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Successful Commercial Construction Strategies and Operations: Tip #1

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How did you file the documents for your last commercial construction project? By moving to a paperless project management software system. I’m an architect, so I’m used to holding plans in my hands and sifting through documents at the airport. How Developers Can Decrease Operating Costs by Thousands of Dollars. But not anymore.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

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According to Deloitte’s 2014 Global Aerospace and Defense Outlook , the commercial aerospace sector is expected to experience significant growth this year, driven by continued record-setting production levels at assembly facilities and throughout the aerospace supplier network. The end of the Iraq war and the impending end of the U.S.

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P2P Initiative can advance further via in-transit concrete management system

GCP Applied Technologies

One such technology that could "drive" this initiative is an in-transit concrete management system —onboard hardware and software mounted to the ready mix truck to monitor, measure and, most importantly, manage ready mix concrete slump between the plant and jobsite. Commercial buildings. In-Transit Concrete Management. Infrastructure.

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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

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In addition to warehouses, autonomous vehicles in logistics can also be found in airports, harbors and yards. Our planning for increased power along with installing the fiber optic lines has been extremely important for our commercial customers,” said Aubin. As the city grows, its airport activity expands. percent increase.

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Job Order Contracting in Canada

Building Information Management

Key to JOC is the availability of a commercial catalogue of construction prices, called a Unit Price Book (UPB), such as those produced by RSMeans Company, LLC. 97, it means they offer a three per cent discount off the commercial prices as established by the UPB. For instance, if a contractor’s bid is.97, RSMeans Strategic Partner.

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

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In March, IBM announced a new 800-job technology center in downtown Baton Rouge that will provide software development and software maintenance services to clients in the U.S. with services that address the increasing demand for flexible software to keep up with Big Data, cloud and mobile requirements they are facing.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Bill Hagerty, Commissioner, Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development

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BF: You recently announced that software player ForceX is putting its operations center in Nashville, a $1.8-million Can we expect the Nashville region to develop as an IT/software hub? BF: The airport in Memphis is one of the world’s busiest air cargo facilities, home to FedEx’s North American shipping hub. Bet the farm on it.