Renting a dumpster might seem overwhelming and expensive, but these tips will help you keep your costs low and your efficiency high. When planned well, you can find the right dumpster for your project and price range. Attempting debris removal on your own incurs other costs such as gas, multiple trips to the dump, time, and wear and tear on your vehicle. Renting a dumpster solves those issues. ...
There are many different sizes of roll-off dumpster, and different projects work well with each. Knowing what each size is good for, can help you get a good start to your project. Both a dumpster that is too small and a dumpster that is too large can cost you unnecessary time and money ...
The key to avoiding extra dumpster fees is to know and understand your rental agreement. By giving the rental company an accurate description of what you need disposal of and the amount you expect it to be, they can give you an accurate quote on what it will cost. The extra fees occur when you make changes and overfill the dumpster, let it go over the weight planned, or keep it longer than agreed upon. ...
Different companies will have different weight limits for their roll-off dumpsters. Limits are often based on what weight the truck that picks up the dumpster can safely haul. It’s very important to follow the weight limit set by your dumpster provider. Debris will have different weights. For example, concrete or dirt will weigh much more than the same volume of household waste. When selecting a dumpster, consider what it is you will be disposing of in it. ...
Depending on where the dumpster will need to be located for your project, you may need permission from the city or a homeowners’ association in the form of a permit. In most cases if the dumpster will be on your driveway or property, you will not need a permit for the dumpster. Some cities may require the dumpster to be out of public view, which would also require getting a permit. ...
Since furniture is heavy and bulky, disposing of it can be difficult, mainly if you
dispose of several pieces at once. When it’s time to relocate, clean out your house,
or replace old, unused furniture, having a well-organized strategy and thorough plan
will make the process easier, safer, and more effective. Here are five ideas for getting
rid of furniture you don’t need anymore. ...
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry had a labor shortage and skilled workers were a
challenge to find and keep without having deliberate plans in place. But with the challenges brought on by the
coronavirus, even firms with the best recruitment and
retention strategies are struggling to keep qualified personnel in place. ...
According to Architects Newspaper, a mid-year update to the American Institute of Architects’
(AIA) Consensus Construction Forecast indicates that spending on nonresidential building projects is on the
decline and is expected to remain so through 2021. The AIA Consensus Construction Forecasting Panel estimated an
overall dip of roughly 8 percent in spending in 2020 and just under 5 percent next year, an article in
Architects Newspaper says. ...
Research by Dodge Data and Analytics found that improvement in nonresidential and
nonbuilding activity pushed construction starts higher during the month of June. ...
Though it has allowed construction projects to largely resume, the city of New York is actively seeking out crews
that are violating the city's strict orders for protocols that will help prevent spread of COVID-19. To do so,
it is relying on site visits by inspectors as well as a complaint phone line that people can contact to report
unsafe working conditions. ...
Construction Business Owner Magazine announced this week
that they are accepting nominations for top females working in the construction industry so they can recognize
and honor the important work women bring to the industry. ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on throughout communities in the United States, home building experts are
increasingly predicting that the way in which homes are designed will be forever changed by the upheaval the
coronavirus has caused ...
Associated Builders and Contractors announced the cancellation of ABC Convention 2020, which was scheduled
for Aug. 17-19 in Nashville, Tennessee. The event, which includes the National Craft Championships, Construction
Management Competition and National Excellence in Construction® Awards, was previously postponed from March due
to the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Though they acknowledge that loosening environmental rules helps them, 71 percent of the readers of Construction Dive who participated in a survey said there should be no further
roll-backs of environmental regulations as they pertain to construction projects. ...
The construction industry added 158,000 jobs on net in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors
analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the last two months, the industry
has added 591,000 jobs, recovering 56% of the industrywide jobs lost since the start of the pandemic. ...
When Kim Dorer’s employer downsized and swallowed her job as a human resources executive in the process,
she found herself thinking deeply about whether getting another HR job was the right thing to do. It was her
chance, she realized, to do anything, and being her own boss started to sound better and better as time ticked
by. But as the girliest of girly-girls, Dorer shocked everyone who knew her when she selected owning a Redbox+
franchise as her dream job going forward. ...
According to a study published by Builder, millennials and Baby Boomers say they will be looking to move
to a new residence sooner rather than later because of COVID-19. The study, called the America at Home Study, queried more than 3,000 adults between the ages of 25 and
74 with a household income of at least $50,000, and the results, analysts say, represent a need for housing that
should be encouraging to builders of single-family and multi-family homes. ...
