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Themes from the 2013 IRMI Construction Risk Conference

Construction Business Owner

Once a year, contractors, brokers, underwriters, risk managers and attorneys gather at the International Risk Management Institute (IRMI) Construction Risk Conference to examine the most pressing insurance and surety-related issues contractors are facing.

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Hello Atlanta!

BD+C

From Philly to San Diego, Denver to this year's location in Atlanta, the NAA's marquee event combines amazing local flair, activities, and entertainment with the latest technologies, trends, thought leadership, and best practices from across the multifamily industry. Hello Atlanta! Atlanta is a hotspot—literally and figuratively.

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Top Railway Projects in the US

Autodesk Construction Cloud

California’s high-speed rail project will eventually extend to San Diego and Sacramento and would total 800 miles and 24 stations. . The high-speed train, which can reach speeds of over 200 miles an hour, will enable commuters to travel back and forth between Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth in less than 90 minutes. .

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Guide to Top 2023-24 Construction Conferences & Events

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It has a construction management competition, National Excellence in Construction® Awards Gala, and educational opportunities. Get more details AGC Convention (San Diego, CA) March 19-22, 2024 The annual AGC Convention is brought to you by the Associated General Contractors and has its registration open now.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

I heard the Critical Path Method (CPM) defined once as a management technique for losing your shirt under perfect control! Not so funny if you have ever been at the management end of a tight timeline, in an old facility, around on-going operations with the concrete truck on its way and the formwork delayed because the backhoe is out of fuel!!

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Digital Dryshack #64: The New Year: A look back, the present, and changes ahead

Cassell Construction Estimating

Our company was a one man shop, as I did all the consulting, while traveling incessantly across the country. Here’s the updated list: CRM: Solve 360 is a powerful and flexible tool for managing pre-sales activities and customer relationships. We haven’t found a better one than ProEst, a small company out of San Diego.

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My three biggest blunders (and what I’ve learned from them)

Construction Marketing Ideas

So I started the Ottawa Transcript (named after a San Diego general business publication, where there would be no confusion or trademark issues.). Perhaps the low point was when I called an emergency meeting because of mounting losses and one employee, based in Toronto, insisted on me paying his travel costs to attend.