CONTACT
SUBSCRIBE- SOLUTIONS
- 2008 Classes
- Project Management Training
- Strategic Operations Programs
- Process & Workflow Improvement
- Excel Tools For Contractors
- Operations & Acctg. Integration
- Customized Training Programs
- RCCA (Rapid Const. Co. Analysis)
- Emerging Contractor Development
- CCD (Const. Co. Development)
- Special Projects
- RESOURCES
- BLOG
- CONTRACTOR HEADLINES
- ABOUT
- CONTACT
- SUBSCRIBE
- CLIENT LOGIN
HEADLINES ADDED: May 12, 2008
Lawn Leaders Inc. Introduces The Dripper Temporary Sprinkler System
The Dripper was developed as a temporary solution for watering newly installed sod or seed, saving the homeowner's time and the aggravation of moving a hose and sprinkler around.... Read More
Class of 45 Attend I&I Sling Rigging Seminar
Forty-five contractors, safety personnel, engineers, and members of the nuclear power field and Navy attended the I&I Sling rigging seminar on March 5, 2008. Tom De Soo, who has more than 20 years of experience in the Crane & Rigging industry, led the seminar at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Norwood, Mass.... Read More
The 2008 Annual Awards For Excellence In Concrete Pavement (Part II)
The Missouri/Kansas Chapter of the ACPA honored exceptional concrete pavement professionals at the 28th Annual Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Conference & Annual Back to Basics Seminar on February 26 – 28, 2008, in Kansas City, Missouri. The awards program encourages high-quality workmanship in every concrete pavement project and serves as a forum for sharing information about high...... Read More
Quieter Concrete
Attendees of the recent 2008 Michigan Concrete Paving Association's 38th Annual Workshop were told that quieter concrete surfaces have been developed and are being tested by two states. John Roberts, of the International Grooving and Grinding Association (IGGA), said that other states are being sought out to test this Next Generation Concrete Surface (NGCS) category of concrete pavements.... Read More
West Virginia Construction & Design Exposition
Thousands of construction, engineering and architectural professionals attended the 29th annual West Virginia Construction & Design Exposition, held March 19-20 at the Charleston Civic Center in downtown Charleston. The expo, which encompassed the entire Civic Center facility, was sponsored by the Contractors Association of West Virginia, West Virginia Utility Contractors Association, West ...... Read More
Mid-America Trucking Show
More than 1,100 exhibitors from the continental United States and 12 foreign countries showcased the latest and greatest products the trucking industry has to offer at the 37th annual Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), held March 27–29 in Louisville, Ky. This year's show at the Kentucky Exposition Center, attended by 76,564 trucking and construction professionals, encompassed more than 1.... Read More
CIOB: Skills shortage will only get worse
The Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB) has warned that construction still faces a shortage of skills, despite the relatively high availability of migrant labour.... Read More
World Architecture Festival launches all-encompassing award
A new architecture award is set to provide bus stops and dentist surgeries with the chance to be recognised as great buildings.... Read More
Bid-rigging: local authorities may launch action against accused companies
Local authorities are reviewing whether to launch action against companies’ accused of bid-rigging by the Office of Fair Trading.... Read More
Construction workers contribute to rise in number of employees with no fixed workplace
The construction industry accounted for one-third of the increase in workers who reported no fixed workplace address between 2001 and 2006, according to Statistics Canada.... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: May 10, 2008
Beyond Housing : A discussion with Robert Murray, chief economist, McGraw-Hill Construction
With so much talk of a slump in housing, the rest of the construction picture was getting obscured. ENR.com’s Senior Business Editor, Richard Korman, and McGraw-Hill Construction Chief Economist Robert Murray talk about the nuances of the housing decline, what consumer trends are driving retail development, why demand still is high despite inflation, why offices still are vibrant although not as high as historic peaks, hot cities, the sharp upswing in power-related construction and how the Democrat-controlled Congress affects the picture in transportation.... Read More
Gearing Up for Bauma: A Talk with David C.A. Phillips, Managing Director of Off-Highway Research
Flights to Munich are booking up for the Bauma equipment show in April, with more than 500,000 equipment buyers expected to attend the triennial extravaganza. International market analyst David Phillips talks about why construction equipment is selling out like hotel rooms in Munich, and offers key insights into the huge growth of manufacturers from China that will be exhibiting at the show. He also answers our question: Is Chinese equipment for real, or is it all for show?... Read More
Bid-rigging: OFT tight-lipped on identity of firms in bid-rigging fight
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will maintain a vow of silence over its bid-rigging investigation until it makes an announcement next year on the level...... Read More
Measuring Up: Six Common Characteristics of Successful Salespeople
Before reviewing the six characteristics of successful salespeople, we need to talk about sales in general. Selling is an acquired skill, not a God-given talent. Salespeople are communicators, not manipulators. For many people, their only sales experience has been with a pushy car or insurance salesperson. Such prejudices are commonplace and totally wrong.... Read More
Barnett Dembek Architects’ Nordel Annex project fit for a feast
Plans for Nordel Annex, a commercial facility and banquet hall in North Surrey, have been designed by Barnett Dembek Architects.... Read More
Canada’s Housing Starts Average 229,000 Units through April
... Read More
HIPs hit by housing market slowdown
The introduction of Home Information Packs (HIPs) has been delayed by the government again – now because of the slowdown in the housing market.... Read More
A Holding Pattern for Canada’s Employment in April 2008
