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New Home Building Seattle Area Market Too Fuel Contractor Growth

Contractor Bookkeeping

Seattle Metro Area - Including all of western Washington is being targeted by several major home builders in the past two years including Toll Brothers, Pulte Homes, MDC Holdings and Miami-based Lennar. We Are Very Excited - About the future for construction companies not just in our backyard in the Seattle Metro area but all across America.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

As the weather warms up across the country (just not in Seattle), construction season is beginning to get under way. « The Fundamentals of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Green Construction & Construction Software » The Business of Construction Risk Management. February 2009. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

a Seattle-based company that tracks and reports government spending, the report card reads like this: Aviation, D; Drinking Water, D-minus; Energy, D-plus; Roads, D-minus; Transit, D; and Wastewater, D-minus. Imagine if your son or daughter brought home a report card without a score above D. According to experts at Onvia, Inc., February 2009.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

I feel confident in saying that we’ve never created construction software on our own, sitting in our Seattle offices. I’m reminded that as a company, we wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for collaboration. Every new release has been driven by our clients. February 2009. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. August 2008.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

So, if the data center in Seattle goes down for some reason, the redundant site in Atlanta picks up and your data is available. Does it have redundant routers, hubs and data pipes? Regional Redundancy. Not only should it have local redundancy, but it should have regional redundancy as well. Fault Tolerance. February 2009. January 2009.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Another week has gone by, and while my jet-pack didn’t show up, the Seattle rain did. « Construction Business Owner Attends APWA 2011 Congress. The Third Key to Collaboration » Simple Software. Last week, I discussed that part of the problem with going paperless is access. February 2009. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

Knowing where the key project metrics such as time , costs, resources , and cash flow are relative to a datum (the project plan). A poor plan for time, costs, resources and cash flow is sometimes worse than no plan. Time schedules, resource schedules and cash flow plans all come from a well thought out cost estimate.