Bidding/Estimating Tool

By Troy Dahlin Alloy Mechanical, a mechanical contractor based in Lansing, Illinois, prides themselves on being a single-source industrial contractor for all their client’s design-build...

Battery UPS

Mission-critical facilities realize that batteries provide a trustworthily, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to augment the grid during outages. However, this option has not always...
Floor Stripping

Making Floor Strippers Pitch Perfect

An experiment commissioned to mark the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Beer Festival found that the secret to pouring the perfect pint is in...

Bridging the Generational Gap

The construction industry is at a crossroads. Demand for new infrastructure and development is rising fast, but a severe labor shortage threatens to slow...

Fleet Wisdom

A backhoe on a rural jobsite was overheating. Unfortunately, no one realized it except the contractor—who was at another jobsite. The contractor had received a...

Patterned Concrete

Opportunities abound in hardscaping—from residential pools, patios, floors, walkways, and concrete driveways to malls, event halls, waterfronts, sport courts, skate parks, theme parks, business...

Li-Fi Technology

By Saloni Walimbe The Li-Fi industry is constantly touching new heights, especially at a time when IoT is proliferating in every sector and the use...

Why Your Construction Company Needs a Payments Strategy

By Brent Meyers I’ve written about the importance of a vendor payments strategy for companies in today’s business climate. But the reality is it’s twice...

Upgrade as Business Grows

Whitefish, Montana-based Eagle River Construction and Excavation, LLC has made a name for itself as a go-to specialty contractor for commercial earthworks and utility...

Telematics Time

When telematics first emerged as a construction industry buzzword, the primary selling point was the ability to track equipment whereabouts and hopefully recover a...