With a shortage of green space in many metro areas plus a growing air pollution problem, a number of contractors
around the world are implementing “living walls” into their designs to lift moods and combat
pollution, an article in CNBC says. ...
The construction labor shortage has been the number one issue for the booming industry over the past decade, with
no solution in sight. However, in Portland, Oregon that is not the case. ToolBelt has developed the contracting industry’s first
digital labor solution, allowing contractors to connect to skilled labor instantly. In just 8 short months
ToolBelt has been able to successfully harness 8% of the contracting market in the Portland metro area, allowing
contractors to grow their business more efficiently. ...
With no shortage of competition in the residential or commercial construction industries, contractors need to do
more than put their name on a jobsite sign to increase visibility. There are a lot of strategies for getting
noticed, from social media accounts to good old elbow-rubbing, but a press release about something interesting
could be the most efficient method of all for getting a company some extra sets of eyes. The problem is that
many firms don’t have a staff person with a public relations background, and for people not skilled in PR,
the thought of drafting something and putting it on a website blog or sending it out to media is beyond
intimidating. ...
As the construction industry reopens in California and across the United States, BuildCenter, a software spinoff from COBE
Construction, Inc., is offering a free health screening tool and attendance log. The app helps all construction
companies meet critical mandates set by many county health agencies. ...
A new survey by the Associated General Contractors of America along with data from Procore, a construction
technology firm, found a mixed bag of results in the answers collected from more than 600 construction companies
around the country. For some, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are a memory fading into the distance, but
for others, there is no end in sight. ...
Despite the fact that the homebuilding market increased less in May than expected, construction industry analysts
are buoyed by an influx of permit requests that they say bode well for the construction industry going forward.
According to an article in CNBC, new home construction permits rose by 14.4 percent to and, at
the same time, home loan applications soared to their highest level in more than 11 years. ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry has been unprecedented, with job sites around
the world shut down or limited in scope for weeks on end as authorities worked to contain the virus’
spread. As companies are looking to rebound from that downturn in productivity, experts say there are a few
steps they can take to bolster their company’s success in a post-coronavirus economy. ...
With the number of CBD products exploding around the world, growers of hemp – the plant from which CBD oil
is extracted – are looking for inventive ways to repurpose tens of thousands of acres of hemp plants grown
to serve the CBD marketplace once the plants have been processed. In Europe, Hempflax, the largest grower of
hemp in the European Union, has launched an effort to turn spent hemp into insulation for building projects, a
move that could significantly cut down on the amount of construction waste generated by projects if the trend
catches on there. ...
The construction industry is rebounding heartily after being slumped for months by coronavirus concerns, with
464,000 net new jobs added in May according to Associated Builders and Contractors. It’s the largest
increase ever recorded in one month, though, in reality, it follows April, which had history’s largest job
loss rate compared to the previous month. ...
Sometimes life goes in a full circle and brings adults back to the earliest dreams they can recall having. To
wit, when George Gavrilis was a little boy, he used to hang off of the side of the grocery cart at the store and
pretend he was a garbage man. He dreamed of trucks – big trucks – and couldn’t wait until he
would have one of his own. But as years go by, boyhood dreams fade, and Gavrilis instead found himself
graduating from college with a civil engineering degree that he would put to work at first in the
telecommunications industry, and then on the coolest boyhood dream of all: rockets. ...
While most would agree that the federal government has acted swiftly to institute economic relief packages in the
wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, they would also agree that trying to comprehend the rules for, much less use,
some of the stimulus funding has been a quagmire of confusion. Chief among those difficult programs is the
Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to keep people working even as company revenue fell across
industries. ...
While construction workers are very conscious of safety when it comes to things like falls or machinery
accidents, they might not realize that research shows those working in the construction industry are twice as
likely to develop COPD as others. Short for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD is an ailment in which
the lungs are too damaged to function properly, leading to a lifetime of medical interventions and sometimes
even death. ...
With the strain that the coronavirus pandemic has put on every corner of society, it does not surprise mental
health professionals that it has taken a toll on the stability of some people. For construction managers,
raising awareness of the potential for violence in the workplace as a result can be important to helping them
mitigate that threat before it happens, an article in Construction Business Owner says. ...
Construction sites are busy places, always humming with activity as workers hustle to keep the project on track
and on time. Along with the tools and materials and hard workers on the job site, construction companies should
consider portable toilets one of the essential pieces of equipment that every construction jobsite needs. ...
CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s Corporate Venture Capital Unit, has launched the 2020 Construction Startup
Competition, a program that encourages construction innovators worldwide to compete for startup support from the
group of organizations that support the competition, the website For Construction Pros says. ...
A new executive order by the federal government has some contractors wondering if their projects will be in
compliance according to the new Buy American rules set forth in May. According to Construction Business Owner, Executive Order 13881 has many caveats and nuances for
contractors large and small that require a thorough read-through of the order, because where previous executive
orders had little impact on the construction industry, this one does have the potential to upend the way
construction firms have been doing business. ...
Job site waste is not only unsightly but can also be dangerous. Injuries such as cuts, scrapes, punctures,
strains, sprains, and eye injuries can easily happen to workers. While those are relatively minor incidents
depending on what’s laying around and how debris is being handled, the fact is that serious injuries and
in some cases even fatalities can happen when waste isn’t handled properly. ...
Associated Builders and Contractors today announced 92 Excellence in Construction® winning projects
collectively worth nearly $2.9 billion, which will be presented during ABC Convention 2020 in Nashville,
Tennessee, on Aug. 18. The EIC awards program is the industry’s leading competition that honors both
general and specialty contractors for innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects. ...
According to Construction Marketing Blog, more than 91 percent of the construction professionals they surveyed
use LinkedIn, making it one of the most dynamic places available for people in this industry to connect to peers
and potential clients. But how you present yourself there can make all the difference in the world for whether
you stand out from the competition or sink into the crowd of people out there doing the same thing. ...
After the long winter months halted work on a great many job sites, construction firms are back to work with
gusto. But the spring months hold some unique challenges for contractors and their crews, says Construction Business Owner,
and a few tool and equipment modifications might make the difference in whether work stays on course or gets
sidelined by problems that arise. ...
You see them everywhere: giant metal dumpsters of various colors and sizes parked in front of houses and
construction sites all over town. They probably have different company names and phone numbers stenciled on
them, and they vary from appearing shiny and new to looking like they’ve been dragged through heck and
back. All these companies are not created equal, but unless you regularly rent roll off dumpsters for
construction projects, you might not know how to separate the good ones from the not so good when you’re
ready to rent one yourself. ...
Acknowledging that construction workers face unique challenges in workplace safety during the coronavirus
pandemic, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration has released a set of guidelines specifically for
contractors to help them protect worker health. ...
An article published in Building Magazine says research conducted recently found that
construction workers in the United Kingdom are among the most optimistic when asked about their job security,
financial wellbeing and career prospects. The research, conducted through LinkedIn, says that even amid the
COVID-19 pandemic, they believe they are relatively well insulated against some of the worst economic effects
the coronavirus is causing. On a scale that ranges from +100 to -100, construction professionals came in at 24,
which, although not particularly high in and of itself, was the highest figure returned in the research. ...
Though many carry a “tough as nails” persona to the job site, the reality is that virtually all
construction workers take health and safety very seriously, particularly now with the spread of COVID-19. In
years past, safety at work focused on personal safety – the use of harnesses, appropriate machine
handling, etc. But now workers have far more to worry about when they come and go from the job site –
perhaps elderly parents or a child or spouse with a compromised immune system, and the degree to which an
employer will provide for their safety through hygiene rules can make the difference for whether they stay on
the job or leave in order to protect the ones they love. ...
Home improvement season is upon us and garages by the thousands are being decluttered on these warm spring
weekends. The best way to cart off junk is with a rented dumpster, but there are a few things to keep in mind in
order to stay within the confines of the rules and sometimes the law when you use one. ...
Construction crews in three states will be heading back to work after governors rolled back the ruling that
members of the construction industry must adhere to the shelter-in-place rules. Michigan, Washington and
Pennsylvania all have orders taking effect within the next 10 days that will allow most residential and
commercial construction projects to resume after work in each state was sidelined for more than a month while
communities battled the spread of COVID-19. In each state, some construction work had been allowed to continue,
namely government or infrastructure projects and work on hospitals and affordable housing. ...
If you’re like any of a few million people stuck at home during the pandemic, you’re probably
thinking about getting at some of those home projects that have been on the back burner for a while. Basement
and garage cleaning, light remodeling, and general junk removal are great ways to occupy time during these
cooped up days, and if you’re lucky enough to have a few extra pairs of hands sitting around the house as
well, it might be a rare opportunity to really make a dent in that to-do list. ...
