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The Secret Sauce to Protecting Construction Profits  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

While incredibly rewarding, the construction industry is a challenging sector to work in for cost-focused business and project executives. Bank failures, rising interest rates, high material prices, and labor crunches are all making it more challenging for construction companies to protect, let alone, improve their margins.

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Arup Settles $1.7B Australia Toll Road Revenue Forecast Suit

ENR Construction

As defense breaks down, AE is mum on the pact amount, estimated at about $80 million, reports say.

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Home Building by the Numbers

Pro Builder

The annual analysis, called the Comparative Financial and Operations Analysis (“Fin-Op” for short), draws from detailed information about various revenue, cost, and profit metrics provided anonymously by builders of varying sizes in different locations, serving as a benchmarking and forecasting tool for the company, builders, and the industry.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Ontario Unveils Plans To Achieve An Energy Balance

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The forecasted 2025 electricity production mix: 42 percent nuclear, 46 percent renewables, and 12 percent natural gas. Ontario is aiming to use Demand Response (DR) to meet 10% of peak demand by 2025, equivalent to approximately 2,400 megawatts (MW) under forecast conditions.

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5 Types of Subcontractor Software Transforming the Trades 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The masons, architects, blacksmiths, and painters then managed their little corners of construction, freeing the overseer to do their thing. . Plus, the risk in construction is increasing. Subcontractors are always on the defensive when it comes to rework, which they must mitigate and reduce as much as possible.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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STATE FOCUS – Ohio: Slow And Steady

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Overall, reports indicate that Ohio’s economy is forecast to match the pace of the national recovery in the year to come but it’s possible that the following areas are on an even faster track. These projects also will construct or absorb more than 2 million square feet of industrial space. percent in 2013 and 6.7 percent in 2014.

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