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The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part III: The Missing Link

Pro Builder

Now consider the software side, which deals with the home building process —anything from back-office accounting, purchase orders (POs) and variance purchase orders (VPOs), options and selections management, sales management, scheduling, warranty management, and BIM (building information modeling), etc. . How can this be? .

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Serious And Funny Construction Definitions Contractors Enjoy Reading

Contractor Bookkeeping

Aggravation Box - Computer with construction accounting software operated by a trainee. Black Box - Computer with construction accounting software operated by a trainee. Comfort Zone - Success you have now since that is what you feel you deserve no more / no less. Bid - A wild guess carried out to two decimal places.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The program asks local health care providers to identify problems they believe can be solved through new technology, and then forwards these challenges to Lincoln’s software community. After two months, a quick-pitch contest was held and the winning software proposal got a 120-day test period at the health care institution.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

California-based software development company, Smith Micro Software, has established a significant presence in the Pittsburgh region. The company, which develops software applications for mobile platforms, opened its R&D center in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2010. In the past decade, nearly $1.8 funding round.

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“Outcome-based Pathway” – The New Mandate for Energy Compliance?

Building Information Management

Climate zones as determined in accordance with by Section C301 of the International Energy Conservation Code. EUIr = the Reference Annual Energy Use Index for the building use and occupancy in Table 60X.1 1 as adjusted by Section 60X.1.3 where applicable TABLE 60X.1 Actual energy use intensity (EUIa). the owner shall be deemed non?compliant

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Lessons From the Hudson River PCB Cleanup Project | ENR.

ENR Construction

Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Inside Scoop: Dredges are equipped with GPS software to help guide the buckets with surgical precision to their targets. Work continues in the dredge zone around the clock, six days a week, during the work season from May through November. Gulf Oil Spill. -->. Building Types. Associations.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

Traditionally known as the “Creative Capital of the South,” Baton Rouge has established itself as a thriving high-tech hub for IT/software development and digital media while continuing to be an attractive location for corporate headquarters, relocations and traditional manufacturing. The new tech center will provide IBM’s clients in the U.S.

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