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Rokbak presence increases in the USA

Plant & Civil Engineer

The USA is the leading ADT market, with huge infrastructure spend and significant construction activity around house and road building across many of its 50 states. Right now, in certain states, you can’t turn your head without seeing construction,” says Dan Meara, Regional Sales Manager for Rokbak in North America.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Mike White, Director of Design and Construction at North Point Hospitality

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Aside from industry and project knowledge, you need solid leadership and management skills to navigate unique challenges and ensure successful outcomes. With a family background in construction, a degree in building construction, and nearly a decade of military service, Mike brings a remarkable skill set to his role.

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Young guns ready to take the industry head on

Roads Online

Taylor, who is the Operations Manager, and Courtney, who is in Administration and Machinery Operation, both started straight out of high school – albeit a few years apart – and they haven’t looked back. “I Courtney Speranza, Administration and Machinery Operation and her sister Taylor, Operations Manager, at Central Asphalt Group (L-R).

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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

and Steven Gaynor, MBA Photo courtesy Tenmat New York City recently became the first jurisdiction in the country to reject and rewrite major sections of the International Building Code’s ( IBC ’s) language around fire protection in exterior facades. For decades, buildings have relied on intumescent materials for fire control.

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Trending Construction Disputes: Best Practices for Mitigation

CCR Magazine

How to manage capital projects more efficiently | McKinsey. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org) ], the demand for construction services combined with fewer participants in the industry (contractors and individuals), created a higher likelihood of delays resulting from contractor, professional management and skilled labor shortages.

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Preparing Independent Government Estimates – IGEs , IGCEs

Job Order Contracting

Most IGEs do not use appropriate data sources and this is particularly true for CONTRUCTION activities (repair, renovation, maintenance, new builds). The net result is that without verifiable, current, and local detailed cost data, contracting offices and facilities sustainment and/or management teams are at a significant disadvantage.

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#81:  Women-Owned Small Businesses

NH Construction Law

million for building contractors and heavy infrastructure contractors, $15 million for specialty trades.) The company must be at least fifty-one percent (51%) unconditionally and directly owned and controlled by one or more women who are U.S. Management and daily operation must be controlled by one or more of the women owners.