• VIDEO: Endangered Mailboxes

    Check out this hilarious video of the damage that occurs to street-side mailboxes and learn more about the Save The Endangered Mailbox contest, sponsored by QUIKRETE.

     
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    Surveying and Layout Work

    The market trend continues toward contractors buying into sophisticated surveying technologies.

     
  • Temperature Management of Mass Concrete Structures

    Free software allows accurate prediction of maximum temperature and temperature differential.

     
  • The Changing World of Paving Roads

    Control of concrete paving work is going stringless, which improves ride and reduces concrete consumption.

     
  • Numerically controlled form construction takes the business of building concrete forms to a whole new level. This technology makes it possible to construct concrete shapes with precise, complex geometry.

    Creating Complex, 3D Formwork

    Complicted concrete shapes can be constructed with 3D design software, which are cut out using CNC routers.

     
  • Wayne Brothers Inc. built freestanding cores/shear walls for the new science and technology building at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C., using self-consolidating concrete.

    Pouring from the Bottom-Up with SCC

    Wayne Brothers Inc. uses self-consolidating concrete to construct six free-standing shear walls at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C.

     
  • The Oohs and Ahs Have It

    Pick up the remote control, flip the switch, and the little green machine comes alive, skittering across the floor like a low-flying alien spacecraft or a high-tech dual-head lawnmower. Is this some toy maker's demonstration? a convention of wireless enthusiasts? No, it was the 2005 World of...

     
  • Designing with BIM is quickly becoming the standard. When choosing software, make sure it work with BIM software.

    Bidding and Estimating Software

    In this day and age, knowing the current technology options can benefit how you do business.

     
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    Doing Accurate Layout Work

    Van and Lawrence Smith founded Smith Bros. Concrete Contractors, Walden, N.Y., in 1975. They bought a truck for $300 and had to borrow $3 for gas to drive it home. For the first several years they installed block and brick masonry but gradually shifted their emphasis to poured foundations for...

     
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    Tracking Precast Pieces

    To effectively manage materials across the supply chain for just-in-time delivery, this company turned to Vela Systems and Tekla Corp. to provide a Field BIM solution.

     
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    Using Maintenance Software to Keep Track of Equipment

    Increase company efficiency by employing a software package that keeps equipment functional and tracks costs.

     
  • Smart devices make you and your company an easy target for identy theft.

    20 Simple Actions to Protect Your Business from Fraud

    Identity theft has reached an all time high. These are steps you can take to protect yourself and your business.

     
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    Productivity Equals Profit

    How to increase productivity in the office and on the jobsite.

     
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    Tilt-Up Software Saves Time

    Panel drawings from the field using web-based software proves efficient.

     
  • Dow Corning Vacuum Insulation Panel to Contribute to Building Technology Showcase

    Dow Corning Corporation today announced its participation and contribution of Dow Corning Vacuum Insulation Panel technology to the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) Building Technology Showcase.

     
  • Collaboration software is a direct connection for the entire project team to current project information.

    Construction Project Collaboration Software

    Project collaboration software allows control of multiple subcontractors and vendors from a single location.

     
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    Easy PDF Markup

    PDF editing software will soon make design questions even easier to answer, and a Field BIM solution saves money on a design/build stadium project.

     
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    All-In-One Solution

    With budgets tight in the current economy, no company can afford to waste time and resources on redundant work.

     
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    Software for Hard Jobs

    Like a kid jumping into the pool feet first, the construction industry has rapidly gone from lagging to leading in the use of computers.

     
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    Is BIM the Future for Concrete Construction?

    Despite all of the hype, contractors aren't adopting building information modeling as quickly as you'd think. Here's why they aren't and what BIM holds for the future of the industry.