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Build A Strong Foundation With Subcontractors
A project can’t be successful without a successful partnership between contractors and subcontractors. You depend on subcontractors to get jobs done on time, but managing them is difficult and time...
Real-Time Location Information for Third Party Vendors
Fleet management systems use telematics devices to track the location and status of vehicles in real time. For instance, timing is crucial when delivering concrete. Once water is added to the mix...
American Concrete Payment Association Supports Interstate System Renewal Program
The US Interstate Highway System is over 50 years old and operating well beyond its design life. Many highway segments have been more heavily trafficked than anticipated and are therefore in major...
In an Amazon World, It’s Essential for Your Operation to Drive an Efficient Fleet
Businesses are being tasked to provide similar experiences that consumers receive when ordering from a large e-commerce platform such as Amazon. Today’s Fleet Management solutions help businesses...
How Can You Save Time, Eliminate Data Log, and Reduce Costs?
As a Project Engineer, your world is full of complexities. What you need in your toolbox is a solution that enables you to standardize and automate your processes and allow collaboration with...
Automating Processes, Eliminating Silos, Digitally Connecting Partners
Technological advances are automating many functions that previously required human intervention. When mundane operations can be automated, it frees up time for employees to work on more valuable...
Why All the Fuss About Digital Transformation?
What is so new about digital transformation? Haven’t we been using the internet, Web, email, and other digital tools for decades in our business? Wasn’t that what “e-business” was all about in the...
Digitizing Construction; A New Level of Customer Experience
The next wave of intelligent, innovative technologies that build onto the cloud is emerging. We're eager to help guide the players in the heavy work supply chain and lead with innovative...
Do You Really Understand What Actionable Insights Are?
“Actionable insights” seems to be a buzzword that people have been using lately, but it’s not clear that the distinction is fully recognized. Data, analytics, and insights are not the same thing...
How to Mitigate Risk With Fleet Management
Managing a fleet of heavy equipment in the construction industry brings the challenges of scheduling the equipment, monitoring usage and managing traffic at the jobsite, to name a few. And all fleet m
Climate Change: What It Means for the Industry and How Technology Can Help
The construction industry has one of the lowest profit margins in comparison to other major industries. Tiny, unexpected weather mishaps can deem some projects unprofitable. Climate change can...
Cloud-Based Tech at Kiewit’s Innovation Expo
Command Alkon was pleased to participate at Kiewit’s Innovation Expo in Omaha, Nebraska yesterday. Our team focused their exhibit on BuildIt, a cloud-based environment where information that is...
A Closer Look: Are You Facing a Labor Shortage – Or A Shortage of Labor?
In such tight labor market, it’s tough finding and retaining the workers with the skills and dedication you need to get the job done. The shortage of labor is increasingly problematic in the heavy...
Job Site Waste: How to Control the Chaos
To the casual observer, most construction sites look like a busy, noisy, muddy mess, with mountains of materials and machinery (some in full operation; some seemingly abandoned), buzzed occasionally..
Infrastructure Jobs Are on the Rise; BuildIt Can Help You Build It Better
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $1.5 billion in supplemental grant funding to 91 projects in 49 states as well as the District of Columbia. The grants are made through the Better...
Economists Predict the State of the Construction Industry for 2019
An extended federal government shutdown and instability in the global markets started 2019 off with a shaky foundation. Yet, the U.S. construction industry is still projected to see favorable...
Distinguished Design and Construction Company, Ferrovial, Recognized for Excellence in BuildIt
Command Alkon is pleased to recognize Ferrovial as the recipient for “Excellence in BuildIt” at Command Alkon’s ELEVATE Awards. This award celebrates BuildIt administrators or users that have been...
Innovative Building Materials that Could Revolutionize Construction
Building materials like cement, wood, steel and glass often have limitations, including degradation and production-related environmental impacts. But new materials in the works could help companies...
How Integrated Project Delivery Supports Successful Construction Management