Liens in construction were introduced to address the same age-old problem in building and development: convincing skilled laborers to outlay time and materials when payment was meant to happen at a later date. Jefferson and other legislators of his time realized that if the boundless land of ...
Many readers pointed out the "overall lack of awareness when it comes to the production process behind construction materials" and that it's necessary to delve deeper into "the individual actions that can be taken, such as emphasizing the use of local ma...
In the construction industry, reverse logistics moves and recycles salvaged materials to new sites. As the construction industry adopts more sustainable practices to reduce waste, there is an opportunity for cost savings by using reverse logistics. In the food industry, reverse logistics is responsible...
Rather than actually building the furniture on your own, you can choose to design it and work with a builder ormanufacturerto create the products for you. You may require some specialized drafting skills and an understanding of materials and construction so you can communicate effectively with fact...
Does the repair material need to allow water vapor transmission? Water vapor pressure from within the matrix of the concrete can create very high pressures-easily strong enough to debond many repair materials. How important is compressive strength or flexural strength? How about abrasion resistance?
"but be careful not to over-finish the surface and work some of the air out." Advice in a 1996 edition ofConcrete Construction's Problem Clinic, however, says you can trowel twice before brooming, but be sure to keep the trowel flat during the second troweling and begin brooming "immed...
To see the sales process in action, let’s take a look at how home manufacturer HomesRUs finds customers and closes deals efficiently. Background:Construction company HomesRUs launched in 2020, with a simple goal: to sell affordable homes in the Chicagoland area to young families. Their homes...
Safety is foundational to construction. However, with all the focus on budgets, timelines, and processes, it may feel like safety doesn’t always come first. Yet it can affect all aspects of a construction project, from team morale and client satisfaction to profitability and growth. ...
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Witnessing these recurring problems, it became apparent that we needed to revisit the entire concrete placement process, starting with how the subgrade was prepared all the way through to the curing of the slab and, ultimately, the polishing. After attending several of these preconstruction brain...