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Procore | June 14, 2021

Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, announced an enhanced Pre-construction solution at today’s Procore Innovation Summit. This solution connects people, designs, and data across pre-construction and the course of construction on Procore’s platform, with analytics tools to support the entire process. According to a 2018 study conducted by FMI, correcting work that was incorrectly done or rework cost over $500 billion in 20...

CONSTRUCTION

OFFLOADIT | February 03, 2022

OFFLOADIT (www.OFFLOADIT.com) is excited to announce the release of their new OFFLOADIT (OLI) App/Website, available for download from the App Store or on Google Play. This App brings together contractors who are looking to buy or sell their excess materials, machinery, and used equipment. Contractors can upload posts within a few minutes and manage all of their listings — all within the easy-to-use OFFLOADIT App! OFFLOADIT is excited to offer an innovative solution to the c...

The Engineer | March 11, 2020

The infrastructure sector is tasked with responding to huge societal and environmental challenges. It is a crucial piece of the puzzle in our efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and in, ultimately, enabling a world that can thrive socially, economically and environmentally. But in order to do this, engineers in the sector must confront some innate contradictions between sustainable development and traditional approaches to infrastructure development; contradictions that have contri...

MATERIALS

Holcim | December 27, 2021

Holcim (Paris:HOLN) has signed an agreement to acquire Malarkey Roofing Products, a leading company in the US residential roofing market with projected 2022 Net Sales of USD 600 million and EBITDA of USD 120 million. Malarkey Roofing Products has a track record of double-digit growth in the highly profitable USD 19 billion US residential roofing market. Malarkey is fully complementary to Firestone Building Products’ leadership in the commercial segment, positioning Holcim as a full roofing...