Construction Marketing
JULY 31, 2012
The Construction Marketing Association is now conducting a national survey on social media. Find out what social media networks your construction marketing peers are implementing, and which ones are working, by taking a quick and anonymous survey. These survey results will be shared at our upcoming Social Media Summit for Construction Brands Webcast on September 18, 2012 at 1PM CDT.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
AUGUST 1, 2012
In life, the best things are no doubt free. But in business we’re told there is no free lunch. As someone who thinks a good lunch is one of the best things in life, I’m in a bit of a quandary. But in all seriousness, if something is free I don’t think I’m alone in wondering “where’s the catch.” I may have forgotten a lot from my economics classes, but the fact that there is always a cost related to a benefit has stuck with me.
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Construction Business Owner
AUGUST 2, 2012
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Constructonomics
JULY 28, 2012
While this may be a little past due, recognition is still warranted for the completion of the office space conversion project done by Constructonomics. The project was started on January 3rd, 2012 and completed prior to the May 3rd scheduled completion date. The total project costs totaled over $500,000. The project involved conversion of an existing auto parts store into the main office of the Reading Area Water Authority.
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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.
Julian Construction
AUGUST 1, 2012
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. « Foundation Repair Company Warns of Foundations Issues with Older Homes | Main. | Construction Company Warns, Major DIY Home Projects Risky » 08/01/2012.
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ENR Construction
JULY 30, 2012
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Construction Marketing Ideas
AUGUST 3, 2012
Yesterday, I received this email through the “contact us” link at ottawaconstructionnews.com. (Names/websites referenced changed to prevent any identification of source): Hi there, I’ve been searching for construction related blogs and websites, and was happy to come across your site, because of it’s quality in content and writing.
Julian Construction
AUGUST 1, 2012
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. « Professional Inspector Calls For Inspections For Home Safety | Main. | Foundation Repair Company Gives Tips on Earthquake Preparedness » 08/01/2012.
Help Everybody Everyday
AUGUST 2, 2012
Every once in a while, an A/E/C website pops up that gives me “website envy.” Website envy is when I say, “I wish I had thought of that!” Enter Lindsay Diven who recently launched Marketers Take Flight , a website that seems geared towards helping AEC marketers get ahead in their careers. Let me give you some background on why I think this is an important website.
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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.
Construction Law Monitor
AUGUST 3, 2012
Congratulations to Zlien ! The innovative and growing company has just received the first round of a $450,000 investment from the New Orleans Startup Fund. The funding will help the company expand its business nationwide along with add more employees. Zlien is a great tool for contractors, suppliers, and others in the construction industry because it provides a reasonable and effective way to manage preliminary notices and file mechanics liens.
Construction Marketing Ideas
JULY 29, 2012
This article from Western Grocer, which I discovered on a link from Vancouver-based London Drugs’ website , is a worthy explanation of how a large retailer properly manages social media relationships. For large and visible businesses, the importance of monitoring and carefully participating in social media cannot be understated — the challenge is applying the same basic principals for much smaller enterprises, or with less obvious visibility (like in the architectural, engineering a
Contractor Bookkeeping
AUGUST 1, 2012
Reviewing QuickBooks Profit And Loss Reports - From our construction accounting clients reminded me of something I learned in my own construction businesses a long time ago. Construction accounting financial reports can be like staring at a hill of beans if you don't know what you are looking at or why. We Have Seen So Many Contractors - Over the years with the right tools for the job, and they attend numerous training courses to improve their technical skills, but when it comes to construction
Help Everybody Everyday
JULY 30, 2012
When you write, it will be in paragraphs. Unfortunately, 99% of people suck at writing paragraphs. This results in emails, marketing pieces, and proposals that are difficult to read. Luckily, there is one simple rule that you can follow to use paragraphs correctly and drastically improve your writing. One Paragraph One Idea. Here is the simple rule.
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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?
ENR Construction
JULY 31, 2012
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Construction Marketing Ideas
JULY 29, 2012
young man at seashore. Have you ever felt that you are caught on a treadmill; that in your construction marketing, you are trying harder and harder and yet not going any further? Yes, these feelings quite often affect me as I struggle with breaking free of the marketing comfort zone. These thoughts may not provide 100 per cent answers to you, but they may help you get on the right track.
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 3, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Thursday, August 02, 2012. Sheet Button is Disabled. Trying to make a new sheet but the button is disabled? Using Design Options? When you are editing an option the Sheet button is disabled. Same for the right click option over the Sheet category in the project browser.
Contractor Bookkeeping
JULY 28, 2012
Thoughts And Inspirations For Construction Business Owners. As A Construction Business Owner - I spent many a sleepless nights wondering how we were going to make payroll. Where would our next job come from? Would it be profitable or would something terrible happen to cause us to go bankrupt? Over The Years I Gathered A Collection - Of books, tapes, CD's, DVD's, articles, clippings, stories, three ring binders, documents and more.
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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.
PC Construction
AUGUST 2, 2012
Yesterday marked PC Construction’s substantial completion of Juniper Hall, the first building of Champlain College’s Residential Tri Complex. Continue Reading.
Construction Marketing Ideas
AUGUST 2, 2012
Bob Kruhm from North Carolina Construction News forwarded me this HubSpot article: 11 Ways to make social media less of a time suck. The article has some potentially useful ideas but I don’t think will address the deeper underlying challenge of effective social media marketing for small or medium-sized businesses: The need to truly be “outward thinking” and really build on on-on-one personal relationships.
Revit OpEd
JULY 30, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Monday, July 30, 2012. The Ribbon and Training. This one comes up during every training session. I tell the group to click on such and such button and someone says, "Hey Steve, where is that button? I dont see it?" A quick glance at their pc and I see that theyve got a deeper resolution than I do or the reverse.
ENR Construction
JULY 29, 2012
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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!
Contractor Bookkeeping
AUGUST 1, 2012
Our Construction Accounting System Can Add Easy Dollars To Your Bottom Line. We Can Help - contractors like you make use of the Five Key Performance Indicators (KPI) QuickBooks reports that can massively improve your financial future with good solid construction accounting methods. Or you can continue to repeating your history and keep getting what you have always gotten.
Construction Marketing Ideas
AUGUST 1, 2012
Virtually everything we say or do is learned from others, coupled with our own experiences. Often the best construction marketing ideas (and blunders) are repeated over and over, in different markets and contexts. This is okay. What is not is “lifting” others’ creative works and copying them without proper attribution and permission.
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 3, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Friday, August 03, 2012. Primary Primary Oddity. This is curious eh? A primary primary design option! Definitely weird. Posted by. Steve. at 5:05 PM. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Labels: Dept. of Bugs , Design Options. 3 comments: redwolf. said.
ENR Construction
JULY 29, 2012
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Construction Dive
AUGUST 3, 2012
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Construction Marketing Ideas
JULY 31, 2012
You can help immensely with either positive reviews or “bug reports” for my new book: Social media and marketing for architectural, engineering and construction companies. What you really need to know to achieve profitable results. to be officially published on August 15. You can read it for free — and refer others to do the same thing — until Friday, August 2 by visiting smashwords.com and using coupon code YF33Z.
Revit OpEd
AUGUST 1, 2012
Revit OpEd. Welcome to Steve Staffords Blog ~ Revit OpEd = OPinion EDitorial ~ My view of things Revit, both real and imagined. Wednesday, August 01, 2012. Undo History Gone. Recently learned of a couple reasons that you can find that your undo history has been cleared out. It involves projects that use worksets. When you do something that causes Revit to take ownership of a workset first, in order to do what you want, like deleting a view, Revit clears out its Undo "stack".
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