Given that construction decisions are made by hundreds of thousands of businesses, nonprofit institutions, and government organizations, it is extremely difficult to get comprehensive information on building plans. However, since architects design the overwhelming majority of nonresidential construction projects, gathering information on billings at architecture firms provides leading information on future construction trends. The AIA Work-on-the-Boards Survey and the Architectural Billings Index. Constructing the Architectural Billings Index. he U.S. Overall ABI. MORE >>

Skip to content Follow: RSS Twitter Construction Law in North Carolina A blog for architects, engineers, designers, & other construction professionals Home Contact Resources Blogroll contracts damages green design law notes lien issues tips Tags attorney , business , document , payment issues , risk avoidance 5 Ways to Ruin Your Business (Tues Tip) by MelissaBrumback on August 31, 2010 While my goal on this blog is to help your construction, architecture, or engineering practice thrive, sometimes it’s best to demonstrate by example of what *not* to do.  This MORE >>

Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales Why Budgeting is the Answer to Better Business Management and Productivity photo source The idea of budgeting is certainly not revolutionary. We’re often told that it’s a basic practice that should be applied to both our personal and business life. Yet the fact remains that many of us do not budget for business. survey conducted on unsuccessful small businesses revealed that only 10% of those businesses failed because they couldn’t sell enough work. And only 12% failed due to the economy. MORE >>

The 87,900 square meters redevelopment will include health and biomedical research centre, building for new technology start-up businesses and a four-star hotel. The architects of the projects are Aukett Fitzroy Robinson and PLP Architecture. construction jobs construction news Infrastructure t4ts train4tradeskills BBC building construction sector England Imperial College London ISG job opportunities John Anderson London PLP Architecture South Kensington train 4 trade skills news train4tradeskils Wood LaneThe project is scheduled to be completed in August this year. MORE >>

Business of Construction Contracts Building Types Construction Construction and Maintenance General contractor Green Building Sustainable ArchitectureOriginally posted 2011-02-07 09:00:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. Image via Wikipedia. As reported recently in ENR Magazine , among other publications, the ConsensusDOCS folks have updated their contract forms.  Why is this news? Why the revision? According to my friend and counsel to ConsensusDOCS, Brian Perlberg, one major rationale is that. These are not all of the changes, and the revisions are fairly extensive. license. MORE >>