Designing for the modern insulated roof deck – codes and considerations.
By Brian Ng
Energy codes and green building designs have become increasingly important for the construction industry in recent years, and it is imperative to carefully select the right building components for your building project to achieve these goals. Insulated metal panels, or IMPs, are metal sandwich panels that offer high thermal insulation and excellent air and water barrier performance to meet the most stringent sustainability requirements.
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Paradigm Windows’ innovative vinyl window solutions have helped the company grow in the commercial market.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
Not all windows are created equal. Paradigm Windows – a Portland, Maine-based manufacturer of premium vinyl custom windows and sliding doors – is a company that thrives on this knowledge.
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Wilkerson Crane Rental continues to build a solid reputation.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
The Wilkerson name was synonymous with construction in Kansas City, Kan., long before the 1970s, when the company was founded as a bridge builder and later expanded into crane rental. In 2013, Diana and Jeff Holt learned the original company was going out of business and saw this as a golden opportunity to purchase a few of the assets and re-introduce Wilkerson Crane Rental to the market.
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Irby Construction accomplished the greatest feat in its company history earlier this year
when it delivered 34 miles of linear transmission in under three months.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Knighthouse Media
Hurricane Michael was the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the United States and was the first Category 5 hurricane on record to impact the Florida Panhandle. It made landfall near Mexico Beach, Fla., on Oct. 10, 2018 with top sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, causing an estimated $25 billion in damages.
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Galaxy Builders is dedicated to quality and service.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
Galaxy Builders has remained one of Texas’ leading general contracting firms over the past 27 years because of its dedication to customer service that keeps clients coming back time and again. “We recognize construction is a service-based industry,” President Neilesh Verma says. “We always keep the client and subcontractor relationship as our first priority and we are always working internally towards making ourselves better each day.”
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Kaiser Premier looks to take the lead with revolutionary technology.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
Kaiser Premier formed in 2017 with the goal of expanding its existing portfolio of hydro-excavators and establishing a leadership position in the United States market for sewer recycling vehicles that are equipped with Kaiser AG technology. “Kaiser AG is the leader in commercial sewer-cleaning technology with multiple operations in Europe,” Kaiser Premier President and CEO Dan Weber says.
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Grip-Tite offers new services for its growing network of dealers.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
As it forges into the future, Grip-Tite Manufacturing Co.’s changing leadership is breathing new life into the company. Since 1921, the Winterset, Iowa-based company has been known as a leading provider of earth anchoring and foundation repair products.
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Stronger Than All
Patented steel piers and strong partnerships demonstrate ECP’s quality.
By Staci Davidson, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
When time is of the essence, Earth Contact Products (ECP) says clients can count on it to provide the highest-quality products and support. This simple idea has been ECP’s commitment since it was established in 1998, and it continues to hold true now that it has become one of the largest manufacturers of helical anchors, steel piers and waterproofing products in the world. ECP is the leader in pursuing innovation, and ECP’s steel push piers are a strong example of its dedication to excellence. From its family of foundation underpinning products to its concentric and eccentric steel resistance piers, ECP takes pride in providing products that are designed and engineered to perform.
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Sage lets project managers manage risks in real-time.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
There is an old saying in project management that the faster you recognize a risk the less it will cost, and the faster you recognize a benefit the more you can profit. Earned Value Management (EVM) was developed in the 1960s to allow construction companies to do just that, but the method has only just begun to gain momentum in the industry as the software to capture the necessary data has become more prevalent.
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Looking at Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry.
By Brad Barth
Without a doubt, the digital transformation of the construction industry is not going away. Some innovators and industry leaders have fully committed themselves to it, while the vast majority of the market is engaged in some type of digital transformation in one way or another.
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