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5 Things You Should Know About Building A Home

Building a new home can be just as exciting as it is complex and stressful. If you properly plan out the project and try to avoid mistakes, you can ensure the house stays within your budget and desired timeline.

Factors to Consider When Choosing a Dumpster Size

When you embark on a home renovation project, chances are that your construction crew will generate a significant amount of waste and construction debris. Rather than attempting to dispose of these materials in your conventional waste can, you may want to consider a rolloff dumpster...

Designing and Building Your Own Home? Make Sure To Follow These Tips

Designing and building a home is a long, complex process. And if it’s your first time going through the process, it can be hard to know how to set yourself up for success. What should you do during the design and build process to ensure the final product is the home you want? A recent…

Eco-Friendly Building Materials for Your Home Remodel

Whether you're working with a contractor or doing it yourself, check out this list of eco-friendly building materials to lighten the footprint of your project.

What is a civil engineering degree?

All aspects of infrastructure fall under the umbrella of civil engineering. Your path to this field starts with earning a civil engineering degree.

Construction Management: Building and Designing Sock Drawers

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How Civil Engineering & Society Impact Transportation

A detailed look into how civil engineering and society greatly impact modern day transportation by creating safer roads for drivers.

When Do I Need Civil Engineering Services in CT?

There are many times that a homeowner or landholder will find they need civil engineering services in CT.

Five important things to consider before selecting a civil engineering partner

Civil engineering firms are a dime a dozen, but not all are created equal. Before rushing into a project, make sure you consider these five important things:

What is Structural Design in Civil Engineering?

Civil engineering is a professional discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physically and naturally built environment. Learn more about Structural Design in Civil Engineering.

Ask Anthony: In Which Civil Engineering Discipline Should I Specialize?

Building Management Systems: Synergistic Buildings And The Internet of Things

Data from a single building management system may offer information, while data from multiple building management systems can lead to profound insight.

Building Management System

Migration of equipment to an existing Building Management System. A summary of a recently completed project by Performance Valiation.

Building Management and Intelligent Building Systems

Innovative, flexible, and scalable building automation and building management system solutions for any size building, helping you save energy and keep occupants happy.

Construction Management Agency (CMa): Facts Not Fiction

A Construction Management agency will administer these bonds for you to make sure they are written by viable and solvent bond companies who are on the government treasury list for approved bond companies.

5 Things I Didn't Learn in Civil Engineering School

From due diligence and billing reports to communicating with clients and managing consultants, there a few things civil engineering school can't teach you.

Preparing for the Future of Building Management Systems

Building Management Systems (BMS), or alternatively, Building Automation Systems (BAS), may refer to computer-based systems that monitor, manage and contro

Avoid Asking about Salary or Benefits during Civil Engineering Job Interview

While we have already touched on asking the right questions, we did not really focus on refraining from asking the WRONG ones. One of the biggest initial job interview mistakes that you can make is to ask about salary or benefits during your interview. The appropriate time for you to discuss compensation and benefit information is once a real, firm offer has been placed on the table. You should refrain from bringing this topic up prematurely<br>Take the time to learn more about…

Construction Management: Less is More or More is Less?

Jeff Angstadt, construction management specialist, compares traditional construction vs. multiple prime construction for your next project.

Someone You Should Know, Cumming Construction Management

About 75% of construction companies rate accounting and job costing software as having a high level of importance. Peggy Smedley interviews Dominic Di Bernardo, director of operations, Cumming Construction Management, about how technology can improve business processes for contractors.