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When to Buy and When to Rent Heavy Equipment

When you are in need of heavy machinery or trucks for your business, you may consider two things: renting or buying them. Each of these options has its advantages and disadvantages. Use of heavy equipment in business is crucial in delivering jobs on time. The need of your company for heavy equipment depends on several things, and each needs to be weighed carefully so you can arrive at the best decision that will benefit your business the most. So, will you rent or buy your equipment? Here are some ideas to help with your decision-making. Financial Capacity Your company’s capacity…

Using Track Sawing for Cutting Concrete for Its Many Benefits

When it comes to cutting up a piece of wood neatly in half, there are many ways that might come to your mind. There are various instruments, manual and automatic, that can help you to cut through a piece of wood. What would you use to cut concrete? Concrete is a very tough material and that is why big structures from houses to skyscrapers use it to its full potential. However, mistakes are bound to happen and even concrete constructions need altering. This is where track sawing comes into play. How it Works? A track saw is a semi-automatic device…

The Importance of Green Constructions in the Modern World

Many people associate sustainability and eco-friendly with hippies stuck in the 1960s with Contractor tools. In reality, however, it is something that is now integrated in everything that is done across the world, and for good reason! Without sustainable materials, there literally will not be a planet for the next generations to work on. Everybody has to get involved in this and, thankfully, everybody is. Individuals are recycling, energy production is becoming more natural, and building companies like Terra Group are involved in making all of their processes as sustainable as possible. What Is Sustainability in Construction? When new projects…

What Is Natural Variation in Wood Flooring?

As many people may be aware wood is one of the most well known natural materials available on the market, with that in mind it is worth noting that it comes with many variables and unique differences that contribute to making it the beautiful product that is loved so widely across the world. There are so many different grades of wood available which means that there’s no real guarantee of two pieces of wood ever being identical, so if you receive a sample of wood flooring but the actual pack looks slightly different it is normal and there’s nothing to…

How To Solve Age-Old Construction Problems

Here are some of the most commonplace construction problems that any contractor is likely to have faced at one point or another and how they can be easily solved…

Construction Industry Trends for 2017

Since late 2013, residential construction, and particularly, apartment construction, has been a major contributor to the Australian economy. With record numbers of dwellings approved and commenced during 2015, there was a major concern that a housing bubble was being created. The response was that lenders began to place tighter controls on their lending practices causing a slowdown in 2016 of residential building. Commercial construction was also on an upswing as a result of the revenue coming internally from mining and externally from Asian investors. As we enter 2017, there is a question about if Australia has sidestepped the bubble. And…

Put Level Switches to Work for Your Jobs

If your current profession involves the need for specialized parts, where do you go to find them? While many consumers would turn to stores in their neighborhoods or vendors that they know of, others opt for the Internet. As online sales of countless items continue to increase, going to the worldwide web for both information and ultimately purchasing products is becoming the norm. That said using the Internet for research and buying parts you will require for a job in the home, a construction and/or worksite etc. makes sense. One of those needs may be a level switch.

The Two Megaprojects Which are Captivating Australia

The term “megaproject” is certainly an extravagant one and when one actually starts to look at the definition, everything starts to click into place. The construction industry view a megaproject as anything which costs over $1 billion dollars and has substantial impact on anything ranging from communities to the environment. Suffice to say, few fall into this category and those that do often carry a lot of attention. In the case of Australia, there are currently two that are in the pipeline. Suffice to say, with billions of dollars and a lot of reputations at stake, it means that not…

Amazing Construction: The Palm, Dubai

‘The Palm’ is an artificial island that was constructed off the coast of Dubai, this incredible man-made island is shaped like a palm tree with a crescent over the top. The design was the brain child of the Prince of Dubai and there is another Palm island in construction right now to twin with the first. The Palm islands have become synonymous with Dubai and once again show off the boldness of the city. The size of this construction job was immense, people like Lisa Dudzik, who have experience in large-scale design will tell you that a job as big…

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