As a framing subcontractor, it is important for you to submit your bids faster, while ensuring your labor and material quantities are accurate. You need to calculate precisely how many square feet of subfloor, total count of studs and plates and/or labor you need for the project. Speed and accuracy are the keys to your […]

Everyday construction estimators around the globe face a common dilemma, can they achieve a high level of accuracy while trying to hit a tight deadline? In the world of estimating deadlines often approach rather quickly. Couple that with the everyday delays, such as waiting on that final set of approved blue prints, construction estimators can […]

It is amazing how much information is transacted during a typical day on a construction site. Whether it is info being passed from site to home office, from site to site, site to owner, it is an enormous amount of data interchange. Blue pint updates. Invoices. Sub-contractor delays. Time changes to material deliveries. Payroll. And […]

Great News for the Waterford Lakes Florida Area with the announcement of the ground breaking of a new freestanding emergency room. On Sept. 13 there was a ceremony held by the nonprofit health care provider to announce the $15.6 million AdventHealth Waterford Lakes ER. The ER will have 24 patient rooms, including two pediatric-friendly rooms; […]

As of 2018 in the United States, commercial drone use has increased across many industries. In the last two years, some one million new pilots have registered with the Federal Aviation Administration, and by 2020, experts expect seven million or more drones flying the skies. In recent reports, it was found that construction is in […]

The skilled labor shortage is a well-documented epidemic. As baby boomers continue to reach retirement age and the younger generations enter the workforce in stronger numbers, companies must take steps to understand how best to recruit and retain these workers — and technology can help with that. The proliferation of construction technology not only will increase […]

The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) is set to pump in $2.6B in Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) grants for transformative transit and rail projects. The body has announced 28 recipients for the funds. The agency has allocated additional funding for seven projects via multi-year funding agreements, taking up the funding amount to […]

The takeoff world has been undergoing a steady change, thanks to evolving technology. Components like cloud-prompted connectivity, digital blueprints and social media apps have made businesses more digitally driven. The cloud in particular has changed the way construction companies have worked forever. Cloud-based takeoff is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) involving a remotely located server that you […]

NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars has joined hands with the Cordish Cos. to co-develop a $2.5 billion mixed-use district along with Iguana Investments at a site near Jacksonville NFL stadium. This development, along with the Oakland Raiders $1.8 billion stadium coming up in Las Vegas, underlines the scale of investments in sports venues across the United States. […]