As communities scramble to prepare for coronavirus patients, contractors around the country have been called on
to step up and provide the manpower needed to create additional hospital space, sometimes in unusual places. ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt ordinary life, few places is that disruption being felt more keenly
than the workplace. Though the construction industry is still reporting to job sites in most states, uncertainty
abounds, whether it is concern over continued economic security or fear that the person working next to you is
going to get you sick. Even when it isn’t immediately apparent, that fear can erode the sense of wellbeing
among a crew, staffing experts are saying, and leaders need to develop a multifaceted approach to addressing
those underlying worries before they have a chance to manifest as problems. ...
When it comes to waste management – whether it’s for a smallish basement cleaning project or a
whole-house siding job – dumpster rental is definitely the way to go when it comes to waste removal. It
keeps the property looking tidy, it is an enormous time saver compared to hauling pickup loads of garbage, and
it’s incredibly easy: The roll-off dumpster appears and disappears with just a phone call. ...
A survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America in partnership with software firm Autodesk
found that 80 percent of the construction companies they contacted say they can’t find enough workers, and
the ramifications of that are reducing not only profitability but also a company’s ability finish work on
time and take on new projects. But while a shortage of construction labor is a persistent and serious problem
across the nation, industry experts are brainstorming ways that construction companies can have an impact for
the good of all and especially their own bottom lines. ...
Thanks to activism by the Associated General Contractors of America, a wider group of construction companies will
be eligible for the Paycheck Protection Program authorized under the umbrella of the CARES Act. According to the
legislation passed by Congress, the program provides loans to companies with fewer than 500 employees, but, in
preparing to administer the loans, the Small Business Administration issued a rule clarification that would have
excluded thousands of construction companies. ...
When Pete and Natalie Marsden planned the March
2020 opening of their Redbox+ business, they could have never foreseen the desperate state the world would be in
during that time due to Covid-19. But a quick pivot and their large hearts have turned an ordinary business
launch into a promotion that helps feed the people in the communities their new business will serve. ...
It’s a fact: Construction crew members need to use a bathroom during their workday, but plenty of employers
let workers hoof it down to the local convenience store rather than providing a portable toilet on the job site.
After all, it’s cheaper than renting a toilet, and running down the block just takes a few minutes of the
worker’s time, right? ...
With
the United States increasingly rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is no shortage of confusion over
governmental orders halting nonessential business, especially in the construction industry. In some states, all
construction projects have been deemed essential, in other states, almost no projects are considered essential,
and some states have no restrictions on the industry at all. ...
The August weather in much of the U.S. brings on some high temps and some high humidity. At redbox+ we know how
hard our customers work and we see you and the job site crew getting after it. We see it every week and every
day and hope a small reminder on how to avoid heat-related illness might be just what you need as we head into
the “dog days” of summer. ...
In a recent article related to the roofing industry one of the major concerns listed as impacting roofing
contractors was finding qualified workers. In fact, 88% of Commercial roofing contractors and 85% of
Residential roofing contractors indicated this concern. No doubt, many industries are starved for workers and
attracting and retainer them can be a challenge as well. ...
Job site waste; it’s not only unsightly, it can be dangerous as well. Construction crews can easily injure
themselves if proper precautions aren’t being taken. Cuts, scrapes, punctures, strains, sprains, and eye
injuries can commonly occur. And those are relatively minor incidents depending on what’s laying around
and how debris is being handled. Serious injuries and in some cases even fatalities can happen. ...
Job site waste; it’s not only unsightly, it can be dangerous as well. Construction crews can easily injure
themselves if proper precautions aren’t being taken. Cuts, scrapes, punctures, strains, sprains, and eye
injuries can commonly occur. And those are relatively minor incidents depending on what’s laying around
and how debris is being handled. Serious injuries and in some cases even fatalities can happen. ...
Since furniture is heavy and bulky, disposing of it can be difficult, mainly if you
dispose of several pieces at once. When it’s time to relocate, clean out your house,
or replace old, unused furniture, having a well-organized strategy and thorough plan
will make the process easier, safer, and more effective. Here are five ideas for getting
rid of furniture you don’t need anymore. ...
The level of activity around a construction site many times resembles bees working around a hive. Everybody’s
busy moving here and there doing their job while trying to get things done on time. Construction sites, needless
to say, are full of hard-working guys and gals who need tools, materials, and at certain times during the day,
portable restrooms. ...
