NoteVault Launches Free NoteVault Accounts for Subcontractors

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NoteVault recently launched One Team. One Report, a new program designed to increase transparency, while reducing administration costs of managing subcontractor reports on large, complicated building or engineering projects. This program enables construction companies to invite subcontractors to contribute project documentation to any project within their account at no cost to either the contractor or the subcontractor. Each subcontractor is allocated an individual NoteVault account, which includes daily reporting platform; Notes! app for Android or iOS; activities labor, materials and equipment app; immediate notification of incidents/accidents; collaboration with colleagues using comment feature and professional human transcription (additional charge). The NoteVault … Read more

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Austin-Sundt JV Completes $316M Airport Rental Car Center

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Austin-Sundt, a joint venture between Austin Commercial and Sundt Construction, Inc., along with the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, recently celebrated the official ribbon cutting for the $316-million San Diego International Airport consolidated rental car center in California. Austin-Sundt served as the construction manager at risk for the project, which enabled the airport to shift rental car operations to a centralized location on the north side of San Diego International Airport. The 2-million-square-foot structure houses 14 rental car companies but can accommodate as many as 19 brands. The facility also includes a customer service building, … Read more

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Rotary Hammer Delivers Maximum Productivity, Battery Runtime and Comfort

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The Bosch RH328VC-36 Bulldog rotary hammer provides maximum productivity with 2.4 ft/lbs of impact energy for fast, consistent drilling and chiseling in concrete. The vibration-dampened handle provides maximum comfort all day. Sensor-based technology shuts the tool off should the bit get into a bind situation. The tool also offers Electronic Precision Control, which provides users precise drilling thanks to the advantage of 70 percent power soft-start. That means virtually no walking and no skating when it’s time to drill holes in precise locations. The hammer’s multi-function selector includes three operation modes: rotary hammer, rotation only and hammer only. The Bosch … Read more

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Pneumatic Stone Vacuum Lifter Used to Install 260 Travertine Tiles

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Constructed in 1982, the travertine panel façade of the Capital One Plaza building in Houston, Texas was showing signs of spalling and the sealants were failing from years of weather exposure. Western Specialty Contractors was hired by property manager CBRE to restore the 22-story building’s damaged travertine façade. Western’s scope of work included removing 260 travertine panels, each weighing 700 pounds, and replacing them with new tiles imported from an Italian quarry to match. Damaged panels were repaired by using a combination of re-pinning using Helical Anchors and performing Dutchmen repairs, a technique used to replace … Read more

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Salaries Remain High in Construction Industry

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ALACHUA, Fla. – Skilled craft professionals continue to earn top dollar, according to NCCER’s 2015 Construction Craft Salary Survey. Each year, NCCER surveys companies and organizations from the industrial and commercial construction industries across the U.S about the salaries of their craft professionals. The Construction Craft Salary Survey represents average annual salaries for individual craft areas, not including overtime, per diem, bonuses or other incentives. Of the nearly 90 construction groups surveyed, average annual salaries for craft professions ranged from just over $47,000 to almost $89,000. Project managers and project supervisors topped the list, earning $88,675 and $77,917, respectively. Other … Read more

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