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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Seminars and Tradeshows. Customer Collaboration & Construction Software » Staying Focused in the Fight Against Profit Fade. Just about every contractor has been there — a project starts out strong but, as it moves forward, delays and incidental added work and changes knock dollars and cents off of the bottom line.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Seminars and Tradeshows. Section 179 was designed to provide an attractive tax savings on these purchases. If a business is unprofitable in 2011, and has no taxable income to use the deduction, that business can elect to use 100% Bonus Depreciation and carry-forward to a year when the business is profitable. change orders.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Seminars and Tradeshows. At Foundation Software, we try to avoid inmate takeovers by first assigning a lead analyst to oversee design for each project. We then provide a design methodology to follow. Design considerations are not relevant at this stage. Well-designed software provides a more powerful solution.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Seminars and Tradeshows. One of my very favorite books is Alan Cooper’s The Inmates Are Running The Asylum , which takes an in-depth look into software application design. The Inmates Are Running The Asylum—or in other words, “The Programmers Are Designing the Software.” When designing FOUNDATION® for Windows® 3.0

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Seminars and Tradeshows. IPD is all about teamwork – bringing the design team and the construction team together early in the project delivery process to resolve issues and streamline processes. change orders. Sales/Marketing. Equipment Management. Resource Center. Equipment and Services Directory. Ask the Expert.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Seminars and Tradeshows. For starters, it is designed for construction, so you’re getting software that handles the accounting and reporting challenges of your industry. change orders. Sales/Marketing. Equipment Management. Resource Center. Equipment and Services Directory. Ask the Expert. Hardhat Connect. Industry News.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Seminars and Tradeshows. One of the areas we looked at was their pallet/skid area, where they were struggling to design an ergonomic work station. When working in a manufacturing plant, you can design or build workstations that can fit the workers physical needs. change orders. Sales/Marketing. Resource Center.