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What Labor Shortage? Not All Home Builders Affected Equally

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Yet, here we are, with strong sales, great cash flow, abundant profits, and not enough people to build the homes. . After a year spent largely in our own homes and with so many people working away from the office, millions want something different or better in their housing arrangements, be it major remodeling or something entirely new.

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Guide to Top 2023-24 Construction Conferences & Events

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Get more details 25th Annual Lean Construction Congress (Detroit, Michigan) October 24–27, 2023 The LCI Congress is held annually with a focus on Lean transformation in the built environment through Lean implementation. The 25th annual event will take place in Detroit, Michigan on October 24th through the 27th, 2023.

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What Labor Shortage?

Pro Builder

Yet, here we are, with strong sales, great cash flow, abundant profits, and not enough people to build the homes. . After a year spent largely in our own homes and with so many people working away from the office, millions want something different or better in their housing arrangements, be it major remodeling or something entirely new.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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But when coupled with the right sets of policies and institutional environments, PPPs can be powerful catalysts for economic growth. MEDC touts recent projects such as Whirlpool, Two Men and a Truck, Stik.com and the creation of an urban innovation district in downtown Detroit as examples of its growing success.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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Three other innovation hubs are being built in Canton, MI near Detroit, Youngstown, OH and Raleigh, N.C. The Detroit-area consortium of businesses and universities, announced by the White House on the same day as the Chicago lab, will a focus on lightweight and modern metals manufacturing. Pat Quinn, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Your eyes weren’t deceiving you when you saw Detroit, MI sitting at No. Yes, we know that Detroit became the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy protection, a process the city is expected to emerge from this year. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side. cities for job-skills training.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

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But there’s a caveat about the definition of “success”: You know of builders considered successful by the outside world simply because they’re profitable. The question is: How profitable and sustainable are they, and at what cost? . A builder I know made just over $5 million in profit last year. Successful, right?