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How To Choose The Right Roofing Material For Your Home

Construction Marketing

On the other hand, low-priced roofing material isn’t always a reflection of the best deal in the market. For instance, you can buy your roofing materials on credit or apply for a bank loan. . By determining the stability of your home’s foundation, you’ll know which roofing materials to use. Durability .

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As Economy Heats Up Your Bookkeeper May Leave For Bigger Better Deal

Contractor Bookkeeping

External Accounting - The part that provides information to process Payroll and fill out Monthly and Quarterly Tax forms and the Annual Tax Return and to fill out Bank Loan Applications. After A Few Months - The bank started bouncing Fred''s checks. The cheap bookkeeper kept enough money in the bank to avoid bouncing checks.

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Housing’s Great Rethink: Workforce Development Takes Center Stage

Pro Builder

The construction industry is also dealing with what has been a 25-year erosion of vocational training and in-school programs, as well as some bitter critics from within its own ranks who effectively shrink the pool of (mostly younger) workers by dissuading them from considering construction jobs as an avenue to job security and fulfillment. “Low

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A Texas Empty Nester Home and Studio With Room for Family, Too

Pro Builder

The typical 70-foot-by-110-foot lot size in this neighborhood doesn’t provide a great deal of space for homes ranging from 1,800 to 3,600 square feet. Early design studies indicated we could create a raised front porch using what is essentially a concrete foundation with stem walls.

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The Secret Sauce to Protecting Construction Profits  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Bank failures, rising interest rates, high material prices, and labor crunches are all making it more challenging for construction companies to protect, let alone, improve their margins. And the pressure is rising. These issues are prevalent in firms that implement technology in silos.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Mike White, Director of Design and Construction at North Point Hospitality

Autodesk Construction Cloud

So, I switched majors to building construction, which was not a big deal during my first year at Georgia Tech. So it was quite complicated when you talked about the deep foundation and getting utilities—particularly electrical—to the building. Architecture, building construction, and industrial design all had a common first year.

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Builders, Stop the Waste!

Pro Builder

No big deal, right? During the very first LeanBuilding Blitz we ran 13 years ago in Houston, a foundation contractor offered a million-dollar piece of advice: “The guys need to dig the trenches for post-tension slabs like brownies, not muffins!” What if I told you these packets cost the franchisee 2.5 cents each—12.5 cents per order?