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Brian Gallagher

Balfour Beatty-Holt Brothers JV Partners with Healthcare Foundation of Wilson and Local YMCA to Provide Construction After-School Program and New Facility

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Balfour Beatty, in joint venture with Holt Brothers, is partnering with Healthcare Foundation of Wilson and the Wilson Family YMCA to create a Construction Academy afterschool program for middle school students, and to deliver a YMCA facility for the new Wilson Middle School After School (MSAS) programs. The new Construction Academy program and dynamic shared-space YMCA facility…

NAOIP Releases: Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate, 2021 U.S. Edition

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Development and construction of new commercial real estate in the United States – office, industrial, warehouse and retail – generates significant economic growth at the state and national levels. This annual study, “The Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate, 2021 U.S. Edition,” published by the NAIOP Research Foundation, measures the contribution to GDP, salaries and…

Saving Paper Using BlueBeam for Project Turnover

by Broderick Whitlock, TPM on

Project handover to some in the construction industry means delivering “tons” of drawings, and other documentation to the project owner upon completion. Bluebeam can reduce the massive amount of paper with the digitization of the O&M manuals. The other benefit to digitizing documentation is the fact that it will make for simpler access for the…

Transform Your Construction Business in 2021

by Brian Gallagher on

Recently Rob McKinney, director of business development for eSUB, and Steve Coughran, founder and CEO of Coltivar, hosted a webinar to help construction executives transform their businesses. Here are some of the highlights of that webinar. Many construction businesses have survived all the challenges in recent years. But how are they performing under today’s conditions?…

FMI Releases Construction Materials Outlook – Capturing the Momentum: Construction Materials Review of 2020 and Outlook for M&A in 2021

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FMI Capital Advisors, a leading investment banking services firm serving the construction materials sector, is pleased to announce the release of its latest research report, Capturing the Momentum: Construction Materials Review of 2020 and Outlook for M&A in 2021. In this article, George Reddin and Scott Duncan analyze the key economic factors that affected the 2020…

AIA Lauds U.S. Recommitting to Paris Agreement

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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) issued the following statement today following President Biden rejoining the Paris Agreement. “We are deeply encouraged by this Administration’s swift and decisive action on climate change,” said AIA 2021 President Peter Exley, FAIA. “Re-establishing the United States’ commitment to the Paris climate accord sends a strong message to our…

Architecture Billings Continue to Lose Ground

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Demand for design services from U.S. architecture firms took a pointed dip last month, according to a new report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The pace of decline during December accelerated from November, posting an Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score of 42.6 from 46.3 (any score below 50 indicates a decline in firm…

Nonresidential Building Spending to Decline Through 2021

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Slowing demand at architecture firms last year is expected to contribute to a projected 5.7 percent decline in construction spending for 2021, according to a new consensus forecast from The American Institute of Architects (AIA). The AIA Consensus Construction Forecast Panel—comprised of leading economic forecasters—expects steep declines this year in construction spending on office buildings,…

PulteGroup Expanding into New Markets in Colorado and North Carolina

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PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM), the nation’s third largest homebuilder, announced its plans to enter the Denver market and expand into the Triad area of North Carolina. “This strategic expansion provides another avenue of growth and allows us to extend our high-returning operating model into important new housing markets,” said Ryan Marshall, PulteGroup president and CEO….

The Blue Book Network® and Regional Hispanic Contractors Association Form Strategic Alliance

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The Blue Book Building and Construction Network www.thebluebook.com the largest and most active network in the commercial construction industry, has partnered with the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association https://regionalhca.org/ to provide its members with significant value-added benefits. This new alliance complements the missions of both organizations in supporting the growth of the construction industry. Subcontractors will now have access to pre-bid…