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The upside of job costing: More accurate estimates means more money in the bank

Lets Build

In a recent study of self-identified business owners, accountants, bookkeepers, estimators, and finance managers within the construction industry, 1. Yet having at least some understanding of cost analysis isn’t just desirable—it’s necessary.

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Navigating Commercial Building Loan Landscape for Small Business

Wolgast Corporation

We checked in with Steve Canole, Senior Vice President of 1 st State Bank, to find out the current commercial financing climate and if there are any changes, insight, or guidance our business owner clients should know to secure financing to fuel their growth. Over the last 18 months, lending is back to financing 75% or lower.

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A bank that doesn’t go far enough?

Construction Law

One thing that can be confidently said about the newly announced National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) is that it won’t be funding very much of the procurement of the UK’s national infrastructure. Adverse comparisons are being made with the scale of the European Investment Bank funding that has been lost post Brexit, which was some £5 Billion.

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What Every Business Owner Should Know about Design-Build Construction

Wolgast Corporation

Two Important Benefits of Design-Build 1 - An Owner can get an accurate estimate earlier – when using the General Construction delivery method, you have to wait for plans to be completed by the Architect to hand over to the Contractor for bidding.

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Federal Reserve Announces Tighter Monetary Policy

Pro Builder

Its new monetary path aims to accelerate the tapering of mortgage-backed securities and Treasuries purchases and suggests new estimates for 2021 inflation. The central bank will double the pace of tapering with an anticipated conclusion of bond purchases in March 2022 . Housing Policy + Finance. Government + Policy.

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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. Decisions made using “bad data” are estimated to cost the industry $88.69 And the pressure is rising.

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How COP27 Impacts Real Estate: Pricing Real Estate Climate Risk

Stok

Guest post by Joe Miller , Member of USGBC Delegation to COP27 One topic of urgent and primary focus at COP has been around how and who will finance the changes of climate change. Some provisions exist within the IRA for higher level tax credits for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in low-income and brownfield sites.

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