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Rapid growth of retail health clinics presents new choices for consumers, payers, and providers

BD+C

Retail health clinics, which have been around since 2001, and until recently have been profit question marks, are having their moment in the sun.

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Home Building by the Numbers

Pro Builder

The Shinn Group’s long-running Fin-Op analysis, backed by decades of data, offers builders a road map to profitability and a benchmark of performance. Predicting Profit: How to Know Your Margin Before You Close. Predicting Profit: How to Know Your Margin Before You Close. What makes a builder consistently profitable?

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Profitable partnering for LC. Lean Construction Journal 2(2), 22-50. Bramble, B. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. NY: Aspen Publishers. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing. L., & Li, H. Development of a conceptual model of construction partnering. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 8 (4,), 292-303.

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Punctuality guaranteed

Digger Blog

Finning paid £322m cash for Hewden Stuart in 2001, seeing the hire company as a conduit for putting more Cat machines into the UK market place. When Finning took over in 2001, Hewden Stuart had more than 4,000 staff across 370 locations. By 2010, Hewden (as it now was) had 1,300 employees across 63 locations.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

Unit Price Books developed without overhead & profit. 30, 2001, p. Co-efficients ranging in the 1.0+ Long-term mutually beneficial owner/contractor relationships. Best value procurement. Quantitative Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Focus upon building Owner/Contractor capability. 17, 1Washington, D.C., Sandner, C.

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

Pro Builder

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. Is it profitable? namely, are you running a good business?

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Frequent flyer points and coronavirus: What should you do with your Qantas and Virgin points?

Construction Test

The result is both Qantas and Virgin earn massive profits from their loyalty schemes, with Qantas saying only a third of its points are earned from flying. Many people learned this the hard way when Ansett collapsed in 2001. What’s the best way to earn points? It depends. What happens if Qantas or Virgin go bust?

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