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Rental Industry's Enhanced Focus on Leadership
Detmer Consulting Inc.
Are your rental industry managers truly the leaders you need them to be?
Leadership and the Rental Business
Plant Maintenance
Designing Safety Into Surface Preparation
National Flooring Equipment
Contractors and operators are clearly at risk working in the construction sector - but they can also be influential in on-site safety improvements. How can equipment manufacturers learn from them to create a safer industry?
Designing Safety Into Surface Preparation
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Rationalizing the Standard Hook in a Residential Footing
Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)
This column deals with a comparison of the minimum requirements set forth by the International Residential Code (IRC) and the referenced standard document, ACI 332-14 Requirements for Residential Concrete.
Figure 1: Complicated footing reinforcement showing standard hooks for vertical dowels.
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Reduce Random Cracking with Plate Dowels
KB Engineering LLC
Use plate dowels at construction joints to reduce the risk of random cracking.
Steel plate dowels carry loads across a construction joint, maintain vertical alignment between adjacent slabs and allow concrete shrinkage both perpendicular and parallel to the joint.
Management
6 Key Preconstruction Considerations
PlanHub, Inc.
Ultimately, realistic cost estimation, meticulous scheduling, risk analysis, design coordination, and value engineering are the foundations of the preconstruction phase.
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Infrastructure
Forklift Battery Trends in 2024
Stryten Energy
To better understand the opportunities and challenges influencing motive power decision-makers in 2024, here are the Top 4 forklift battery trends in 2024.
To better understand the opportunities and challenges influencing motive power decision-makers in 2024, here are the Top 4 forklift battery trends in 2024.
Technology
How AI Can Increase Efficiencies in Construction
Oracle
From enhanced standardization and project management platforms to automation options that increase speed and reduce costs, these new tools offer increased flow within offsite construction projects.
Increased adoption of generative AI and large language models may streamline construction processes and drive efficiencies across the full construction lifecycle.
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Circular Concrete Pours: Tips on Pouring a Circular Foundation for a Grain Bin
Curb Roller Manufacturing
When the job is a foundation for a grain bin, you can find limitations and unique challenges to such a remote setting. Investing in specialized equipment may save time and provide a long-lasting foundation.
Battery-powered roller screeds are suited for remote applications. They have no cords or hoses and can be easily operated in remote environments with a limited power supply.
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7 Methods for Testing Concrete Strength
Giatec Scientific Inc.
There are many different practices aside from cylinder break tests that can be used.
Construction Site
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Top Three Reports Every Rental Business Should Have Tacked on Their Wall
InTempo Software
By focusing on three broad areas — the “three Ps” of people, process and product — you can ensure that you keep a 360-degree view of the most critical aspects of your rental business.
Inventory analysis reports can dramatically reduce two of the biggest drains on ROI: understocking and overstocking rental inventory.
Management
Forklift Battery Safety
OneCharge Inc.
How to ensure efficient and secure operations with lithium battery technology.
Forklift Lithium Battery Safety
Paving
Taking Off On A Runway Revamp at Albert J. Ellis Airport
S.T. Wooten
Strategic planning and teamwork create smooth
landing pad for $10.4 million pavement maintenance job.
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