October, 2009

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Avoiding Commercial Construction Remodeling Pitfalls.

HardHatChat

For a number of reasons – usually cost, location or a lease agreement – commercial real estate owners are opting to refresh or remodel their retail stores , restaurants and hotels instead of building new commercial construction projects. In fact, just recently Disney announced plans to completely transform its 340 stores in the United States and Europe from Disney Stores to Imagination Park.

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Social Media Challenges in Business Similar to Early Internet Adoption

Carol Hagen

Here we are 40 years after the Internet was first used to send a message and business is repeating history with their adoption rates to new technologies. . From a Robert Half Technology Survey and mentioned in Stowe Boyd’s blog post Enterprises Block Social Networks , 54% of US companies with over 100 employees have completely blocked sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

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Avoid Logic in Your Proposals

Help Everybody Everyday

This sounds like crazy advice. You and your technical team will often want to write proposals that are logical. You want your proposals to “make sense.” Right? Not really. The truth about proposals is that mirroring the RFP submission requirements and rating criteria is always a better approach than writing something that is “logical.” Let me give you an example.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Living Walls

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart, webmaster of the popular website www.greenhomebuilding.com, posts text and photos featuring what he discovers from around the world.

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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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It's funny until someone loses an account

PSMJ Resources

Interesting thing happened this week at PSMJ.for the last several years we've used the same company to do our credit card transaction processing. Their services are behind the scenes and about as commoditized as you can get. Other than the transaction statements they send to our bank, we never hear from them. We were approached by another transaction processing outfit that is going to deliver this commodity service for lower fees and they demonstrated how they can save us a couple thousand dolla

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How to Stop Further Deterioration of Distressed Commercial Assets

HardHatChat

I’m not going to sugar coat it. Whether you’re a bank with distressed commercial real estate assets on your balance sheet, or you’re a real estate investor/developer who purchased a foreclosed commercial property, creating a viable workout plan can be an uphill battle. Each passing month brings further physical deterioration of unmaintained assets. However, there are ways to stop the bleeding and minimize the costs of owning , maintaining and repositioning distressed and foreclosed commercial a

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Connecting Buildings to the Internet

Carol Hagen

It’s great that LEED certified buildings can record the energy savings they return to their owners. Now it is possible from every home, building or project in design to bring the activities and consumption data on-line with realtime sensors. Energy and environmental data from objects, devices and buildings can be captured, reported and shared.

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What Do you Do With Business Cards You Collect?

Help Everybody Everyday

Business cards are always a hot topic with me. One question I like to ask people is “what do you do with the business cards you collect at a function?” Here is a little video of Keith Farazzi, author of Never Eat Alone, explaining what he does with the business cards he collects. What do you do with the business cards you collect? Leave a comment explaining your system!

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Super-Insulated.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart, webmaster of the popular website www.greenhomebuilding.com, posts text and photos featuring what he discovers from around the world.

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The Ultimate Procurement Software Buyer’s Guide

Choosing the right procurement software is a crucial step in ensuring third-party risk management, process governance, and bidding efficiency. With so many procurement solutions to choose from, it can be overwhelming without a frame of reference and a solid starting point. This free buyer’s guide will cover: Benefits of Procurement Software –– Why do you need it?

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don't think: Do Revit: Multiple Match Type

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skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Friday, October 30, 2009. Multiple Match Type. This little feature has escaped me for who knows how long, and I confess to finding it in 2009, and not 2010 (though I grabbed my screen shots from there). 2010s Ribbon also makes it far more obvious then in the old UI.

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House Tear Down

Green Home Design Architect

With limited land available, especially lakefront properties, many people are purchasing old camps and cottages to tear the house down and rebuild a new, energy efficient home. Traditionally, a bulldozer or other large piece of equipment levels the house in a matter of minutes and the debris is taken to a landfill. A green alternative would be to tear the house down in stages, carefully preserving the material and selling it at a demolition auction.

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Does Your Home Need Earthquake Retrofitting? - Julian.

Julian Construction

Julian Construction Blog. Shawn Kyles. Partner, Julian Construction. Contact Info. Our Services. Foundation Repair. Foundation Replacement. House Leveling. Earthquake Retrofitting or House Bolting. Social Media Links. Facebook. Twitter. « The October 15 Great California Shakeout Earthquake Drill a Great Success | Main. | Julian Construction Offers Earthquake Retrofitting to LA Homeowners » 10/27/2009.

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Education Abounds at the Phoenix Tech Summit

Carol Hagen

I always am looking for education and found a variety of topics and vendors of value this week at the Tech Summit. If you missed it, here is some of the wisdom that was shared by the speakers and vendors: Virtualization is the best way to test your future IT deployments and improve efficiency. Don’t sell virtualization on cost savings as training & licensing fees can creep up on you.

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Stop Making These Mistakes and Start Scaling Your Specialty Contractor Business

Anything that is built on a poor foundation will soon crumble from the ground up. This is literally the case in the construction stage of projects and it applies just the same during the pre-construction stage. This free eBook is your ultimate guide to scaling your business with customizable software as early as during the bidding stage.

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5 Must Read Business Books

Help Everybody Everyday

I hate to read books. Not just business books, but any book. It’s true. All day at work all I do is read and edit letters, emails, proposals, etc. So the last thing I want to do when not at work is read any business books. But there are a few books that I consider must reads, because they have influenced my approach to life and work. I thought I would list them here, so others can benefit from the wisdom contained within.

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AIA Architecture Billings Index posts slight improvement

PSMJ Resources

The American Institute of Architects' yo-yoing Architecture Billings Index returned to its July level with its September ABI rating of 43.1, up from 41.7 in August and matching its 43.1 number from two months ago. That July number was a six-point increase over June, so it's starting to look like August's number represented merely the latest in an ongoing up-and-down pattern that has plagued the ABI for the past several months.

