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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

One of the fastest growing trends in the site selection business is the demand for certified industrial sites. Companies looking to build new facilities want sites that are ready to go and relatively risk free. ALABAMA SITES ARE READY FOR JOB-CREATING GROWTH. Across the U.S., million in capital investments.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. Certified shovel ready sites are in growing demand among companies and site selection consultants, and they are an increasingly popular tool for communities to attract new business and industry.

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Inside the Single-Family Rental Demand

Pro Builder

The main difference between small-scale investment stock and aggregated portfolios is the diversity of inventory quality. Institutional SFR aggregators/scattered site. The report looks at three general ownership models and structures that define the three product types of SFRs: Small-scale investors/owners.

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September 2015 newsletter

FDR Safety

Court decisions have made it increasingly clear that employers share responsibility for the actions of contractors when it comes to safety on a worksite, but making sure that contractors follow through can be challenging. Here are some tips to protect both the workers on your site and your company: Before any work is done.

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Autodesk and AWS are Helping Construction Firms Gain Useful Insights from Their Data 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

You can identify objects and scenes in images that are specific to your business needs—for instance, to evaluate job site safety. It’s an excellent tool for forecasting your inventory, supply, and workforce needs. This allows you to automatically flag safety issues or areas of non-compliance, thus reducing project risk.

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Challenging Times = Emerging Sales Opportunities

Pro Builder

Upon graduating from the United States Naval Academy and serving six years as a naval officer, Klein began his career as a salesperson/manager for the resale division of a residential developer in California, where he observed the differences between on-site builder sales and resales and the potential to bring the two together. .

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Budding Economic Growth Expected As Harsh Winter Fades

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The near-term outlook remains somewhat clouded due in part to an unsustainable build-up in inventory in the second half of last year and as downside effects from the winter have yet to fully materialize. percent for all of 2014, according to Fannie Mae’s Economic & Strategic Research Group.