Substantial Completion Defined

By Patrick Barthet Every contractor has heard the term and many have had to figure out exactly what it means.  Substantial completion is a legal term found in construction contracts to define that stage of a contractor’s work which is sufficiently complete in...

A Data-Driven Look at Bidding Activity During COVID-19

By Alex Barthet What if there was a way to see the construction bidding activity before and after the Coronavirus hit the United States? There is, because the good folks at PlanHub have analyzed their terabytes of bidding data to tell us what they see. Kevin Priddy,...

Local Coronavirus Relief

By Edgar Belaval INVENTING:To help stave off the COVID-19 pandemic and adhering to the CDC’s guidelines to use technology and equipment to keep workers separated, one of Miami’s construction technology providers, SmartBarrel, has implemented a new firmware version...

Self Isolation: The Government’s Answer to COVID-19

By Robert Klasfeld In the midst of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic, new terminology has been thrown at us on a daily basis: Stay-at-home. Safer-at-home. Shelter-in-place. Lockdown. Martial Law.These terms, which have become commonplace, refer to government...