Construction Marketing
DECEMBER 2, 2010
A webcast panel discussion entitled Lead Generation Best Practices for Construction is now open for registration on the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) website. The webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 12 pm CST. The webcast will identify a broad range of lead information sources, and share some practical aspects of managing lead generation programs.
HardHatChat
DECEMBER 17, 2010
I’ll say it again, 2010 was a rebuilding year for the commercial construction industry. It wasn’t as bad as 2009, but not as good as 2008. So I’ve created a commercial construction checklist for what we considered the highs and lows of 2010 commercial construction trends. It was a busy year for shopping center renovations, like the new food court construction at Westfield's Old Orchard shopping center in Skokie, Ill.
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Carol Hagen
DECEMBER 13, 2010
Today we’d like to welcome a Guest Post from James Benham , president of SmartBidNet and JBKnowledge who has graciously contributed his time and expertise to share this article with our readership. I met James in Phoenix last year when he was the speaker for a construction association dinner meeting and we have been friends (and admirers of each other) ever since.
Constructonomics
DECEMBER 3, 2010
I got an email recently citing some article saying that construction starts would incr ease in 2011 for the first time in some ungodly amount of time. I’d give you the exact number and cite the source and all that, but that would make this much more like a book report instead of the eloquent and flowing stream of conciousness that makes it a blog…er whatever it is that you call this. .
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Construction Marketing
DECEMBER 22, 2010
We identified a lack of information on this important topic, so this blog will cover the complete landscape of construction lead sources and types. From traditional, to internet and social media leads. To the construction lead powerhouses – Dodge Reports and Reed Construction Data. We’ll identify other national construction lead services, regional lead services, (local) contractor/remodeler lead services, government lead services, and finally other lead services including equipment lease a
SAB Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2010
Artistic originality is rarely mentioned in the context of sustainable architecture and construction. For example, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid-like buildings have not found a place in this magazine. In fact, when architects of this avant-garde ilk claim how their buildings do deploy environmentally-responsible features, their claims have seemed to lack credibility or at best sound like secondary rationales.
Carol Hagen
DECEMBER 3, 2010
Last week the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) Valley of the Sun Chapter had the pleasure of hearing from two fabulous Senior Compliance Officers, Mary Sneed-Hill and Cheryl Davis from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). As most road projects in Arizona are either Federal Contracts or Federal Assisted, there are a few compliance issues that will most likely come up when an Onsite Investigation commences.
Revit OpEd
DECEMBER 9, 2010
Whenever a pipe fitting does not display the correct proportional (connector sizes are indicating the correct diameter, just not the graphical appearance) size it is because the LookupTable file for that family isn't found (or possibly the K-Factor database is corrupt for ducts). I mention the K-Factor issue because it may also be an issue of user access permission.
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Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 27, 2010
PSMJ Resources
DECEMBER 22, 2010
The American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index showed a revenue increase at U.S. architecture firms in November, the second monthly increase in billings since early 2008. Business upturn is becoming more widespread, but firms remain cautious about potential 2011 improvement The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) serves as the leading economic indicator of construction activity, and reflects the approximate 9-to-12 month lag time between architecture billings, and actual constru
Construction Marketing
DECEMBER 17, 2010
Lead Generation is Important! With both commercial and residential construction down by double-digits in many markets from pre-recession highs, sales lead generation has never been more important to marketers targeting construction decision makers, whether construction firms or building product manufacturers. This fact is reinforced by a recent Construction Marketing Association survey—2011 Construction Marketing Outlook—which ranked Lead Generation as one of the top priorities for next year.
SAB Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2010
As more new buildings are becoming LEED certified, the attention is also turning to North America’s existing building stock, which includes many inefficient, poorly functioning, unhealthy, and uncomfortable buildings. Now, building owners are looking to save operating costs as well as get their building LEED EB: O&M [Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance] certified.
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Natural Building
DECEMBER 27, 2010
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.
Revit OpEd
DECEMBER 17, 2010
First Item: David Fano of Case Design, Inc and the website/blog " designreform " has started up a new site called designbymany which is now open to a public beta. David doesn't seem to like upper case letters or spaces between words (insert smiley). Both designreform and designbymany lack both.but I digress. Here's a bit about their mission from their site: snip Welcome to the public Beta of DesignByMany!!
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 2, 2010
Green Home Design Architect
DECEMBER 7, 2010
One of our projects is for a new two-story addition and remodel to a home damaged by fire last year in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Thankfully the fire was contained and only one wing was lost. Our architects are working directly with our clients to design the addition to closely match the existing house while taking advantage of the opportunity to make updates to the floor plan.
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Help Everybody Everyday
DECEMBER 28, 2010
It’s that time of year where we reflect on the events of the last 12 months. Personally, I feel I could have been a little more productive in 2010. As you may know, I believe productivity to be an important area that marketers should focus on. So it should come as no surprise to me that many of the most popular Help Everybody Everyday posts in 2010 focused on improving your productivity.
SAB Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2010
The Mount Pleasant Centre sets a precedent, being the first truly multi-service community centre in Vancouver. The integrated program came about through the choice of site. Reviewing its options for the replacement of an aging community centre on the south edge of the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, the Vancouver Park Board began to look for a more central location.
Construction Dive
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Ajayshikhare's Blog. Search: Home Something I liked!! Posts. Comments. My Shell Scripts. Sendmail Alias Modification Script → Script to update “Mcafee VirusScan Command Line V. 6″ Antivirus from script on Centos 5. December 27, 2010. Leave a comment. When we upgraded McAfee Antivirus on all our organization servers, I had to quickly find some way to update the Antivirus DATs on Linux servers also.
Revit OpEd
DECEMBER 30, 2010
I keep meaning to do this myself. I was gathering information and happened to see a post at the Revit Forum asking the same question essentially so I posted my response there and here. Ignoring the question of which language to focus on.well, if you've got no programming experience already supposedly C# (C sharp) is " easiest " to learn. Otherwise any language you are already familiar with, assuming you are familiar with.net too, will work (your mileage may vary).
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Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 14, 2010
Do
DECEMBER 1, 2010
skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Wednesday, December 01, 2010. AU 2010. Somehow it is already Wednesday! Im finally actually taking a class being given by James, Phil and Jim about "Future Technology". On Monday I had the pleasure once again of attending the third annual Computational Design Symposium.
Help Everybody Everyday
DECEMBER 28, 2010
Last week you saw the most popular Help Everybody Everyday posts. This week I’m reflecting on the posts from 2010 that I felt represented the best that we published. How to Get Published in ENR. After meeting with the editor-in-chief of Engineering News Record (ENR), several ENR writers, and public relations professionals; I set out to get my firm in ENR.
SAB Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2010
This 510m2 childcare centre endeavours to address the considerable environmental design ambitions of the Living Building Challenge with the unique early childhood learning objectives of the Reggio Emilio method.
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PSMJ Resources
DECEMBER 13, 2010
At the end of every project, use this nine-question checklist to evaluate the performance of your schedule to identify the symptoms of schedule delays so you can react faster to prevent delays on future projects: *Was the project completed on time? * Was a realistic time schedule estimated for both the design and construction phases? * Was enough flexibility built into the schedule?
Revit OpEd
DECEMBER 6, 2010
I've been wrestling with this post. Obviously anyone whose read this blog knows that I've been involved in AUGI for many years. I served on the Board of Directors from 2006-2008 and little bit more when the election process hit a snag. None of the nominated members were approved. My term was extended until I was replaced by a new election six months later.
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 23, 2010
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