Statistics Canada released its latest labour force numbers today, for April 2008. Month to month, the number of jobs in the country increased by 19,000. This can be characterized as a holding pattern. It is interesting to note that whereas Canada gained 19,000 jobs in April, the U.S. lost almost exactly the same number (-20,000). Construction job growth in Canada, on a year-over-year basis, increased an incredible +10.4% in the latest month.... Read More
New York’s Green Museum Roster Includes Rochester Butterfly Garden
The April 2008 issue of eco-structure profiles the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden at Rochester, New York’s Strong National Museum of Play, a hands-on interactive learning institution geared towards both children and adults. Dancing Wings was part of Strong’s recent $37 million expansion effort and includes a number of sustainable design features, including a 4000-square-foot, 50-foot diameter tensile-fabric membrane roof designed and installed by Amherst, New York-based specialty contractor Birdair, Inc. The PTFE-coated roof allows up to 40 percent of natural light to penetrate into the habitat below, where over... Read More
Economic slowdown: latest news and developments
Latest news on how the economic downturn and credit crunch is affecting the construction and housing market, including analysis and commentary.... Read More
Green Jobs and Industries Still A Bright Spot In Economy
I was reading Forbes.com today and stumbled across a column that put a smile on my face. While researching “the effects on the economy and job market from…greater green industry,” Michael Marks came to the same realization I did a short while ago: “lo and behold, I found a topic that is nearly universally positive.” With housing and financial turmoil, the increase in energy costs, and disasters dominating headlines for the past few months, it may be easy to overlook the progress of green industries and the promise they... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: May 09, 2008
CertainTeed Adds Low-Slope Roofing Courses
Click here for full story... Read More
Green Talk: Sustainable Building Center Co-Director Discusses LEED, Green Guide for Health Care
Gail Vittori, of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, was the sustainability consultant to the architects of the new Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas project in Austin, scheduled for completion this spring. The $200-million medical center on 32 acres of the former Austin airport site is a likely candidate to be the nation's first hospital to achieve platinum LEED certification.... Read More
George Heery: Building Contractual Bridges
In Engineering News-Record's March 5, 2007, Progressive Project Delivery issue, George T. Heery's Technical Viewpoint explains a new hybrid delivery system he calls Bridging/CM. The project delivery method combines bridging with construction manager at-risk, thus enabling owners to lock in an early enforceable price. In an online conversation with ENR New England Bureau Chief William Angelo, Heery discusses the hybrid system's benefits.... Read More
Authentic architecture addresses social and economic differences
In a world that has accepted the concept of globalization, it is now necessary to consider whether the notion of authentic architecture continues to be valid.... Read More
Construction starts continue to decline
Reed Construction Data (RCD) announced today that the year-to-date value of construction starts through April 2008, excluding residential contracts, totaled $83.5 billion, down 9.3% from the same period in 2007. Starts decreased 5.7% in April from a very strong March total. Allowing for seasonality, the trend has been clearly and slowly downward since last fall. RCD expects the current trend to continue for at least several more months even though rapidly rising construction inflation is boosting project costs.... Read More
Construction Cost Increases for Four College Building Categories
A college dormitory had the largest year-over-year increase in construction costs in April 2008 (+3.9% on average for 25 major centers) among four educational categories monitored by RSMeans. In second place was a laboratory (+3.5%), followed by a student union building (+3.0%) and a classroom (+2.8%). As for actual dollar-per-square-foot cost of construction, a college dormitory is most expensive. With respect to city increases, Chicago consistently recorded the greatest year-over-year percentage rise.... Read More
ProBuilder Product Report: Roofing & Siding
Think outside the box with these new roofing and siding products from Timberline, Follansbee and more.... Read More
20 Times Square: Green Tower at Bus Terminal Close to Securing Anchor Tenant
The New York Observer reported on Wednesday that 20 Times Square, the planned 42-story LEED (for Core and Shell) Gold tower that Vornado and Ruben will co-develop above the north wing of the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 8th Avenue, is close to securing an anchor tenant. Law firm Paul Weiss is in preliminary negotiations with Vornado for 500,000 square feet of space across the building’s middle floors- over a third of the building’s 1.3 million square feet- at what’s rumored to be $95 per square foot. The project... Read More
The MTA: What Are You Going to Do, Walk?
The MTA, the people who brought you “The Next Brooklyn-bound L Train Will Arrive in Two Minutes” announcements only a decade or two after such systems became standard in the Old Country are not letting the Euros beat us in recycling, either. From Paris to Shanghai, most major transit systems in the past 10 years have installed separate bins for paper, glass, plastic, and even organic vs. non-organic waste. A few weeks ago, large stickers appeared on every single one of the black bomb-resistant garbage cans lining the platforms.... Read More
Related Links
Adjust Text Size
Subscribe to Contactor Headlines
[What is RSS]
Subscribe By Email
More Options
Categories
-
- BIM
- Best-Practices
- Career
- Codes-Standards
- Construction-Accounting
- Construction-Books
- Construction-Equipment
- Construction-Events
- Construction-Law
- Construction-News
- Construction-Productivity
- Construction-Products
- Construction-Safety
- Construction-Technolgy
- Construction-Technology
- Construction-Training
- Construction-Workforce
- Customer-Satisfaction
- Customer-Service
- Design-Engineering
- Entrepreneurship
- Estimating
- Green-Construction
- Industry-Association
- Industry-Outlook
- Interesting
- Leadership
- Lean-Construction
- Management
- Operations
- Organizational-Change
- Outside-The-Box
- Personal-Productivity
- Process-Documentation
- Project-Delivery
- Project-Management
- Public-Works
- Risk-Insurance
- Sales-Marketing
- Strategy
- Studies-Lists