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Modest Revenue Increases Continue Through Spring

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Firms with a residential specialization, as well as those with a commercial/industrial specialization, both reported increasing revenue for the seventh month in a row. Economy rising, employment still lagging. The AIA’s quarterly measurements of firm backlogs reveal an average length of 4.6 South is down 50.1 from 51.0,

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Architecture Firm Billings Rebound Modestly in August

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Conditions also continued to deteriorate at firms with a residential specialization, in spite of moderate growth reported by those firms earlier this year. This marks the first month with no employment growth since 2010, and only the second time ever that unemployment has had a net change of zero. Corporate Finance Associates blog.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Another Month of Revenue Growth at.

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Billings at residential firms have also steadily turned up. Rising employment rates buoy firm billings The upturn in billings at architecture firms is supported by general strength in the economy. Rising employment rates buoy firm billings The upturn in billings at architecture firms is supported by general strength in the economy.

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ABI Increases Modestly for Third Consecutive Month

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Firms specializing in residential, commercial/industrial, and institutional projects all registered gains, while mixed-practice firms (ones without a majority of their billings in any single major construction sector) were still contracting. In contrast, the construction employment picture has shown some modest gains over the past year.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

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Christopher Fox, AIA, Van Metre’s VP of architecture and building science, advises builders to have a research and development budget built into the total cost analysis, “because a big part of industrialized construction is trial and error,” he says. He notes that tolerances for panelization require more precision.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Construction jobs, spending show little 1- or.

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Seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment increased by 80,000 (0.1%) in October and 1.5 Seasonally adjusted construction employment fell by 20,000 (0.4%) to 5,525,000, and up only 13,000 (0.2%) from a year ago. Heavy and civil engineering construction employment rose 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively; residential building, 0.6%

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Pace of Billings Decline Slows in October

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Firms in the Northeast reported gains in billings for the second month in a row, along with firms with residential and commercial/industrial specialization. An ambiguous jobs picture Nonfarm payroll employment grew modestly in October, adding 80,000 new jobs. and Residential is up 51.3 American Institute of Architects (AIA).