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New Zealand Construction Labour Shortage, A Major Government Concern
New Zealand Government Moves To Control Widespread Shortage In The Construction Labour Force In a nation with a population of 4.7 million…
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SafeWork NSW Construction Safety Crackdown Expensive For Wayward Australia Firms
SafeWork NSW Crackdown On Australia Construction Safety Violations Results In Over $800,000 In Fines and Prosecutions In a driven effort to reduce…
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Construction Technology – A Blueprint For Increased Project Profits
Adoption of Construction Technology, A Blueprint Of The Modern Project Profit Center As the economy booms, ambitious construction companies are beginning to…
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ACT Work Health And Safety Law Changes For Major Construction Projects
Amended ACT Work Health and Safety Tabled On June 7, 2018 With the advent of a new 2018 amendment, the ACT Work…
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Slow Adoption of Technology Drives Increase In Under-performance Projects
Resistance to Modern Technology Results in Construction Industry Under-performance Projects In addressing current challenges to success within the modern construction industry, contractors…
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Essentials of an Optimized Construction Industry Safety Culture
Building Optimized Safety Culture and Health Management Within The Construction Industry An optimized safety culture helps reduce construction industry accidents. This means reduced…
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Colorado Investigation Confronts Misclassification of Construction Industry Employees
Colorado Task Force Takes On Employer Abuse of Construction Industry Employee Classifications What happens when Colorado determines that an unscrupulous contractor or…
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OSHA Interpretation For Construction Contractors
Four Major Categories of OSHA Interpretation OSHA standards for safety fall into four primary categories with each grouping based according to specific…
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OSHA proposes new crane rule addressing operator qualifications
New OSHA Qualifications Rules for Crane Operators in the U.S. Resets Employer Responsibility For Operator Competency In the ongoing drive to improve…
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Jobsite Millennials, A Strange New Term In The Construction Industry
Jobsite Millennials: Perhaps an unlikely combination of words. Or is it? Due to the millennial workforce reputation for slack work ethics, many…
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Materials and Construction Takeoff, The Basics
What Do We Mean When Talking Construction Takeoff? Construction and material takeoff, sometimes tagged merely construction take off, pertains to a particular…
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Certified Payroll, Understanding the Basic Construction-Focused Requirements
Certified Payroll or Getting A Handle Around Federal Form WH-347 To be submitted weekly to the oversight government contact agency, certified payroll…
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Jobsite Productivity – How To Boost Productivity On Job-sites
Efficient Jobsite Productivity Promotes On Budget, On Time and Less Costly Project Completion Cost-effective jobsite productivity requires maximum employee efficiency. However, jobsite…
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The Backbone of An Effective Cost Code System in Construction
Cost Codes – More Than The Defined Cost of Work-In-Process Cost codes should not be defined merely as the types of work…
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Davis Bacon Act, The Consequences of Failed Compliance
Davis Bacon Act, The Core Requirements of Compliance To simplify understanding of the Davis Bacon Act, we submit the following definition: In…
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How Do You Know You Have The Right Skilled Labor For the Right Equipment?
Skilled Labor, Crucial To Effective Use Of Equipment and Supplies In the vibrant dynamics of modern construction, a shortage in skilled labor…
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Minimizing Equipment Downtime On A Tight Project Schedule
Minimizing Equipment Downtime – Turn The Unexpected Into The Exception Rather Than The Norm Let not Murphy’s Law dominate equipment down time.…
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Streamlining the Allocation of Workers Based on Project Availability
Multi-Tasking – Staying On Top Of Resource Allocation Based On Project Availability Streamlining the allocation of worker resources demands rapid-fire multi-tasking. It’s…
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Construction Project Delays – How To Keep Up The Spirit Of Progress
Retaining The Spirit of Progress In The Wake Of Construction Project Delays Few things affect the spirit of progress so much as…
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What To Look For In Construction Project Scheduling Software?
Challenges of Using Construction Project Scheduling Software Many years have now passed since the introduction of construction project scheduling software. And technology…
