New Ways to Bridge the Labor Gap

Whether it’s a residential construction project in the Dallas-Fort Worth area or commercial projects in Florida and Tennessee, the contractors who successfully navigate today’s...
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Productivity Matters

Productivity is king on every jobsite. Whether the welding project happens on a mining claim in the remote Yukon Territory or at a trucking...

Preventing Vehicle and Equipment Misuse

Your vehicles and powered equipment are critical business assets—without them, you can’t do business. In fact, the cost of replacement for some powered equipment...

Standing Out on the Vegas Strip

As the old adage goes: If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. So, when Las Vegas’ New York-New York Hotel...

Fleet Management and AI

The advantages and disadvantages of using AI resources in commercial construction fleet operations, including ChatGPT. By Hadley Benton Today’s highly sophisticated and evolving Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven...

Laser Scanning

By Sean O'Keefe Tracy Raver is a builder at heart. As a pipefitter with 27 years of experience in the field, he’s had his head...
A simpler, more affordable way to meet IBC Sound Transmission Class (STC) requirements

Silence is Golden

Imagine you’ve just spent a long day of traveling, and finally make it to your hotel room for a much-needed night of sleep. Suddenly...
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Thermal Bridging: Insulating Penetrations Through Envelopes of Steel Buildings: Part 1...

While advanced materials, triple glazing, and air-tight envelopes have improved insulation efficiency, large amounts of heat energy continue to escape the building unimpeded through...

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...

Prevention, Not Perfection

Nearly every contractor has experienced problems caused by design errors on the jobsite. As one of the most common reasons behind delays and rework,...