Five Best Practices to Reduce Drone Risks on Construction Sites
When making the case for using drones, it helps to highlight the ways that drones can make workflows safer and more efficient. It's also vital to underscore how
Keeping an Eye on the Jobsite: The Advantages of Construction Cameras
High-tech jobsite cameras can give contractors access to real-time project information that speeds decision-making and project completion. Cameras that include time
Insurance Issues That Can Contribute to Contractor Failure
Today’s business decisions can lead to future insurance pains at the worst possible time. It is important for contractors to maintain their hiring standards, regardless
Why Do Contractors Fail?
With more than 200 potential factors that can lead to contractor failure, and no single factor that signals potential failure, just why do contractors fail? It’s
What Is Builders’ Risk and Who and What Does It Protect on a Construction Project?
Builders’ risk insurance (BRI) is a type of property insurance that provides coverage during the construction phase of the project. When negotiating a construction
Top Five Reasons for Contractor Failure
Reasons for construction failure include poor leadership, management, performance, accounting and planning, which lead to loss of project control and discipline.
Why Choose Binding Arbitration for a Construction Dispute?
When disagreements are serious enough that lawyers are brought in, the next step is often a lawsuit. Before heading to court, consider litigating the dispute in
Construction Technology and Software Rundown: Week of July 3, 2017
Check out the cool construction technologies this week, including an IoT smart car platform, VR for AEC, a cloud-based system for tracking employee training and
How Digital Imagery Is Changing the Way Contractors Work
Image-capture technology combined with computer vision and cloud computing is bringing change to construction as images and data are posted online and made available
Are Certificates Listing a Construction Company as an Additional Insured Worth the Paper They’re Written on?
Owners and contractors shift risk by requiring contractors and subcontractors to name them as additional insureds (AI) on commercial general liability (CGL) policies.
Clear Contract Documents: A Critical Component to Every Construction Project
An onerous construction contract can get a project started off wrong before work even begins. Contracts need to be clear and precise so potential disputes can be
How Will the New 2017 AIA Contract Documents Affect Projects?
A significant 2017 revision to AIA’s A201 Family is the creation of an Insurance and Bonds Exhibit to accompany the owner-contractor agreements. There are also
Construction Contracts Are Living Documents
A construction contract is a living document and needs to be reviewed, at a minimum, once per year. Using clear and start forward language along with clearly defining
Contracting for Preventative Risk Management
By including proactive safety and risk mitigation stipulations and incorporating the expectation that the contractor will exceed minimum federal safety laws, contractors
Moving Big Data Into the Cloud
Big data can inundate a contractor. But it’s not the amount of data that’s important, but what a contractor does with it that matters. Big data can be analyzed
Technology and Software Rundown: Week of June 19, 2017
This week’s Tech Rundown features two new wearables – one to verify workers’ training qualifications and a wearable sensor that alerts safety personnel to
Data Overwhelm: How to Find a Needle in a Haystack
Defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) will help harness the power of systems data. Determine what type of data the system produces (financial, estimating, operations).
Executive Insights from Leaders in Construction Law
Four experts offer advice on what contractors need to know about construction disputes.
Construction Software and Real-Time Communications Connect for Lean, Agile, Efficient and Profitable Projects: The benefits of real-time communication among laptops, tablets, smartphones, in-car Wi-Fi and construction software make vast improvements in collaboration, cost, speed, accuracy and productivity
Instantaneous communication with laptops, smartphones, tablets and construction software, linked between offices and jobsites, has resulted in vast improvements
Tips and Tools to Streamline Communication
The key to communication is simplicity and standardization. By simplifying processes and investing in a few tools for standardization, contractors can increase productivity
Employee Lawsuits Can Paint a Target on a Construction Company’s Back
A lawsuit by an employee against a company can cost time, money and productivity. Make sure supervisors follow company policies and HR and legal teams provide proper