LiFi

LiFi: Ready for its Moment in the Spotlight

The promise of LiFi (light fidelity), which utilizes the very LED lights that illuminate a work space to transmit more secure, high-speed, wireless data...
flooring installation

How to Save Money on Your Flooring Installation (without cutting corners)

Saving money on your flooring installation isn’t about choosing the cheapest contractor and products—it’s about engineering value at every stage of the process. From...

When Your Suppliers Transform, You Win

How contractors are reaping the benefits of their suppliers’ growing digital intelligence By Ursula Grün Amid the huge amount manufacturers are spending on digital transformation—$335 billion...

Actionable Data

Serving the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 70 years, Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc., a Northern California business unit of U.S. Concrete,...

Three Key Benefits of Grading Technology: Productivity, Efficiency, and Safety

Without question, technology is revolutionizing the way companies in all industries conduct business. Over the years, the evolution of technology in the construction industry...

Concrete Matters

Concrete, the world’s most widely used building material, is inexpensive, readily available, versatile, and strong. However, it is also a hard sponge and vulnerable...

Concrete Complexity

By Jason D. Wimberly, PE, MCE As architects design new high-rise buildings taller and with more complexity, producers are challenged to deliver ready-mix concrete that...

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...

Data Analysis Helps Contractors Improve Project Performance

Helping contractors improve project performance By Donna Laquidara-Carr, Ph.D., LEED AP Are contractors poised to begin improving project performance through better access to data? Two studies...

Induction Heating Technology

Induction heating technology in structural steel welding was among the latest construction industry advancements used in the high-profile expansion at Lambeau Field, home of...