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How Meritage Homes Halted Land Deals, Calmed Buyer Fears to Survive Downturn

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When states began shutting down in March, CFO of Meritage Homes Hilla Sferruzza halted future land and development spending and reached out to sellers with a near-term closing to negotiate a later date. Sferruzza, who joined Meritage in 2001 and has been CFO since 2014, said the majority of sellers agreed to put the deals on hold.

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The Carpenter Contractor Trust An Introduction

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The Carpenter Contractor Trust (www.CCTNetwork.org), or simply “The CCT,” is a labor management trust formed in 2001. With a history of hard bargaining and an admirable dose of zealousness at the negotiating table, it wasn’t easy to set aside a sense of anticipated conflict and explore other approaches.

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Construction Contracts Online: ConsensusDOCS and AIA Go Head-to-Head

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ENR journalist Johanna Knapschaefer wrote a good piece about " ConsensusDOCS Contract Library Takes to the Cloud, " where she described the real-time collaboration needed for contract negotiations. G808–2001, Project Data, and G808A–2001, Construction Classification Worksheet.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers noted that China’s status as the alternative energy leader may not last long because Chinese dumping of underpriced photovoltaic panels has been successfully challenged by the United States in the World Trade Organization and negotiations are underway to eliminate the PRC’s subsidies.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Though not officially a recession as of mid-May (we’ll have to wait for that declaration by the National Bureau of Economic Research), the downturn precipitated by COVID-19 is being compared with 9/11’s impact on the 2001 recession. In 2008, when Hodges was working through the housing crisis in Florida for builder K.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Education • Green Building Certificate, Colorado State University. Certifications • Certified Passive House Trades-person training, Emu Systems.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Updated May 9, 2001. If the Department of the Interior approves the project as meeting federal guidelines, the next step in the process would be negotiating a contract with the Office of California Governor Jerry Brown. Source: Energy Information Administration based on data from various studies.