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More Women Are Leaving the Construction Industry With Reports of Sexism

Pro Builder

In 2020, women accounted for only 10.9% That's according to a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) and it's bad news for an industry badly in need of more workers: It needs an estimated 61,000 new hires a month over the next three years to meet housing demand. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 09:38.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

This practice does not work for material, labor, equipment, nor does it account for local market productivity in any effective manner. Locally researched JOC Price Books are readily available to provide cost visibility, cost transparency, and therefore improve cost management. b) Statement of work. (1) d) Distribution.

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40+ APAC Construction Industry Statistics You Need to Know

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trillion estimated in global construction output by 2025. Spending on construction accounted for 13% of the global GDP in 2020; it’s expected to reach over 13.5% Asia-Pacific is projected to account for US$7.4/A$10.2 APAC projects in the pre-planning stage account for US$92.3/ The importance of data. Oxford Economics ].

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30+ Construction Industry Statistics for EMEA

Autodesk Construction Cloud

9.9 * trillion estimated in global construction output by 2025. Spending on construction accounted for 13% of the global GDP in 2020; it’s expected to reach over 13.5% As of Q2 2021, German banks have seen sales growth up to 30% compared to 2019. It accounted for 44% of total global construction in 2020. ConsTrack360 ].

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2019 Issue. 15th Annual Rankings: 2019 Metro Rankings Report. Manufacturing currently accounts for 15 percent of all jobs in the region and remains the heart of West Michigan’s economy. By Business Facilities Staff. ATLANTA NO. 1 IN GROWTH POTENTIAL. PHOENIX IS FASTEST-GROWING CITY. has a labor shortage.

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A HERS Rating for Water Use?

Pro Builder

Ryan Meres: HERS H2O takes into account both the indoor and outdoor water use of a home. There was a HERS H2O pilot in 2019 that involved a dozen or so builders, but what plans are there for rolling out the program to more builders? . There's a 65% increase in water and sewer costs from 2009 to 2019. Program Director.

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Floor moisture barrier

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 01/09/2019 - 13:01. January 09, 2019. It is estimated that moisture-related flooring problems cause more than $1 billion annually in the U.S. Unfortunately, general contractors don’t always take this into account, when preparing bids or developing their project schedules. KOVARA-Blog-#Pillar 2019.