RAKEN CONSTRUCTION BLOG

From August 27th to 28th we were pleased to take part in the Bluebeam Extreme XCON Conference in Washington DC. The conference, hosted by Bluebeam, is designed to “broaden the u...

Family, barbecues, and the beach. That's what comes to mind for most Americans when they think of labor day. But that's only part of the story. In the United States, we celebrat...

There is an age gap in the construction industry, and we’ve got a pretty good idea of where it came from. Between 2006 and 2011 the construction industry lost around 2.3 million...

It's the same story all over: general and subcontractors are swamped with work, but they just can't get around to all of the projects that they have on the backburner. Or they a...

Communication between the field and the office has never been an easy feat. When assigning tasks to workers in the field, it can be difficult to remember who was meant to do whi...

If you're a site superintendent working for a general contractor, and your company just signed up for Raken's Performance plan, congratulations! Your workflow is about to get a ...

New buildings are becoming increasingly high-tech, causing big construction projects to increase in complexity. A superintendent's job has evolved into an extremely multifaceted...

We often associate our smartphones with trouble. Whether they distract us from our work, or we accidentally send a text to the wrong person, it's true that we can occasionally l...

Now that we've covered some of the construction issues that frequently come up during a project, let's discuss some tips to avoid construction litigation* in the first place. As...

Everyone is afraid of getting sued. It's just what happens when you live in an arguably overly-litigious society. But perhaps in no industry is that fear more well-founded or un...

This week, Raken is shining a spotlight on Mariah Whitlock, Construction Administrator at JRC Mechanical, a mechanical contractor based in Chesapeake, Virginia. Mariah has been ...

A while back, we wrote about 10 incredible feats in construction history. Today, in honor of U.S. Independence Day, we've compiled a list of some top construction projects in Am...