At a rural Ohio job site, Wieland Construction and its subcontractors are managing progress entirely from mobile devices — an investment they say has been offset by hours of time saved and countless mistakes avoided. Remotely hosted, cloud-based data storage services allow users to access and share data— documents, spreadsheets, plans, drawings, and photos—and the software programs needed to get your work done. There’s no longer a need to store all of your data on a hard drive on your computer, or to run an in-house file server back at the office. Because the data resides in the “cloud,” an... Read More
Throughout it all, and no doubt as a result of his dramatic sea adventures, Captain Keith has come to understand the necessity of leadership and th... Read More
Known for its breathtaking landscapes of volcanic rock, dramatic geysers, and some of the largest snow-covered glaciers in all of Europe, Iceland i... Read More
With natural disasters becoming more prevalent, buildings are increasingly taking a hit. Construction companies are now frequently choosing to opt ... Read More
Looking for a career change? Or have you maybe hit a deadend in your career path? A job in construction could be the solution you’ve been looking f... Read More
Jake Pepper says it’s nothing new for Pepper Construction Group to support and promote women. Thirty percent of Pepper’s employees, both field and ... Read More
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In case you hadn’t heard, OSHA increased the cost of penalties by 78 per cent back in August of 2016, and another two per cent increase came your w... Read More
As Executive Vice-President of Gaylor Electric, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Justin Baker oversees new business development for the company’... Read More
Since its founding more 130 years ago, Cromwell Architects Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas-based company, has strived to make a positive impact on... Read More
January 9, 2018
The term “going postal” became a morbid joke throughout the end of the 20th century. You don’t hear it used much anymore. Media coverage of mass sh... Read More
According to the Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), the rate of electrocution suffered in the construction industry remains unac... Read More
During ConstructConnect's 2018 Design & Construction Outlook webinar held on November 1, Kermit Baker, chief economist for the American Institute o... Read More
For both of them, it started with a flyer. Jacqueline Townsend was in an unemployment office in the fall of 2004 after she had lost a job as a ... Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that the number of women in the construction industry--already dismal--has actually decreased since its peak i... Read More
Two advocacy organizations for women in construction—Chicago Women in Trades and the National Association of Women in Construction—say their work i... Read More
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