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What the Future Holds for Single-Family Rentals

Pro Builder

The investors buying homes and aggregating them are unable to offer on-site maintenance, instead operating a “call center” model that may work for credit cards and cell-phone companies but is less satisfactory for housing needs. . These outlier homes may draw renters today, but over time the homes will age poorly.

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A conversation with Manuel Sanchez Martinez

Natural Building

I showed him pictures of our earthbag/papercrete house and explained some about why I had built it this way. As our time in Guanajuato was drawing to a close, it was looking like this presentation was not going to happen. He was quite interested in the concept. So I emailed him about this and waited for a reply.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Case in point: Jason and his team won AKF’s 2021 Innovation Contest because they found a better way to access and maintain record drawings. . Synchronization is ensured among planning, construction and operation teams by mapping and analyzing various modes of information capture- drawings, photos or even text. San Antonio, TX.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX and Phoenix, AZ are the top-ranked large metros in this flagship category, respectively. The Austin region also is able to benefit from the incredible work going on at Capital Factory, a “center of gravity for entrepreneurs” that houses startups focused on developing disruptive technology.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

In San Antonio, Medtronic located a major expansion of its diabetes division, while Becton, Dickinson & Co. Its drilling units have worked on 97 percent of the wells in the shale and the company invested $30 million last year to open a new operations center outside of San Antonio.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

City of San Antonio, Office of Environmental Policy. City of San Francisco, Department of the Environment. Drawing Conclusions LLC. First Community Housing, Inc. MBD Community Housing Crop. Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future. City of Atlanta, Office of Sustainability. City of Chicago. DPR Construction.

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STATE FOCUS: Lassoing Jobs In Texas

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Texas’ vibrant economy—made possible by the state’s superior workforce, excellent business climate, central location, relatively low production costs and aggressive incentive funding—continues to draw companies from around the country and around the world, proving time and again that Texas really is “Wide Open for Business.”.

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