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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

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As 2011 comes to a close, it’s time for us to look back on the commercial construction building trends , news and projects of this past year and share our thoughts on the highs and lows in the industry. In fact, our commercial construction budget work was back to 2008 levels. HIGH – Everyone was submitting drawings in 2011.

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Meet Canvas, the Drywall Finishing Robot Offering Level 5 Quality

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Canvas is currently focused on large commercial and new construction projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company is currently partnering with owners, developers, and general contractors to offer the bot’s services in a subcontractor role, as opposed to leasing or selling the robot outside of the company.

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Secret Formula—Office Vacancy Rates—Prompts Roger Staubach To Bet On The Broncos

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Commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and its Americas Executive Chairman, Roger Staubach, are once again making a bold prognostication for the Big Game, picking the Denver Broncos to outshine the Seattle Seahawks in New Jersey this Sunday evening. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. percent vacancy) edged San Francisco (11.8

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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After leasing the U.S. Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. Vistancia Commercial Core: 320-acres in the affluent, growing community of Vistancia.

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Texas Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Commercial and reality television projects are eligible for a cash production grant from 5% to 12.5% The primary objective of the program is to aid in the development, production and commercialization of new or improved products and to foster and stimulate small business in the state. of qualified in-state spending.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

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The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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SOM recently worked with UI Labs, a Chicago-based research and commercialization collaborative, on the programming and concept design for an exciting new facility: the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII). WHEELING: DYNAMIC COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL BASE KEEPS GROWING. The lab opened in May 2015.