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By Kathleen Brown, Construction Dive

Building information modeling allows construction professionals to establish a single source of truth on their projects and to collaborate with trades and stakeholders more efficiently than they could before. But adding this tool to the arsenal takes a calculated approach to securing management buy-in, training talent and offsetting investments.  

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By Tiffany Couch, Construction Executive

It’s common practice for most public and some private companies to issue bids with the intent that local subcontractors and vendors will assemble their most competitive proposal to compete for a specific piece of a project. In theory, competitive bidding promotes a fair, equitable and transparent environment that awards the project to the most innovative

By Kevin Breuninger, CNBC.

Corporate earnings certainly have been very, very strong. there's no question about that. And it's also no question that market's job is to look ahead," Ross says. "I think a lot will have to do with whether infrastructure gets the kind of treatment that it really deserves."

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By Kathleen Brown of Construction Dive

Introducing technology at a construction company isn’t as simple as supplying iPads and downloading “freemium” project management apps — it involves a plethora of hardware, software, people and processes and requires someone at the helm who understands how all of these interact in the construction business.

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By Kim Slowey of Construction Dive

Voters nationwide last week approved at least $24.4 billion in bond initiatives that will back construction projects ranging from schools to infrastructure, Bloomberg reported. There was more than $76 billion worth of such measures — the highest dollar amount since 2006 — seeking voter approval, so the amount could rise as more results are announced.

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By Kim Slowey of Construction Dive

With big projects in various stages of development booming around the country, it's hard to keep up with what's being built where, so Construction Dive has rounded up some of the most notable hives of construction activity.

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Source: AGC of America

Construction employment increased by 30,000 jobs in October and by 330,000 jobs over the past year, topping 7.3 million for the first time since April 2008, while the industry’s average pay jumped and unemployment decreased to a historic low, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. 

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By Jean Dimeo of Construction Dive: 

Contractors usually see indicators in their jobsite and financial data when something is going wrong with a project. But sometimes, a project succumbs to troubles even when the data looks great, two construction industry veterans said during a session at Procore's Groundbreak Construction Conference this week.

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SWACCA (Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance) today announced its strong support for National Apprenticeship Week, a week-long recognition of the value of apprenticeships to the future U.S. workforce. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), National Apprenticeship Week runs November 12-18. 

National Apprenticeship Week highlights the benefits that privately-funded, high-quality registered apprenticeship programs -- such as those SWACCA sponsors with its union

By Douglas J. Suter, Hahn Loeser 

Effective October 1, 2018, Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a new National Emphasis Program (Directive Number CPL-02-00-161) for Trenching and Excavation due to a recent spike in trenching fatalities nationwide. 

This new Program provides updated guidance and increased enforcement on the National Emphasis Program OSHA has had in place for