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Coverings Announces Top 10 Tile Trends for 2023

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Photo courtesy Lamosa Large-scale aggregate looks ranging from time-worn terrazzo to cobblestone to Byzantine mosaics can ground a space with a foundation of history but with the modern technology of porcelain panels. Cobbled Tile Pictured: Unique Ground. Creative uses of Wood-Look Pictured: Alabama.

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Housing’s Great Rethink: Workforce Development Takes Center Stage

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Lower-paying jobs in the retail, food service, and hospitality sectors also were roundly rejected or, in the aftermath of the pandemic, rarely reconsidered. This industry has to work together,” says Branka Minic , CEO of Building Talent Foundation , an Orlando, Fla.-based It can’t be solved with everyone playing in their own sandbox.”.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Maggie Farrell, Diversity & HR Manager at S. M. Wilson & Co.

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Our areas of expertise are education, retail, healthcare, and commercial projects. One of the things that I love about my job is being able to coordinate and assist our teams with implementing our SKILLED® program, which centers around construction career education. Right now, we’re really busy in the PreK-12 market.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Trish Donnally MFPRO+ Blog Higher Education University Buildings Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Designers Architects Projects Sustainable Development To say the United States is facing an affordable housing crisis is a major understatement. It gets worse.

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City Momentum Index Identifies The World’s 20 Most Dynamic Cities

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The true foundation of highly dynamic cities emerges from such factors as speed of innovation and creation of cutting-edge businesses along with new building construction, property price movement and investment in real estate from cross-border investors and corporations.

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The Power of Augmented Reality (AR) in Construction

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In retail, brands are adopting augmented reality to enrich the online shopping experience, allowing shoppers to see what an item (e.g., When it comes to teaching people on how to use complex equipment or heavy machinery, AR can assist educators through life-like demos, so workers can see equipment in action before heading to the site.

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3 Solutions to Help Solve the Commercial Construction Labor Shortage

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However, I know how to manage an electrical team on site, while simultaneously managing foundation and drywall contractors. Align with education. I’ve been in the commercial construction industry for 24 years and I still have no idea how to bend a conduit…it’s magic to me. The managerial element of the industry is sorely lacking.