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Why There Are Diamonds on Tape Measures

In a perfect world, you could use the red marks to identify the placement of the studs. To locate a center between the studs, simply find the black diamond.

How Much Does Concrete Cost Per Cubic Yard? Current Ready Mix Concrete Prices

How much does concrete cost. This is a current ready mix concrete company's price list. It lists the cost of a yard of concrete and other concrete additives like fibermesh and accelerators.

The Way You Hang Your Roll Of Toilet Paper Says A Lot About You

How do you hang your toilet paper? Under the roll and closer to the wall? Or do you hang your toilet paper over the roll? Well, a new study suggests there [...]

Here's why barns are painted red

Here is a historic reason behind why barns are mostly always painted red.

What Equipment & Machinery are Used in The Construction Industry

What Equipment & Machinery are Used in The Construction Industry - Industry Tap

What to Expect When Working With New Tech Machinery — RoofersCoffeeShop

By Katie Bowles, New Tech Machinery<br>There are many manufacturers providing portable rollforming equipment, so why choose New Tech Machinery?<br>It’s important to research products before purchasing. However, with a considerable number of products and manufacturers to choose from, the initial research process can seem overwhelming. This article is designed to clear up frequent questions you have when researching portable rollforming equipment, as well as why…

This robot is training to become a construction worker

How a Positive Attitude Affects Your Construction Employees' Energy

You can really bring greater management of your time and results by engaging your attitude and enthusiasm, allowing them to recharge your focus and attention to detail

New Construction Materials... That Self-Repair?

Opening up a new field of construction technology, DARPA is envisioning futuristic self-repairing construction materials grown from seeds.

Are women the answer to the construction labor shortage?

Women represent 50% of the U.S. population, but less than 10% of the construction workforce. How can the industry encourage them to consider a career in the trades?

How to Build Security into Machinery

To achieve true business agility, machine builders and their customers need to create a seamless information flow from machinery to the enterprise. But effectively connecting the enterprise is a journey. No single product, technology or methodology can fully secure industrial applications. Protecting industrial assets requires a layered approach.

Five Steps for Preventing Construction Site Theft

From building materials to tools to heavy equipment, construction site theft is an industry-wide epidemic. In addition to the direct costs of replacing the stolen goods, there is also the indirect cost due to increased insurance premiums, rental costs to replace stolen equipment and lost productivity. Delays in production can also result in hefty fines …

When will the construction equipment market settle down?

As new, used and rental equipment dealers feel the pain of high demand and low supply, contractors are faced with making tough decisions.

Construction Equipment and Building Material Machines: light and shade

German construction equipment manufacturers are more optimistic at the middle of the year than they were at the beginning –

An economic riddle: Where are all the construction workers?

Despite good wages and plenty of available jobs, the number of younger people going into construction work is lagging badly. Can more millennials be enticed to take up carpentry?

Homebuilding gets a boost from apartment construction

Sluggish recovery and meager wage growth has more renting instead of owning homes

Construction marketing: The benefits of storytelling for a traditional sector

A blog about how construction firms can use storytelling and communications skills to win business by writing more compelling case studies in tender documents. Construction marketing and business development

Toymakers learning girls like construction sets, too

To win over girls, toy makers say they have to walk a careful line: Avoid pandering by "pinking and shrinking" boy toys but also design a product that is entertaining enough to woo customers.