the...
Time Is Money

Construction Law Recognizes That “Time Is Money”

A contractor’s ability to make a steady profit depends not just on the ability to complete projects, but on the ability to complete them within...
GNSS

Beating the Odds

On a recent project to expand H.L. Sonny Callahan Airport in Fairhope, Alabama, contractor John G. Walton Construction Co. was given 280 calendar days...

Avoid Trenching Troubles

An inexperienced trencher operator can cause costly mistakes. From start to finish, educate yourself on the task at hand—know your digging conditions, recognize potential...

Rehabbing Aging Concrete Wastewater Infrastructure

Municipal wastewater treatment facilities, sewers, and vaults endure some of the most severe and corrosive environments in the water industry and must pass increasing...

Contractor Training

Training … why do it? The short and simple answer to the question of why bother with construction training is twofold: safety and productivity. Accidents...
PNC Tower

LEED Platinum-certified Tower at PNC Plaza

The 33-story LEED Platinum-certified Tower at PNC Plaza has been touted as the “world’s greenest office tower” and stands as the showpiece of PNC’s...

Monolithic Ready Mix, Race-Against-Time

The daunting challenge of laying a 49,000-square-foot by 3-foot-thick monolithic concrete foundation—within a record-setting 12 hours—was no easy task for leading ready-mix manufacturer Silvi...