Architectural/Engineering. Chicago. The Construction Marketing Association (CMA) has a number of Groups and Committees, along with regional and local Chapters with leadership and networking opportunities. Special interest Groups or Committees, and regional/local chapters will be formed based on achieving a minimum number of member participants. Each have or will require a Chairperson, and depending on size and activities, other volunteer participants. So please nominate yourself or others. Following is a list of CMA Groups/Committees and Regional Local Chapters: Groups/Committees. MORE >>

As the owner of the RFP Database , where over 500 RFPs are listed each week for services from accounting and architecture to web design and water reclamation, lots of people ask me for advice for how best to approach RFPs. of Chicago Press, 2007) Jay Openshaw says on: 8 March 2010 at 12:23 pm It always amuses me that we as contractors are always so sure that the low bidder has bid below his or her cost or “cheated” and we are convinced that there is no better way to build a project than the way we bid it. take that back, they don’t have to.  You better wait until next month.  MORE >>

Based in Northeast Ohio, it through all stages of building removal from property acquisition to deconstruction to recycling and architectural salvage. and is responsible for managing the architectural salvage and the upcycled material reuse and resale side of the business. Originally posted 2010-11-19 10:58:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter For this week’s guest post Friday, Musings welcomes Mark Rabkin of D econstruction M anagement, Inc., the first, dedicated, for-profit deconstruction management firm in the country.  Mark resides in Cleveland Heights, OH. license. MORE >>

In a few hours I’ll head over to the Sheraton Center for the “CPSM (Certified Professional Service Marketer) Day&# at the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) convention in Chicago.  After all, the association is perhaps misnamed:  Should it be the Society for Marketing Architectural, Engineering and Construction Marketing Services — as that is its focus. We’ll take in a couple of baseball games, see the sights and generally enjoy our time in Chicago when I’m not at the conference. This is okay.  MORE >>

But as I concluded, “in order to push the limits of architecture, engineering and construction, one must know what the limits are.” look no further than Barry LePatner’s seminal work, Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets , published by The University of Chicago Press. Brian L. Hill helps others to achieve more from less through business development, digital media and construction consulting. fourth generation construction/real estate professional, he shares his passion for pursuing quality in the built environment at AECforensics.com. Is that what we want? license. MORE >>