SIPs

How to Get Started Building with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)

Contractors face more challenges than ever to turn a profit—from severe labor shortages to needing to meet ever more stringent energy codes. To help...

Maintaining Critical Road, Rail, and Bridge Infrastructure

Arecent 60 Minutes TV broadcast—“Falling Apart”—explains that “America’s roads, bridges, airports, and rail lines are outdated and need to be fixed.” It also states...
Adding fiber to cement eliminates need for rebar, improves construction strength and durability

Fiber-reinforced Concrete Speeds Construction, Reduces Costs

“Phoenix will be a great city when it’s finished,” said a visitor in the 1950s. An Arizona State University engineering professor is trying to promote a method...

Benefits of GPS Fleet and Asset Tracking

GPS fleet tracking technology has made vast improvements in terms of features and functionality in recent years, providing a number of advanced benefits. Simple...

Supply Chain

By William Wappler In 1989, one of the most innovative and complicated construction projects I know was built in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. It’s the Ice Hotel....

The Al La Carte Approach to Construction Management

by Tom Schell In many ways, construction has remained authentic to its roots, an orchestra that’s learned to play together more effectively despite playing the...

Soybean Oil

Colorbiotics has successfully completed the first 3-year test cycle of their soybean-derived polymer at the National Center for Asphalt Technology’s (NCAT) Test Track at...

Dowel Bar Retrofit Process

By Kari Moosmann In 2011, the concrete pavement restoration/preservation industry celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first high-production, large-scale dowel bar retrofit (DBR) project constructed...

Construction Technology, Implementation, and Beyond

Shared wisdom on the interface between construction technology and construction reality Construction has always been an old school kind of business, even among the tech-savvy....

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,...