Social media has become a powerful tool for small to medium-sized construction companies to generate leads for both residential and commercial projects. With over 3 billion people using social media worldwide, there is a huge opportunity for construction companies to reach potential customers and promote their services.
Following are some tips for contractors to use
A few years ago, I did a post on whether a digital signature in a construction contract was valid. Given the regularity by which parties now communicate by email, it is certainly a subject worth revisiting.
In United States ex rel. Cummins-Wagner Co., Inc. v. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland, the United States
In a world of texts, email and Siri, you should be careful about the impact of the words you write. Remember that case where a court found that a string of text messages can form a binding contract? (FYI…it is one of my top five blog posts ever!) Another court took a similar approach
In this week’s issue of ENR, technology writer Luke Abaffy details the use of drones by Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to conduct bridge inspections.
We’ve all seen the YouTube videos or Facebook posts of a drone in action. The recent article in the ENR magazine highlights a new testing program by MnDOT
Yesterday was daylight savings day, which means that you are probably running about your job this morning a little more groggy because you lost an hour of sleep. As I was waffling through emails today in my own groggy state, I received an alert about a new area code being added to the Nashville, Tennessee
You will rarely find me advertising on this blog. However, throughout the year I regularly receive inquiries about electronic discovery, mobile apps, and the paperless project. And every couple of years I partner with the Construction Pro Network to address these issues. I am pleased to announce that I will be doing a Webinar on
I am one of those people who tend to have a better understanding of something when I can "see" it. So, when I came across this infographic by Rock & Dirt that highlights some of the top construction projects, I had to share it with you.
Question: Did they get it right? Anything missing you would put
Call it “BIM Leaves the Building and Hits the Road,” which is highlighted in this Autodesk video about Mortenson Construction and the advantages of BIM for road construction and other infrastructure projects. Read today’s post about BIM and infrastructure.
Continue Reading Mortenson Highlights BIM for Road Construction and Infrastructure Project
It has been almost three years since the giant (…Google…) joined the legal research playing field with Westlaw, LEXIS, FindLaw and all the other law-related databases. Today’s post is about how a Google Scholar search can be used for legal research.
Continue Reading Google Scholar Provides Outstanding Preliminary Legal Research
A recent ENR headline caught my attention: “Structural Engineers Learn Lessons From Failures Through Digital Databases.” The article by Nadine Post discussed a new digital database—similar to YouTube, SharePoint and Wikipedia—being developed by structural engineers to “harness knowledge” to avoid future loses.
As noted in Post’s article, “[w]ith global engineering research, knowledge and failure