LinkedIn is being embraced by the US Construction Industry. Some countries like the Netherlands and Denmark while having small populations surprised me by the number of construction professionals on LinkedIn. If you click on the map you can hover over the country to see how many construction profiles are present. Citation: Construction Industry Linkedin Statistics by Country April 24 2012, ChartsBin.com, viewed 24th April, 2012, Are there countries (or cities) you need the numbers on? MORE >>

The uncertain state of the construction industry has been helped with a strong performance in October, which has surprised some industry experts. The construction industry reached a five-month high in October, according to the Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI, where orders and activity grew significantly compared to the previous months. Sarah Bingham, Economist at Markit and author of the UK Construction PMI said: “UK construction output improved in October, as new orders recovered from September’s modest decline. The index recorded a figure of 53.9 MORE >>

The development will be delivered in two phases with phase one comprising the construction of the new 9,395m2 supermarket for Sainsbury’s together with 267 residential units of which 52 will be shared ownership. Phase two comprises the demolition of the existing superstore and the construction of 196 units, including 14 social rented homes. Our London portfolio is expanding fast – we now have over 3,000 units under construction across the Capital in 17 boroughs providing homes ranging from £120,000 to £3.5m.”. acre site in Fulham from Sainsbury plc. MORE >>

He is in Gentry Locke’s construction practice group and he also oversees the firm’s e-Discovery and information management processes. He is the co-author of two blogs – Virginia Construction Law Update and Virginia OSHA Law News. It is a privilege to be guest posting here on Construction Law Musings, and we appreciate the opportunity to introduce Gentry Locke’s new construction and OSHA blogs – Virginia Construction Law Update and Virginia OSHA Law News. 6.         Document Management for Your Construction Company This is a great guest post by Doug Reiser. MORE >>

So when will we all be using smartphones to track construction production? Computers in Construction construction A/B TestingMeeting with one of my customers yesterday, he started telling me about the phone app he uses for bike riding. We both previously tried MapMyRide , which created some nice maps and ride info. The newest best thing, he told me, was Strava.com , which does the following: Uses your smartphone GPS to make a map of where you rode or ran. Creates a workout log that shows all your distances, height variations, speeds, etc. Oh, and it’s completely free. MORE >>