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What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan

Construction Marketing

However, with a construction loan , you can build your dream home from scratch without making compromises. A construction loan is high-interest, short-term financing that you can use to custom-build your home. Discussed below are the things you should know before taking out a construction loan. How construction loans work.

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The Desert Comfort Experience Home: Navigating a Perfect Storm to Get Construction Underway

Pro Builder

The Desert Comfort Experience Home: Navigating a Perfect Storm to Get Construction Underway. The Desert Comfort net-zero energy home in the Arizona desert weathered its share of delays before construction even started, highlighting inefficiencies in building industry permitting and inspections processes—all exacerbated by the pandemic.

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Construction Employment Stalls as Industry Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.5%

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Construction employment edged up by 2,000 jobs between March and April as contractors try to find workers in an increasingly tight labor market, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government data. The unemployment rate among jobseekers with construction experience tumbled from 7.7%

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How To Set Up Solar Panels In A Commercial Building

Construction Marketing

A non-profit organization called the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) offers professional development, continuing education, and certification for solar energy and other renewable energy businesses. Before starting the installation process, you must get all the necessary permits and approvals.

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Consistent Delivery of On-time, On-Budget, Quality Renovation, Repair, and Construction

Job Order Contracting

Consistent Delivery of On-time, On-Budget, Quality Renovation, Repair, and Construction is available to any competent real property owner that demonstrates leadership. LEAN Collaborative Construction is the delivery tools for owners, builders, and other stakeholders that wish to consistently deliver quality projects on-time and on-budget.

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Award of Merit K-12 Education and Award of Merit Excellence in Sustainability: John Lewis Elementary School

ENR Construction

The effort to create Washington, DC’s first Net Zero Energy school was a lesson in perseverance, as the project team faced COVID-related material shortages and absenteeism, and permitting delays that shrank the original nearly two-year-long baseline schedule to just sixteen months.

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Work-life Balance and Mental Health in Construction: Overheard in the Big Room  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Working in construction can be incredibly rewarding. That said, it can also be a stressful industry to work in and some construction professionals may struggle to maintain a healthy work-life balance and prioritize their mental health. In fact, over 80% of construction professionals have experienced stress at work.

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