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What If The Safety Hazard Never Existed?

A personal recommendation to join the AGC conference on implementing prevention through design

Richard Korman

September 6, 2019

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An opportunity on Sept. 27 to learn about implementing prevention through design safety practices.

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Don't Change the Rules for Construction Apprenticeship

Richard Korman

August 29, 2019

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Keep the industry exempt from a Trump administration plan to create private oversight of craft programs; the system works to prevent lowering the bar long set.

Pepper Construction's Breakthrough Combination of Technology and People

How one contractor reinvented its processes to integrate people and technology

Stan and Jake Pepper

August 29, 2019

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The right mix of good people equipped with relevant technology ignites progress. At Pepper, progress is powered by a focus on possibilities. We ask, “What if?”

Re-Powering the Power Industry: Sustainability Puts Grid on a New Path

Mario Azar

August 28, 2019

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As consumers demand constant cheap power, there will be more focus on distributed energy resources.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of September 2, 2019

August 28, 2019

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Smith Packett Med-Com, LLC, is planning to build The Crossings at Hoover senior living facility in Hoover.

Commentary on Labor Shortages

How A Contractor Saved The Day On A Troubled Florida Condo Project

John Zander

August 21, 2019

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Enough isn’t said about general contractors on rocky, out-of-control projects who take the lead in solving problems they didn’t create.

How a Robot-Built Habitat on Mars Could Change Construction on Earth

Drew Turney

August 15, 2019

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A habitat designed to be built on Mars can teach us a lot about building practices on Earth.

Contractors must embrace new technology and cooperation

Changing Construction Market Challenges Project Managers to Evolve

Construction companies face the same challenges as technology companies and must be willing to embrace new technology to do their work

Sean Olcott

July 31, 2019

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Construction companies face the same challenges as technology companies and must be willing to embrace new delivery means and methods for their services... just as Netflix embraced streaming over mail-delivered DVDs.

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Bridges to Prosperity and Rwandan Government Launch Nationwide Program to Fight Isolation and Poverty

Janice L. Tuchman

July 16, 2019

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The Gasyogogo bridge opening came the same week that Bridges to Prosperity launched its national partnership to connect 1.1 million Rwandans by building 355 bridges.