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Arecent 60 Minutes TV broadcast—“Falling Apart”—explains that “America’s roads, bridges, airports, and rail lines are outdated and need to be fixed.”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...
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,...