Newsletter I December 2023

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ACOUSTICAL PROJECT

Alpine Wall & Ceiling Corp

Rumson Deane-Porter/Forrestdale Schools

RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

Component Assembly Systems

Iconiq 777

HEALTHCARE PROJECT

Interstate Drywall Corporation

New Valley Hospital

RETAIL PROJECT

Andersen Interior Contracting

Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace

OFFICE PROJECT

Andersen Interior Contracting

Merck Rahway Auditorium

UNIQUE PROJECT

Sloan & Company

Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park Museum at Rowan University

DISCA News

NJSA/PWC/CFMA/DISCA

Joint Education Meeting

Thursday, January 18, 2024

6:00PM - 9:00PM

Brooklake Country Club

Florham Park, NJ

Industry News

Opioids & Overdose Deaths In The Construction Industry: A Call to Action

For over two decades, the opioid crisis has impacted the United States (US). The opioid crisis has fueled an overdose crisis that began before the pandemic and then exploded during and after the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report the number of overdose deaths in the United States (US) has more than doubled in the past five years.

Top 5 Causes of Construction Lawsuits

Infrastructure and capital projects are being hit hard by rising financing costs, inflation and expensive lawsuits, but the latter issue is one builders have some power to mitigate. Contractors can empower themselves by understanding the causes of cost disputes and overruns, and curb the losses of money and time these conflicts routinely incur.

Closing the Gap Between Decarbonization

Goals and Actions

I believe that climate change is a solvable problem. I know that this is a controversial statement, but it’s true. Almost all of the technological innovations needed to reduce carbon emissions across the global economy already exist today. The real challenge is helping the design, manufacturing, construction, and asset-management industries adopt technologies and processes necessary to deliver the right data to the right decision-makers at the right time. Doing so will address the second challenge: the high costs associated with adopting new innovations. Industries must invest in strategies that reduce these costs—carbon removals, battery storage, Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) databases, and so forth—so they can be easily incorporated by all.

Contributing Factors to the

Superintendent Shortage

No matter the industry sector or size of the job, project success often depends more on the construction superintendent than on any other individual. Their multi-disciplined role is critical to a project’s safety, schedule, quality and ultimately its profitability. While it’s well-known that the industry is facing a serious shortage of craft professionals, the critical position of superintendent may be in even greater jeopardy in the near future.

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