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Construction Industry Bounces Back in 2013

Constructonomics

The CDI is a user-based forward-looking survey of the commercial construction industry. The index is a forecast tool that predicts future outlook for general contractors, specialty contractors and building material suppliers. For the AIA’s index, a score of 50 indicates no change from the previous survey period.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Architecture Firms Rebound in November

PSMJ Resources

While inquiries for new projects also increased sharply, the biggest gains were seen among residential and commercial/Industrial firms, and those in the Southern U.S. Commercial/industrial firms are matching this performance as well, with three straight healthy months. By market sector: Commercial/Industrial is up 53.9

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Business Conditions at Architecture Firms.

PSMJ Resources

Indicators of future work, such as inquiries into new projects and the value of new design contracts, continued to expand in April, but the pace of growth has slowed in recent months, indicating that there may be less future work in the pipeline as well. A Broader Economic Forecast. and Commercial/Industrial is up 53.8

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Construction Marketing Secret: Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator of Construction

Construction Marketing

Census Bureau , with about 45 percent coming from the more volatile commercial and industrial sectors and 55 percent from the typically more stable institutional building categories. The AIA Work-on-the-Boards Survey and the Architectural Billings Index. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how billings at U.S.

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BC’s Blog December 08

Cassell Construction Estimating

Despite last year’s residential meltdown (-35%), industrial construction recorded strong growth in 2008, and commercial largely held its own, with gains in niches such as the hospitality and office sectors. We finished 3 days of training in Orange County for PBC Companies, commercial concrete and masonry contractors.

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