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don't think: Do Revit: Subscription Advantage Pack available

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skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Thursday, October 22, 2009. Subscription Advantage Pack available. Sometime in the last 24 hours Autodesk posted the new Build, Revit Extensions, Model Review (aka BIM Review) and DB connect on the subscription website. Enjoy!

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NH Architects Open House

Green Home Design Architect

Bonin Architects is celebrating our new office location by having a Grand Opening and Open House ! Stop by to say hello and at the same time visit the other Baynham's Square businesses, Ellie's Cafe & Deli, Vessels & Jewels, and The Banks Gallery. Light refreshments provided by Ellie's Cafe & Deli. There is no charge, but please RSVP to info@boninarchitects.com or call 603-504-6009.

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The Specialty Contractor's Guide to Job Cost Accounting

Supply chain challenges and rising material costs are forcing specialty contractors to pay more for what they need to complete each job. Following a simple set of principles, this easy-to-follow guide can help you manage job costs, ease the pains of accounting, and run a more profitable businesses. If you are a Specialty Contractor or Self-performing GC, you do not want to miss out on this essential guide!

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sato residence interiors - fins architecture blog

Fins Architecture

Home. about. contact. projects. in print. green. faq. sato residence interiors. Posted by fins architecture | Filed under hawaii architecture , hawaii residence , modern architecture , modern design , residential construction , sustainable design | Oct 20, 2009 | Tags: hawaii residence interiors , interior design , modern bath , modern kitchen , residence interiors , Sato Residence interiors , translucent walls | No Comments.

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IPhone Contender for Verizon Customers

Carol Hagen

Verizon Wireless just started an advertising campaign with the new Droid phone. I was convinced I was switching to AT&T until this announcement and their slick sales pitch that aims squarely at the iPhone. . The Droid is based upon the Android 2.0 operating system and is a Motorola and Google collaborative effort. It’s not the first Android based smartphone so you can read about the players in the space from PCWorld .

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What is a Marketing Expert?

Help Everybody Everyday

. I just read a ton of blog posts and comments about the general topic of “what is a marketing expert?” I caught wind of this discussion when Mel Lester posted what I thought was a good piece on how a marketer can increase their value. Mel got the age old comment. It goes something like this, “a marketer’s success is limited by the Principal’s support of marketing.” Here is the link to that.

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USPS - Great Neck, New York is Complete

The Korte Company

The Korte Company recently completed a $13 million facility for the United States Postal Service, representing a savings of more than $2.1 million for the 26,388 square foot facility. To date, TKC has delivered a total of 39 projects for the USPS throughout the country.

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Report: Optimism for Construction Growth in the Next Year Remains High

Research reveals 96% of respondents are very or fairly optimistic about their organization’s growth prospects for the next year. The InEight Global Capital Projects Outlook also finds over half see digital technology as the greatest growth opportunity. But these are only some of the findings. Don't be kept in the dark when it comes to the future. Read the report today!

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don't think: Do Revit: Autodesk Revit blogger day!

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skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Autodesk Revit blogger day! On the Webex now, more "pre-release" info to come! Posted by. Robert. at 1:09 PM. Labels: new tools , Revit 2010. Reactions: No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Gas Fireplaces

Green Home Design Architect

Gas fireplaces combine form and function, making them a great supplemental heat source for your new energy efficient home. We looked at the new Rinnai RHFE 750 ETR gas fireplace, which has an efficiency rating of up to 83% AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency) by using a stainless steel heat exchanger and modulating gas value with an automatic blower.

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Energy Efficiency vs. Renewables: The Great Green Debate

Stok

With the recent surge in money going towards renewable energy research and implementation, many people are forgetting a key factor in reducing our impact on the environment: energy efficiency. Utilizing renewable energy in your home or commercial building is great, don’t get me wrong, but before this expensive option is employed, you should first look [.].

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Does Windows 7 close the Door on XP?

Carol Hagen

An Information Week report announced “ XP’s Day of Reckoning is at Hand “ After reading the article I waited for research to educate me on not just the hype on Windows 7, but the pace of expected deployments in this economy. InformationWeek came through with their analytics report which I received for free after attending The Business Case for Windows7 virtual event.

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Discover 7 Ways to Cut Construction Inefficiencies

Construction sites are often just-barely-controlled chaos. Without clear coordination, you risk everything from clashes to delays, cancellations, and missed deadlines. Get the free eBook & learn how to solve the biggest challenges in construction!

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How Should You Delegate

Help Everybody Everyday

As you start to manage people, you must change the way you work. Unfortunately, the title of manager rarely comes bundled with any sort of training or direction on what managers do and how they do it. And as a result, those who are responsible for managing people often find themselves frustrated with their jobs or the performance they get from their direct reports (I often refer to them as directs).

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Contractor Marketing That Works: Crack for Clunkers

Constructor Marketing that Works

'Contractor Marketing That Works. HVAC Marketing, Plumbing marketing, Electrical contractor marketing can be tough. Your technical expertise tends to blur the importance of getting and keeping customers to actually PAY for that skill. Thats why weve assembled the best plumbing, electrical and hvac marketing strategies onto one site. Youll find info on Yellow Page ads, Customer Retention Newsletters, HVAC Marketing PowerPacks, Marketing Plans, plus sites for dozens of free contractor marketing re

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don't think: Do Revit: More from ADSK blogger day.

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skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Tuesday, October 20, 2009. More from ADSK blogger day. Autodesk is releasing a "Subscription Advantage Pack" which will basically wrap a bunch of things that were released by themselves for subscription members, plus add new things like New Features.

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