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Using Weather Data To Manage Project Risk
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The weather is consistently rated as one of the most frequent and harmful causes of construction project delays. Weather-related claims are also a frequent source of dispute between contractors and project owners. On this episode, Athenium Analytics explains how contractors, their risk management departments, and even their insurance carriers can use hyper-local forecasts as well as historical weather data to manage and mitigate delays, lost weather days, and onsite damages from natural hazards. Tool for Contractors: Protect your team, materials and timeline against weather-related risks. GaugeConstruction is the cloud-based weather analytics dashboard for the construction and business sectors, delivering short-term, long-term and post-event weather insights during every phase of your project – including hyperlocal forecasts, lightening alerts and analysis. You can also configure custom alerts for future weather events that may pose a threat to worker and site safety, based on the location and phase-specific needs for each project. AGC members receive an exclusive 30% discount on GaugeConstruction – sign up using your AGC member ID. Find out more on the AGC Member Benefits Web page https://www.agc.org/member-benefits/ (click Member Discounts).
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The weather is consistently rated as one of the most frequent and harmful causes of construction project delays. Weather-related claims are also a frequent source of dispute between contractors and project owners. On this episode, Athenium Analytics explains how contractors, their risk management departments, and even their insurance carriers can use hyper-local forecasts as well as historical weather data to manage and mitigate delays, lost weather days, and onsite damages from natural hazards. Tool for Contractors: Protect your team, materials and timeline against weather-related risks. GaugeConstruction is the cloud-based weather analytics dashboard for the construction and business sectors, delivering short-term, long-term and post-event weather insights during every phase of your project – including hyperlocal forecasts, lightening alerts and analysis. You can also configure custom alerts for future weather events that may pose a threat to worker and site safety, based on the location and phase-specific needs for each project. AGC members receive an exclusive 30% discount on GaugeConstruction – sign up using your AGC member ID. Find out more on the AGC Member Benefits Web page https://www.agc.org/member-benefits/ (click Member Discounts).
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