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David Drees: Best Practices for Managing a Private Home Building Operation  

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David Drees: Best Practices for Managing a Private Home Building Operation . Although we’ve been building homes for nearly 95 years, this is Drees Homes ’ first time being recognized as one of the nation’s Best Managed Companies , a program sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. Raleigh, N.C.,

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Secrets of a structural engineer

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Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA Building Team Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners Recently, I was asked to present to a group of aspiring engineers at the Florida A&M-Florida State University College of Engineering.

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Bringing Industry Expertise to Your Doorstep: A Peek at Viewpoint’s 2019 Digital Contractor Roadshow Speakers

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He was the CIO and CISO of Wells Fargo Business Payroll Services and a senior group manager at Target. In his role working with Google, he was able to build free Google products and services for educational charities in Guatemala. As a principal with FMI , Gregg specializes in the areas of productivity and project management.

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Construction put in place enjoyed healthy gains in 2014

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grew by 7% to just under $973 billion in 2014, according to estimates by FMI, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Driven by a recovering economy, increasing demand for multifamily housing, and a manufacturing sector buoyed by robust oil and gas drilling and production, construction put in place (CPIP) in the U.S. Body Image: read more.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

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billion in workforce education. More than half of that spending (56%) went toward safety education, a sign that construction remains a potentially dangerous job. Scott Smith, corporate director of safety management services for Selective Insurance Group , a holding company for 10 property and casualty insurers, sees it more simply.

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Top U.S. Markets For Life Sciences Trend To Smaller Cities In Face Of Patent Cliff

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Raleigh-Durham and Philadelphia also rise. Raleigh-Durham (+5). Raleigh-Durham. “Access to world-class research institutions, facilities and intellectual capital are priorities for R&D-focused organizations,” said Bill Barrett, JLL Executive Managing Director, Life Sciences. Greater Boston (no change).

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How Many ConE Programs Are There?

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In order to better understand the landscape of construction management education, I am looking to find out which degrees are most coveted by construction management and general contracting firms – primarily for entry level positions. North Carolina State University–Raleigh. Iowa State University.