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Construction industry embraces a new wave of healthcare facilities

Oct 27, 2016 (0) comment , , , , , , , , ,

In many areas of the country, gone are the days when one had to spend hours in the car traveling to see a medical specialist or sit patiently all night in the emergency room waiting to connect with a doctor. Urgent care centers, walk-in clinics and medical specialty complexes are popping up nationwide, even in […]

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4 Tips for Growing a Sustainable Business

Oct 27, 2016 (0) comment , , , , , , ,

  In the old days, before online rating places like Yelp, TripAdvisor, OpenTable and even RateMyProfessors and HealthGrades, the worst that would happen if a company or service provider dished out poor goods or lousy service is that they’d get a bad reputation. Maybe they’d even have to fold. Consumers have more choices today than ever, […]

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How will 3-D printing technology disrupt conventional construction practices?

Oct 21, 2016 (0) comment , , , , , ,

By March 2017, a team at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory plans to unveil the world’s first 3-D printed excavator, a proof of concept project intended to test the current limits of printing with metal alloys and determine the feasibility of creating heavy industrial equipment using so-called additive manufacturing — or 3-D printing — technologies. […]

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The Construction Business Goes Digital

Sep 29, 2016 (0) comment , , , ,

Builders up their game with data-driven design, drone mapping, 3-D printing and more innovations The dirt-under-the-fingernails world of construction is breaking digital ground. In an industry where practices have barely changed for decades, the building site of the future promises comprehensive online modeling, drones as surveyors and virtual-reality images of everything from building sites to […]

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We have liftoff: New FAA commercial drone rules now in effect

Sep 01, 2016 (0) comment , , , , , , ,

Dive Brief: The Federal Aviation Administration’s new small commercial drone rules went into effect Monday, and the agency said more than 3,300 potential drone pilots signed up for the first testing slots, according to Bloomberg. The FAA announced the new rules in June, clarifying what was an ambiguous set of drone rules and eliminating the […]

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Contractors on Remodeling 550 list predict 17% bump in 2016 revenue

Aug 25, 2016 (0) comment , , , ,

Brief: Remodeling Magazine has released its annual list of the nation’s top remodeling firms — the Remodeling 550 — and reported that all companies on the list combined saw sales of $4.22 billion in 2015. Across the board, the listed companies predicted their revenues will increase 17.3% to $4.94 billion in 2016, with the highest forecasted rise […]

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California Considers Bill to Shorten Construction Red Tape

Aug 18, 2016 (0) comment , , , , , ,

Proposed bill gives environmental lawsuits just 9 months to complete Lengthy environmental litigation in California isn’t a new speedbump for contractors to overcome but the LA Times reports a special California Senate bill passed in 2011 giving a building project special fast-track benefits may be the model for current and future builds. If approved, SB […]

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Building boom resumes in as tech firms crave office space

Aug 11, 2016 (0) comment , , , , , ,

San Franciscans hoping that the city’s five-year, skyline-transforming tech boom is finally cooling off will have to wait a while longer. Maybe a lot longer. After a six-month period during which it seemed as if demand for tech office space had stalled out, fast-growing companies are once again fanning out across the city in search […]

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The Five Traits You Can Learn From Real Estate Entrepreneurs

Jul 15, 2016 (0) comment , , , , ,

“Timing, perseverance, and 10 years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” – Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter The entrepreneurial landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation, but one thing that hasn’t changed are the foundational principles and traits that define what it means to be an entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur and […]

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Tiny houses are trendy, minimalist and often illegal

Jul 07, 2016 (0) comment , , , , ,

Cities and states are having trouble creating rules for increasingly popular “tiny houses.” Sarah Hastings’ 190-square-foot home was on 3 acres of farmland next to a small garden in Hadley, Massachusetts. Now it’s in storage. The 23-year-old recent college graduate built the house last year while she was a student at Mount Holyoke College. But […]

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