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...
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...









