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Ridge on acquisition trail after £40m investment

Construction Enquirer

Consultant Ridge and Partners is planning to expand following a £40m cash injection from private equity investor Horizon Capital. Ridge senior partner, Adrian O’Hickey, said: “This is a transformational deal for Ridge – a catalyst for some of the most ambitious changes in our strategy.

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What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan

Construction Marketing

In addition to meeting traditional borrower standards, the lender will inspect and approve construction timeline estimates, proposed budget, and architectural plans. Find out if you can use your land equity towards your down payment, how they pay construction draws, and if the contractor can request a draw to cover material costs.

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Private Equity Expert William Lehr joins PSMJ's M&A Consulting Team

PSMJ Resources

Private Equity Expert William Lehr joins PSMJ’s M&A Consulting Team. It is no secret that ownership succession is a growing challenge for many architecture and engineering firms and this is one of the most significant drivers of elevated merger and acquisition activity in 2011 and going into 2012. Architectural Record.

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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For

CivilJungle

It deals with innovative new technologies to help positively impact the environment we live in and can take many forms such as architecture, civil engineering, renewable energy sources, and more. – Debt/Equity Ratio. – Return on Equity. Debt/Equity Ratio. Return on Equity. Debt/Equity Ratio.

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Sales commission or salary: The conudrum

Construction Marketing Ideas

However, this option isn’t universal within the architectural, engineering and construction community. The truth is that the writer isn’t dealing with commission issues; he is dealing with character issues. in some fields, such as real estate sales, there seems to be only one answer: pure commission.

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Final Countdown to Principal: Advice for Up and Comers

PSMJ Resources

Agreeing to become a Principal (equity owner) in an A/E/C firm. Understand the Deal. friend, then you do not understand the deal well enough. Senior Project Manager or non-equity Associate is. Architectural Record. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, August 13, 2012. has lasting consequences. not a bad career.

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Update: ENR to buy Building Design + Construction?

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Last month, we wrote that McGraw -Hill (which publishes Engineering News-Record and Architectural Record , among many other publications) is interested in buying Reed Business Information (which publishes Building Design + Construction , among many other publications).

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