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6 Types of Construction Technology You Will Use in the Future

The Constructor

The construction industry has always been a major contributor to the world economy. While the construction industry has been quite impervious to.

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Acquisition Research: Creating Synergy for Informed Change – Federal Contracting Officers – The Need for Improved Expertise

Job Order Contracting

“Contracting officers need improved expertise in both understanding and conducting price/cost analysis. The current gap in knowledge contributes to agencies missing cost saving opportunities as well as ventures to improve acquisition outcomes. Exercising appropriate price analysis methods that come from adequate price analysis guidance and training would address this gap.” – 14th Annual Acquisition Symposium. “A number of contract files that we reviewed did not demonstr

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Roofing Sheets: Types, Purpose, Advantages and Disadvantages

Learn Civil Engineering

What is Roofing Sheet? Roofing sheets are a necessary element of a structure since they embrace the foremost crucial component, a roof. These roofing sheets guarantee that the roof structure stays solid and that protects against pollutants, weather conditions, dust, and, most importantly, that you just have an adequate roof on top of a house. […].

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Best Construction Employee Retention Secrets Revealed

Contractor Bookkeeping

Most construction workers are good decent people who enjoy working with their hands making, building, repairing, remodeling, and fixing homes and commercial buildings. Good construction workers will not tolerate chaos or unfair labor practices. They will try out many construction companies until they find a contractor with a system. Preferably with documented processes and procedures.

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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Ubisoft Winnipeg Continues To Expand, Add Jobs

Business Facilities

Interactive entertainment and services company Ubisoft Winnipeg will continue to expand in Canada, creating 200 more jobs in Manitoba, growing its local workforce to 300 employees by 2030.

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A Frenzied Housing Market Could Persist Beyond the Spring Season

Pro Builder

A Frenzied Housing Market Could Persist Beyond the Spring Season. ldeakins. Fri, 03/18/2022 - 10:25. Price hikes and dried up inventory could remain status quo into the summer months, and potentially for the entirety of 2022. Home prices have risen 18% over the past 12 months, roughly six times faster than wages across the U.S., according to Fortune, but waning affordability can’t keep a record share of buyers in the mix for much longer.

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Advancing Natural Building and Ecological Design Colloquium

Natural Building

You can find out more about this at ourecovillage.org. The post Advancing Natural Building and Ecological Design Colloquium appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Against All Odds, Hispanic Buyers Are Slowly Closing the Homeownership Gap

Pro Builder

Against All Odds, Hispanic Buyers Are Slowly Closing the Homeownership Gap. ldeakins. Fri, 03/18/2022 - 10:30. As more Hispanic Americans reach prime homebuying years over the next two decades, a longstanding homeownership gap will continue to shrink. Roughly 657,000 Latino households purchased homes in 2021, boosting their homeownership rate to 48.4%, still 30 percentage points below white Americans, but a significant improvement in the face of COVID-related obstacles.

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Whistleblower Contractor Exposes Competitor's Alleged DBE Fraud

ENR Construction

An Illinois steel and rebar contractor agreed to a settlement after the government intervened in the case.

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Optimize Operational Processes With an Industry-Specific ERP

As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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Millennials Are Taking Over the High-End Housing Market

Pro Builder

Millennials Are Taking Over the High-End Housing Market. ldeakins. Fri, 03/18/2022 - 10:33. High-income Millennial buyers are skipping past starter homes and diving into the deep end of a competitive high-end market. Though the Millennial generation initially seemed reluctant to embrace homeownership, buyers in their mid-20s to late 30s are flooding the housing market and accounting for 37% of total house hunters nationwide, says The Washington Post.

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Homebuyer Competition Rose to a Record High in February

Pro Builder

Homebuyer Competition Rose to a Record High in February. ldeakins. Fri, 03/18/2022 - 10:21. The 2022 housing market is off to a competitive start with heated bidding wars in nearly every U.S. metro. After two years of heightened housing prices and elevated competition, bidding wars are easing at the start of 2022, but home offers are still facing a record high bidding war rate, Redfin reports.

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February Housing Starts Reached Highest Share Since 1973

Pro Builder

February Housing Starts Reached Highest Share Since 1973. ldeakins. Fri, 03/18/2022 - 10:18. Residential construction starts rose to a new high in February, suggesting a boost in inventory after over a decade of scarce supply. Privately-owned housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,769,000 in February, a 22.3% year-over-year increase, according to Bill McBride’s CalculatedRisk Newsletter.

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