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How Builders Can Adapt to the ‘New Normal’

How Builders Can Adapt to the ‘New Normal’

More than ever before, eliminating uncertainty and establishing a unified culture within a job site is paramount. Reduced…

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Michigan Construction Crew Stays Safe While Working in Extreme Summer Heat

Michigan Construction Crew Stays Safe While Working in Extreme Summer Heat

A Michigan construction crew tells how they are staying safe while working and avoiding the dangers of the…

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How a ‘Low-Value’ Tree Becomes a ‘Revolutionary’ Building Material

How a ‘Low-Value’ Tree Becomes a ‘Revolutionary’ Building Material

These days, it seems like more and more projects are considering the option of wood buildings. In fact,…

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Sea Pointe Construction Lends a Helping Hand to a California Family Shelter

Sea Pointe Construction Lends a Helping Hand to a California Family Shelter

(Photo: Business Wire) The holidays are getting closer, which makes it a good time for builders to show…

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‘Lumber-Intensive DIY’ is Driving an Increase in the Cost of Construction Materials

‘Lumber-Intensive DIY’ is Driving an Increase in the Cost of Construction Materials

iStock/Melena-Nsk It is widely known that the coronavirus pandemic has not made work easy for contractors, but conditions…

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Wick Buildings Stays in Lock Step With Customers

Wick Buildings Stays in Lock Step With Customers

Wick Buildings has maintained its character of a good, family owned company that takes pride in every build.…

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The Wearable Robot

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We’ve heard about builders using robots on job sites. Now, Tesseract Ventures offers a new product where workers wear them to keep safe during COVID-19. The company’s Tesseract PRISM product is a wearable robot that tracks and documents the proximity of individual workers in real time and can alert employees and management of breaches in […]

How to Mitigate Supply Chain Disruptions During COVID-19

Maintaining service in the face of the uncertainty created by COVID-19 has challenged many construction businesses over the past several months. Emerging supply chain disruptions have caused a renewed focus…

What’s in a Claim: Protecting Your Right to Extra Time or Money — Part Two

Last week, we presented the first half of Luke J. Farley Sr. and Dixie T. Wells’ article on how to make a claim. Below is the second half, where the…

From the Roof to the Walls: How to Properly Waterproof Homes

Builders know that weather isn’t what it used to be. Building for quality means building for all weather conditions. Homes need to be able to withstand the worst no matter…

Surprise! Residential is On the Road to Recovery

When the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, virtually all businesses were disrupted, including residential construction. But if recent news is any indication, the sector might be making a modest comeback. According to CNBC,…