Category: Featured
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Tips to Create an All-Season Outdoor Living Space
Creating an outdoor living area that you can enjoy in any season is an excellent way to embrace the beauty of nature throughout the year. Grand View Research claims that Americans love hosting social events. This trend has really fueled the outdoor living structures market. These open areas are ideal for incorporating features like pools,…
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Experience Matters When It Comes to Industrial Construction Services
Industrial construction is not like building a strip mall or pouring concrete for a suburban office park. These projects are complex, highly regulated, and deeply tied to critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and heavy industry. In this field, experience isn’t just valuable, it’s essential. Companies that have managed large-scale industrial builds know how to prevent costly delays,…
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From Resume to Algorithm: Navigating Digital Hiring
The days when a paper resume and a firm handshake were enough to secure a new job are quickly fading into memory. Today, the path to employment often runs straight through digital platforms, online applications, and algorithms that make snap decisions about who even gets seen by a human recruiter. For many job seekers, this…
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SME homebuilders are in ‘real danger’, HBF says
Unpredictable delays, rising costs and new levies could push SME home developers out of the market, according to a new report. The report, Planning for Small Sites, has been published by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and Quantum Development Finance, using analysis from planning and development consultancy Lichfields. According to the findings, SME homebuilders are facing…
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Sellafield selects trio for £2.9bn contracts
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Costain, and Hochtief have been appointed to deliver non-nuclear infrastructure works on the Sellafield site. The contracts, with a total value of up to £2.9 billion, have been awarded as part of the Infrastructure Delivery Partnership (IDP). The partnership will deliver projects and tasks to support essential services at Sellafield, including: electricity…
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How Small Engine Uptime and Efficiency Increases Rental Business ROI
For rental businesses and construction contractors, the small engine is often an overlooked component, yet it remains the primary driver of jobsite productivity. While an engine’s upfront cost may raise some eyebrows, a truly profitable engine isn’t the one with the lowest price tag. The real measure of its worth is its long-term return on…
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Surety industry sees education as key to opening doors for new construction firms
For many new contractors, bonding presents a chance to bid on larger or public contracts. But lack of familiarity with underwriting requirements—financial statements, work-in-progress schedules, character and credit history— can hold them back and prevent them from obtaining surety bonds. To help overcome those barriers, several leading surety groups and carriers are stepping up their…
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How location intelligence can change construction
Construction’s goal is to execute projects safely, predictably, and affordably. To achieve this, you must prepare thoroughly, execute the plan without issue, and be ready to handle changing construction site issues. Location-intelligent solutions from Esri transform how construction projects are planned, executed, and completed. Managers, superintendents, mobile workers, and office team members must collaborate for…
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How location intelligence can change construction
Construction’s goal is to execute projects safely, predictably, and affordably. To achieve this, you must prepare thoroughly, execute the plan without issue, and be ready to handle changing construction site issues. Location-intelligent solutions from Esri transform how construction projects are planned, executed, and completed. Managers, superintendents, mobile workers, and office team members must collaborate for…
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What Really IS Folk Art?? And How Do They Look Based On Where They’re From?
Welcome to another installment in my unofficial guide to non-cookie-cutter design. My first take explored the beauty of ethnic textiles, global and ethnic design; my second, a plea for designing for whimsy rather than chicness. Today, we’re diving into a topic that I lightly touched on earlier this year, in a team shopping post about…