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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Accounting & Finance. Section 179 was designed to provide an attractive tax savings on these purchases. All businesses that purchase, finance, and/or lease less than $2 million in new or used business equipment during tax year 2011 should qualify for the Section 179 Deduction. December 2010. November 2010.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. Customer Collaboration & Construction Software » Staying Focused in the Fight Against Profit Fade. There’s a name for these situations: “profit fade.” The profit you calculate when bidding a job can fluctuate dramatically as work progresses. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Accounting & Finance. At Foundation Software, we try to avoid inmate takeovers by first assigning a lead analyst to oversee design for each project. We then provide a design methodology to follow. Design considerations are not relevant at this stage. Well-designed software provides a more powerful solution.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Accounting & Finance. One of my very favorite books is Alan Cooper’s The Inmates Are Running The Asylum , which takes an in-depth look into software application design. The Inmates Are Running The Asylum—or in other words, “The Programmers Are Designing the Software.” When designing FOUNDATION® for Windows® 3.0

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. IPD is all about teamwork – bringing the design team and the construction team together early in the project delivery process to resolve issues and streamline processes. Design and construction teams consist of a lot of people with a lot of specialized and valuable skills that are located over a wide area.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. For starters, it is designed for construction, so you’re getting software that handles the accounting and reporting challenges of your industry. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. One of the areas we looked at was their pallet/skid area, where they were struggling to design an ergonomic work station. When working in a manufacturing plant, you can design or build workstations that can fit the workers physical needs. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010.