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The 8 wastes of lean construction

Fieldwire

2) Inventory In construction, inventory waste occurs when overproduction results in excess material. While having some inventory on hand is necessary to keep the project moving, these materials should be minimized as much as possible as they tend to require a fair bit of handling (effort) and storage space.

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How Much Is Your Home Building Company Worth?

Pro Builder

will draw the most bidders. For example, a high-margin builder with just one to two years of land inventory may be worth less than a builder with average margins and six to seven years of supply. Inventory and Pipeline. A builder’s land inventory is essential in determining the purchase price. and Orlando, Fla.,

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Why Elevated Mortgage Rates Could Be the Housing Market’s Biggest Threat Yet

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Mortgage rates have officially crossed the 4% threshold, drawing affordability concerns from homebuyers and market experts alike. Everyone should embrace higher rates to cool off this madness, and hope inventory rises," Mohtashami tells Fortune. Why Elevated Mortgage Rates Could Be the Housing Market’s Biggest Threat Yet.

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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

Job Order Contracting

The proposed rules draw from existing disclosure frameworks including the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Base year GHG inventory is step one and determines your facilities carbon footprint, Step 2 is Reducing Carbon Footprint, Step 3 = Offset.

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Record High Home Prices Create a Thanksgiving Seller’s Market

Pro Builder

Sellers are also receiving more offers above asking price as a result of tighter competition in a market with low inventory. The unseasonable surge in home prices appears to be drawing in more sellers, as the number of homes lsted for sale was down less than 3% from 2020 and up 11% from 2019. .

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Snappii offers some useful construction apps to perform various construction activities efficiently

Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Blueprints and Drawings mobile app – With this app, the users can perform the following tasks :- • Instantly include project photos, notes, drawings and save on the device • generate a database of projects • draw a project initially • Talk about ideas and experience in a community forum.

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Accounting For Methane: A Look at the Evolving Greenhouse Gas Emissions Landscape

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While looking at short-term impacts may momentarily draw the attention of corporations and other climate actors away from long-term carbon mitigation and removal efforts, an accounting approach such as GWP 20 would incentivize entities to prioritize methane within their climate action plans much more than they do today.