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Slowly but surely, the construction industry is going digital. For example, more and more construction equipment is networked, meaning it can share information with computers as...

What lies between Chicago, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin? For one thing, 200 long miles — long, that is, if you’re running them over the course of 36 sleepless hours as part of...

Construction is a year-round business, even in four-season areas of the country. Despite cold winters, business must go on — preferably but not necessarily indoors — to keep crews...

While green building certification among U.S. commercial building projects has slowed since a 2013 peak, schools are stepping into the gap by building a near-record share, putting...

Quality doesn’t happen by accident. If you want a high-quality end product, you need to plan for it from the beginning. And that means having a written quality control plan you can...

According to a 2016 joint study from Dodge Data & Analytics and the Lean Construction Institute, 49 percent of “typical” construction projects exceeded their budgets according to...

If robots will one day take over construction jobs, as predicted in a white paper by construction giant Balfour Beatty, that day is a long way off, given everything that would need...

Your jobsite safety talks undoubtedly address topics like fall protection, equipment safety, PPE and lockout/tagout procedures . But when was the last time you talked about...