Construction Chat was started May 8, 2014, to build community among the construction-inclined.

This weekly chat is hosted by Riggins Construction Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.  We’d love you to join us, if you’re free next week.

(I put a reminder in my calendar. Otherwise, even I would forget.)

This week’s topic:

This week’s topic is inspired by a recent tweet from one of our chat regulars, Window Works:

Tip: Plant a deciduous tree in front of your windows for cover during summer, and more warmth during winter.

— Window Works CA (@WindowWorksCA) June 16, 2014

This topic reminded me about what I’ve heard about Taliesin West by Frank Lloyd Wright. He used the natural landscape, wind direction, indirect light, and earth to keep the facility cool. My husband worked there while he was in college planting olive trees in the wash.

This morning he said,

“You can’t believe, in the middle of summer, how cool it was.”

So, that’s my inspiration for today’s chat. Maybe we should just build smarter, you know?

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Are you in construction? Do you want to build up your following? Are you looking to connect with the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) community?

You’re in luck!

Joining our weekly Twitter Chat may just be the right thing for you.

Construction Chat is was started May 8, 2014, and is hosted by us on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

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How to Join a Chat:

1. Follow the hashtag on Twitter (but don’t forget to add #ConstChat manually after your tweet or we won’t see your tweet).

2. Use Hootsuite or TweetDeck and make a column for #ConstChat (but don’t forget to put #ConstChat manually after your tweet).

3. Go to the Twubs page for #ConstChat.

4. My preferred method is using TweetChat. Just go here and log in with your Twitter account. You can even highlight the moderator so you don’t miss questions. Continue reading →

Construction Chat was started May 8, 2014, to build community among the construction-inclined.

This weekly chat is hosted by Riggins Construction Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.  We’d love you to join us, if you’re free next week.

(I put a reminder in my calendar. Otherwise, even I would forget.)

This week’s topic:

Today we discussed job costing and computer software. Admittedly, it’s a more narrow topic, so I will include some of my answers in the recap. Live and learn, right?

Thanks for the suggestion from Amy Good of Lancaster County Timber Frames, Inc. We were sorry she couldn’t make the chat.

A6 Computer software and job costing. Can you do it on your software or must you export? #constchat

— Amy Good (@Splintergirl) May 29, 2014

Below are the questions, as asked, and some highlighted answers. Some weeks there are so many great answers, it’s hard not to include them. I apologize for the length in advance. The purpose of the recap is to give you, the reader, some insight.

Here’s the Vine I tweeted for a little bit of fun.

Welcome to #ConstChat vine! https://t.co/fuPdWPBE0T

— Riggins Construction (@RigginsConst) June 12, 2014

Q1: Is your office environment Mac, PC, or mixed?

A1. Our offices are mixed, but we use a lot of Macs. #Constchat

— Window Works CA (@WindowWorksCA) June 12, 2014

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Are you in construction? Do you want to build up your following? Are you looking to connect with the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) community?

You’re in luck!

Joining our weekly Twitter Chat may just be the right thing for you.

Construction Chat is a new chat hosted by us on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

How to Join a Chat:

1. Follow the hashtag on Twitter (but don’t forget to add #ConstChat manually after your tweet or we won’t see your tweet).

2. Use Hootsuite or TweetDeck and make a column for #ConstChat (but don’t forget to put #ConstChat manually after your tweet).

3. Go to the Twubs page for #ConstChat.

4. My preferred method is using TweetChat. Just go here and log in with your Twitter account. You can even highlight the moderator so you don’t miss questions. Continue reading →