Intratem works with construction firms to ensure they are using the best mobile technology, while lowering costs, saving time, and keeping their systems secure.
By Staci Davidson, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
Budgets are tight, and qualified labor is often in short supply. Contractors need to make the best use of the money, time and people they have. And as the construction industry becomes more mobile and relies more on technology, firms need to be sure they are not wasting time, money or labor resources in unnecessary ways. Intratem is one partner that can help ensure contractors stay focused on their core competencies, while making best use of their resources.
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Lifting Gear Hire takes pride in keeping the construction industry safe.
By Staci Davidson, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
Whenever a contractor excitedly wants to tell me about his or her company’s safety program, I get excited as well. Safety is the most important aspect of the construction industry – actually, most industries – and the best contractors know not to take it for granted. Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) makes safety its business, and this focus has driven its success for more than 25 years.
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The Compliant Client system from eMars helps contractors ensure payroll compliance.
In-depth federal government audits. Large fines. Jail time. Going out of business. A non-compliant payroll is a serious problem with strong negative effects. Out-of-compliance payroll checks can’t be ignored away. No kidding. No joke.
The Davis-Bacon Act, passed by Congress in 1931, requires private contractors to pay prevailing wages to employees on all government-funded construction projects worth more than $2,000. Stiff fines and jail time can result if payroll checks are not in compliance with this act. There are 30 compliance regulations that must be adhered to for every check.
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DKI’s Extreme Torque tools are put to the test at a massive tunnel project.
By Jim Harris, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
At a planned 58 kilometers (35 miles) in length, the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) in Europe will be the longest railway tunnel in the world when completed in 2025.
The tunnel, running between Austria and Italy, is designed to significantly reduce the amount of time it takes trains to travel through the region by shifting trains from mountain passages to underground rail.
Keller Group UK, one of the world’s leading engineering firms that works on large turnkey projects in civil and infrastructure around the globe, relied on Drill King International (DKI) to provide it with the tools needed to successfully complete this section of the massive project.
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Wallworks Acoustic Architectural Products offers solutions for controlling and reducing sound.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
When Lyle Fuller walks into a room, he listens. Even if noise and vibrations are absent, he imagines how they would sound in that particular environment. Noise control is his specialty. He knows how to eliminate unwanted sounds.
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Touchplan allows project teams to plan better and build faster, together.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
The awareness of the benefits collaborative planning and incorporating technology can bring to the productivity of construction is on the rise. To change the trajectory of the productivity curve in the industry, which has been flat in construction since the ’40s, Michael Carr and his team developed Touchplan to improve overall efficiencies, communication and processes.
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Troyer Brothers’ CreteRod machine helps save time, fuel and manpower.
By Alan Dorich, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
One of the most laborious activities in construction can be the transportation of materials on a project site, particularly concrete. The time spent moving materials can take builders away from other aspects that also need their attention. But that is where the CreteRod can help.
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Skyjack is the company behind the world’s leading aerial work platforms.
Skyjack provides companies with quality-engineered, simple and reliable access and material-handling equipment globally so that they can maximize utilization and their return on investment.
As an industry-leader with roots in scissor lifts, Skyjack has evolved over the years and now manufactures full lines of mast lifts, scissor lifts, telescopic booms, articulating booms and telehandlers.
Quality and reliability are the hallmarks that have given Skyjack a solid reputation within the industry. That’s how the company has continued to lead the industry for more than 30 years.
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Easi-Pour adds machine control automation to its paving equipment.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
When it comes to paving and surface mining equipment, string-less paving technology with three-dimensional controls is becoming the preferred standard among contractors.
A 3-D machine control automation system simplifies jobsite logistics, saves time, reduces costs and improves quality and safety. When the technology is integrated with a quality machine, the results are even better.
“It’s more efficient,” says Curtis Bales, business manager at Easi-Pour. “You can set up a 15,000-foot linear job in one day with one guy. That one man can design that job in a 3-D file format. So, you’re minimizing overhead and maximizing production. A string line requires much more manpower and time.”
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Century Mechanical Contractors Inc. excels at performing commercial, industrial and geothermal projects in the Dallas/Fort Worth region.
By Jim Harris, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
The knowledge and experience of Century Mechanical Contractors’ staff have made the company a leading specialty contractor in its geographic market for more than 40 years. “We have a lot of people who have been here for more than 15 years,” Vice President of Industrial Operations Jarod O’Neill. “Our people do a phenomenal job, and that’s what sells our work.”
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