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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

These have been dark days for Detroit. The finances of a city once the center of the automotive universe are in the hands of an unelected manager appointed by Michigan’s governor. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side. million-square-foot plant.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

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Finance and Zebras . Over time, the concept has migrated through multiple disciplines including finance, marketing, product development, ecological risk assessment, and even cultural anthropology. . The question is: How profitable and sustainable are they, and at what cost? . But a bit more study was required. .

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Seven Things to Do When an Owner Doesn’t Pay

Constructonomics

Of course we fronted large amounts of money for labor and materials that we were now looking to finance because payment was not being made. Investment in municipalities (such as municipal bonds) are some of the safest investments out there because these organizations will rarely default (I guess Detroit is an outlier).

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Guide to Top 2023-24 Construction Conferences & Events

Autodesk Construction Cloud

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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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance. Airbus is the largest customer of the U.S.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds…with Stephen Moret, Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

These have been dark days for Detroit. The finances of a city once the center of the automotive universe are in the hands of an unelected manager appointed by Michigan’s governor. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side. And we creatively, collaboratively and relentlessly focus on the details.

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Managing With Data (or How to Get Your Processes to Talk to You)

Pro Builder

The title caught their attention: Who does this former VP of Quality from Detroit think he is. Only a small percentage of builders fully track this data, but those that do make consistently better decisions and find more profit. which I also wrote as a column for this magazine ). telling the numbers guys they are lousy at math?