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Construction Firms Must Lift Game on Safety and Mental Health Firms in building and construction throughout Australia are lacking in efforts regarding workplace safety and mental health, the latest research has found. Conducted by ACA Research on behalf of construction project management software firm Procore, the survey of 161 respondents highlighted the current state of […]

Cottagecore : The Wellness Trend of 2021 This pandemic has inspired many things, but what it made us realize the most is to spend more time at home, and spend it as wisely as possible. What contributes to positivity and a general feel-good emotional experience can vary person to person. However, it seems more and […]

Comparison of Sources of Waste between Construction and Manufacturing Industries Prior research has investigated the sources of waste in order to gain better understanding of waste in production systems and to promote the use of lean methods [1]. The study considered two types of waste, operational waste and organizational waste. In comparison with the manufacturing […]

Applying Lean Thinking to Improve Safety Performance in Construction The construction industry remains one of the most hazardous industries in the United States in terms of the number of occupational fatal and non-fatal injuries. In 2014, 874 fatal work-related injuries were reported in the U.S. construction industry1. Even though construction workers historically account for only […]

Step By Step Guide to Applying Choosing By Advantages Choosing by Advantages (CBA) is a collaborative and transparent decision making system developed by Jim Suhr, which comprises of multiple methods. CBA includes methods for virtually all types of decisions, from very simple to very complex (Suhr 1999). Perhaps the most used CBA method is the […]

The 4 Best Construction Estimating Software on the Market First things first it completely depends on the size of your company. A multinational company will have entirely different needs and budget than your small residential builder. Licenses for complex solutions can cost thousands of dollars per year per user but there are some really great, […]