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Three Models for Design-Build
Mark Richardson explores three basic models for design-build companies and offers tips for their success
Design: Prefabricated Skycubes Proposed With Elastic LIving Apartments Inside
Composed of nine, wooden prefab cubes stacked askew on top of each other, German architect Leonhard Weingartner’s Elastic Woodscraper puts a new…
Codes & Standards: Smart Stormwater Management
Tightening regulations are pushing builders to get creative with reducing or eliminating stormwater runoff. Professional Builder talks with some…
Culture: Small is the New Green. Here’s Why
Using 20 slides at 20 seconds each – a method made popular by the Pecha Kucha events – blogger Lloyd Alter explains why small is the new green.
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Business: 5 Tools That Can Change Your Small Business Management
There are many tools out there that can help you be more productive individually. Here are some tools that can help a whole company be more efficient…
Energy: The (Ugly) Truth About Little Wind Turbines
Wind turbines under 30 feet – do they really work? TreeHugger helps us evaluate.
Personnel: The Right Way to Hire the Right People [Podcast]
Bestselling leadership author Michael Hyatt talks about how to get the right people to work for your company.
In the podcast, Hyatt teams up with…
Technology: Chinese Company 3-D Prints Cement Chateau and 5 Storey Apartment Building
Will 3-D printing become the future of construction? One Chinese company tested the waters, with astonishing results.
The structures WinSun…
Productivity: 22 Simple Tools to Help You Do Everything Faster
Working in the remodeling industry often means you have many tasks, roles, and projects to juggle. The Percolate Blog curates 22 tools to make your…
Safety: Dispatch From IBS 2015: Solutions to OSHA's Most Common Violations
Keeping up with all the fine print of OSHA regulations can be daunting, Construction Dive says. So they’ve shared a list of 10 ways to make sure you…