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Relationships, ethics and marketing: Where are the boundaries?

Construction Marketing Ideas

In theory (and at least on paper), most public works procurement practices should, by their nature, be public. But I’m troubled and challenged by the murky “insider” and “outsider” stories I continue to hear as I research a local procurement scandal at the Ottawa Hospital.

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Vaughan Buckley on Restarting a Former Katerra Factory

Pro Builder

There is just so much volatility and incapability to procure materials in a timely fashion and maintain cost controls that the idea of being able to build my own cabinetry in a few weeks versus waiting months is just huge. . PB: What is happening with former Katerra customers whose projects were left stranded by the bankruptcy?

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

Pro Builder

Shortly after, I read another piece on bankruptcies in home building, and soon I was thinking of the more than 250 builders I’ve worked with over more than three decades and wondering: Does this “ Anna Karenina Principle ” about families also apply to home building?

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Meltdown

Business Facilities

A decision will be announced in February on whether to continue the troubled project, which has already seen its original contractor file for bankruptcy as cost estimates for the reactors ballooned to an estimated $20 billion. The demise of the V.C. Summer project was a devastating blow to hopes for a revival of the U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Loan proceeds may be used for start-up costs, working capital, business procurement, equipment and inventory purchases, contract financing, franchise fees, business expansion, lines of credit, as well as real estate construction, renovation or tenant improvements of an eligible place of business. NEW HAMPSHIRE – updated for 2014.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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In addition, Procurement Technical Assistance Centers assist companies throughout the entire government procurement process from pre-award to post-award. MEDC also tracks federal grant programs and makes companies aware of opportunities and offer letters of support where applicable. NEW HAMPSHIRE.

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