ABC Announces Fifth Annual List of Top-Performing US Construction Contractors

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Associated Builders and Contractors released its fifth annual Top Performers publication, which lists its contractor members that build the country’s most enduring, innovative, high-quality construction projects, ranked by work hours. This year’s Top Performers include everything from women-owned businesses to service-disabled and veteran-owned businesses to minority-owned businesses large and small; general contractors and specialty trade contractors throughout the entire country. To be eligible, Top Performers must achieve Gold status or higher in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System, which makes the top-performing contractors more than six times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average, according to ABC’s Safety … Read more

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Construction Vehicle Safety Devices Must Be Fit for Purpose Says Tech Specialist

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Following the publication of a report indicating there were over 1,000 fatal injuries in the construction industry during 2020 – hundreds of which came from transportation-related incidents – Brigade Electronics is calling on the industry to ensure commercial vehicle safety devices are fit for purpose. The report, released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, found that workers in demanding industries, such as construction and extraction, transportation and material moving accounted for nearly half of the 4,764 fatal occupational injuries. Due to the size of construction vehicles and machinery, visibility can be limited for operators. Complex blind spots combined with … Read more

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Partnership Introduces New Scholarship for Students Pursuing Construction Careers

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Wallin Education Partners and Mortenson announced the new Mortenson Scholarship for students pursuing a career in construction through Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The scholarship is designed to support students from low-income backgrounds in the Twin Cities area, and creates a specific pathway leading to a full-time position at Mortenson upon graduation. The Mortenson Scholars program will award up to $30,000 toward a two-year program to five selected students starting college full time in Fall 2023 at Dunwoody, and who are pursuing a degree in Construction Project Management or Architectural Drafting & Design. The Mortenson Scholarship, when combined … Read more

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Honeybees Offer New Ideas on Materials Use, Structure Strength Via 4D Time-Lapse Imaging

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Purdue University engineers and entomologists are making some sweet discoveries about how honeybees build and structure their honeycombs, which could lead to new fabrication techniques taken from the buzzing builders. Purdue’s Ransburg Professor of Materials Engineering Nikhilesh Chawla is one of the first to utilize 4D imaging to delve further into the complexities of the honeycomb. The imaging allows a time-lapse view of the bees’ work without cutting into their home. The innovative view of the bees’ construction found techniques that could eventually translate into new concepts for structural materials or additive manufacturing for the construction industry. Chawla said some … Read more

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Adapting to Ongoing Supply Chain Impacts

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Game-changing warehousing strategies for 2023 By Josh Young As we look to 2023, the construction industry is still adapting to ongoing supply chain impacts, cost escalation and logistics challenges. While some of the extreme lead times are beginning to ease, we’re still predicting a gentle rise – but a rise nonetheless – in escalation. To manage the costs and help clients get the most value for their budget, warehousing for material storage and prefabrication has been a gamechanger. Utilizing warehouse space isn’t new in the construction industry, but it has traditionally been limited to large, multi-year projects, or those on … Read more

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