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Guide to Top 2023-24 Construction Conferences & Events

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There are over 200 educational sessions combined with another 400 industry speakers and keynotes discussing sustainability, networking and more. The 25th annual event will take place in Detroit, Michigan on October 24th through the 27th, 2023. This year, learn more about enhancing your profits, safety on site, and productivity.

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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?

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4 Lessons Construction Companies Can Take From Episodes 3 & 4 of The Last Dance

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What Happened: Michael Jordan Had to Change in Order to Get Past the Pistons Lesson: You’re Never Too Good to Stop Improving By the 1989-1990 season, Michael Jordan was already considered the greatest player in the game, but there was one problem: the Detroit Pistons, AKA The Bad Boys.

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

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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. More accurately, it came with their departure from Silicon Valley and a return to Detroit. billion in investments and add 4,590 jobs in Michigan.

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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.

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FEATURE STORY: Thailand — Nuanced Nation, One-Stop Shop

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As our economy grew stronger and we are no longer the lowest cost workforce in Asia, we focus now on sustainable development,” she says. At the start of 2013, the taxable net profit rate is 20 percent, a reduction of 3 percent from the 2012 accounting year. “In the past, BOI focused on job creation and promoting exports.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Is there no better way for GSA to meet sustainability requirement than via LEED? The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. 2 B Green Profitably. 7group, LLC.