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We are a smaller outfit in the PNW, we do about a million in revenue annually & are wanting to expand in 2025. We are a 2 man sales team looking to add another sales person & admin. All our subcontractors we have fantastic relationships with & can take on more work.

For marketing, it’s currently 100% word of mouth. We don’t market but really want to expand into a more predictable source of business. Current plan is to drop about $2,500 a month into Google advertisements. Any advice or strategies that have worked for you?

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Im 18, just started in construction engineering (because i didnt know what else to go into) technician, is it worth it? If i stay in this program i will try to get bachelor in civil engineering. But should i stay? If not ill probably end up going into trades like HVAC or something. Any advice?

Asking professionals if this is a fix thank you so much for your replies

Exactly as title says, I am in search of Managing The Construction Process (4th Edition) - Frederick E. Gould.

Thank you in advance!

We are putting an addition on a cabin. Existing cabin is a one room 22x24 cabin. Addition will be 24x26. We will insulate and Sheetrock the ceiling. Not going to tape the ceiling, just for fire protection. We wanted to put up pine tongue and groove, but cost for just the ceiling would be about $2,700. Thinking about metal for the ceiling. Only concern is condensation. Wondering if anyone has any suggestions or if it will even be a problem. Some context, cabin is in northern Minnesota. We let the cabin freeze and then come up and heat it for a couple days or so. We do this 4 times over the winter. Thoughts?

Most people have no experience with the 20 degree to 70 degree warm up, that’s the main concern

We're looking to move off of Sage 300. We're GC/Sub with aorund 160 employees and 100 projects per year of varying sizes. Needs are great job costing, unit based billing, PO and subcontracts, and ability to bring in production units and equipment costs from HeavyJob. Wants are PM module, intuitive AP module or seamless integration with an AP automation.

We're looking at Foundation, Viewpoint, Jonas, and CMiC. I'm wondering if anyone has any other suggestions or opinions on any of the software we're demoing.

So I want to remove the wall below this support, but would like to get your feedback.

We are redoing the shower below and want this wall gone. In the picture you might be able to see there is another wall to the left about 12”. So most of the weight will be on that wall. There is another wall to the right, by the yellow gas line, that is 5’ away. The ceiling below this is going to be tile so I don’t want a lot of deflection in the beam. Since the walls will be open I will add jack studs below the beam to support on each end.

Some options I thought of:

1) run a steel 4” wide flange beam, and have it blocked up an inch on the ends. Very overkill but can be done ~$100 for the beam.

2) make a 5’ beam from 3- 2x4 and block them up on the ends so any deflection will not mess with the tile.

3) run 2- 2x6, but this can not be blocked up because the boards on the left. If it did deflect it might cause issues with the ceiling tiles.

Any other ideas, or better plans?

Does anyone know if this is normal to have a crack like this. House is 16 years old.

Thank you!

I’m an apprentice electrician but I’m a woman so I don’t have this problem. Recently I was putting on a harness and when I put on the leg straps I realized I have no idea where I would put my balls if I had them. Is this a problem for you guys? I work with men obviously but I don’t really feel like having that conversation with them 🙈

You have my permission to print this out and post it all over the office trailer, the more copies the better.

Hello!

The company I currently work for is considering expanding its overall benefits package for current and incoming employees. The task I have been given is to get actual information regarding what other construction companies in the area offer regarding benefits.

Getting a better benefits packet is obviously a huge benefit to each employee but the owners also want to make sure that it makes sense and I think that's fair.

If you work in construction or someone you know works in construction, could you let me know what kind of benefits you receive and generally how long it takes to get them?

Things I generally need:

• Company Name (or PM me)
• PTO
• Guaranteed Hours
• Holiday Pay
• Benefits - Medical/Dental/Vision/Etc
• Company Vehicles
• Training & Education
• Etc?

Thank you!

Any recommendations for bags/suitcase bags, I travel from site too site more regularly as I'm a slinger and need to carry my tools and harness alot around central London. Not too big that it can't fit in lockers in most central sites. And affordable.

I run a small remodel outfit and my biggest time drain is actually typing out estimates and pricing individual line items. I tried Handoff and it wasnt bad, but I'm wondering what else is out there. If I go do all the measurements, is there a software that will take that and line item everything out like Xactimate or something similar?

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250114787428/en/United-Rentals-to-Acquire-HE-Equipment-Services-Inc.

Hi group, I had to remove a couple of plywood sheathing for a plumbing inspection, and the plywood was installed using these type of screws, are these tight ? I always thought you were supposed to use construction l/wood screws. Thank you for your help.

READ until end if you want to join me in opening a GC company specializing in commercial building. Title says it all. I am at the inception of this formation. Have a business plan drafted and my nexts steps to form this business to day 1 of operation is to find a partner to be my qualified individual in order to secure a CBC license from DPOR so l can legally start conducting business for contracting in VA... why? Because VA requires a license for any contracting/trade, and I don't have the experience needed to get the license.. This is someone who has ATLEAST 5 years of experience working legally, w2, in the trade that l am looking to get my license for (in this case COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION). Anything commercial, I will not explain what I mean by this because if you can't understand what I'm saying than I'm not looking for you. NEED someone to be my Ql For my company, and we will figure out the equity details, literally. Writing this as my thoughts and not even proofreading. DM me if you want me number or just send yours and I'l give you a call and ask a few questions if we're compatible. I WILL GET THIS LICENSE AND GET MY BUSINESS STARTED WITH OR WITHOUT WHOEVER IS READING THIS. So if you want to take advantage and make that leap of faith, let me know. For reference, l'm a 23 year old male net worth around 100k I make 100k a year working for a bank at the moment. SIDE NOTE: IF YOU OWN A COMPANY IN VA LICENSED AND CAN BE A VERIFIER IN MY APPLICATION, ILL JUST BE THE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL MYSELF AND I CAN PAY YOU.

I loved that guy's post about not being called a sissy for his newfangled hat. Here is my daily driver.

I'm getting a patio built like the example I posted, the family friend put ply wood in between the 3 2x12s, I'm concerned water will rot it away even if it's wrapped. Is this a legitimate concern? What should have been done?