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Resources
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Building Products
The Product Center on construction.com enables you to search the most complete and detailed building product and manufacturer information available, using the power of Sweets. You can search the entire sweets.com database by manufacturer, product or division. In addition, you can search specific communities, such as AEC, Facilities, Residential, Canadian, Landscape and Subcontractors. Here you’ll find 3 Part Specs, downloadable CAD, direct Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) capabilities, industry news, and other links and tools to help you work smarter.
Equipment
Whether you are buying, selling or just browsing for information about construction equipment, the Equipment Center on construction.com has something for you. The Ironmax Equipment Listing features new and used equipment for sale across the US and Canada. You can easily list your company’s inventory for sale and reach a large pool of buyers. If you’re buying, you can search for equipment by category, type, manufacturer, model, age, price and more, and compare similar models.
Four subscription based services here can help you save money by making better equipment decisions. The Rental Rate Blue Book, used by 47 state DOTs and accepted by the Federal Highway Administration, can help you know how much to charge for the use of your equipment, by the hour, day, week or month. The Green Guide provides a comprehensive, reliable and up-to-date guide to the market value of construction equipment manufactured during the past twenty years. The Last Bid is an authoritative guide to current auction values for used construction equipment and trucks. It gives the sale prices from every major auction since 1994, updated twice weekly. The Custom Cost Evaluator is a guide to ownership and operating costs for construction equipment manufactured in the past 20 years. It is specifically designed to assist contractors on preparing bids and assigning internal ownership and operating costs. You can try a free demo of all of these subscription services to see how they might help you.
The Equipment Center also provides links to recent news articles about construction equipment at enr.com.
Career
The Career Center on construction.com connects job seekers with employers in the construction industry. Job seekers can browse the most recent job postings or use the search function to find jobs by location, job title, company name or keyword. They can also register to have jobs matching their profile emailed to them, all for free. Employers can post jobs and search resumes. Here also clients with outsourced projects can be brought together with consultants who have the right expertise. In partnership with Turner Construction Company, McGraw-Hill Construction also offers its community of users access to valuable online courses through the Turner Knowledge Network. Recent offerings included Insurance and Bonding for Subcontractors, OSHA 30-Hour Certification Safety Training, How to Read and Analyze Financial Statements, and Personal Computer Skills. Career news articles from ENR and a link to submit your project for publication in Architectural Record round out the offerings in the Career Center.
News
The News Center on construction.com keeps you abreast of happenings affecting our industry with news articles categorized under the headings of Top News Story, Government & Legislation, Business & Labor, Buildings, Transportation, Environment, Power, Technology and General News. You can also link to our 10 regional construction publications to see articles of local interest, and email any article to a friend.
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