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Architectural service revenues in the United States are forecasted to rise 2.1% annually in nominal terms through 2023, according to Architectural Services: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports. Demand for services from domestic establishments is closely tied to US construction expenditures, which are forecast to rise 4.3% through 2023. Providers of architectural…
Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, announced it has acquired the 150-megawatt (MW) North Rosamond solar project in Kern County, California from Clearway Energy Group. The North Rosamond solar project is Duke Energy Renewables’ sixth solar generation facility in Kern County. “North Rosamond is a great addition to our growing solar portfolio,” said…
Sage (FTSE: SGE), the market leader in cloud business management solutions, today announced an integration between Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate and the industry leading construction benchmarking tool, the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) Financial Benchmarker Survey. Powered by Event 1 Software’s Office Connecter Query, the integration allows users to automatically populate the industry leading Financial Benchmarker…
PlanGrid, an Autodesk company and a leader in construction productivity software, today introduced PlanGrid BIM, a powerful new product integration with Autodesk RevitⓇ that enables users to immediately access Building Information Modeling (BIM) data, in either 2D or 3D, directly within PlanGrid on their mobile devices. Construction teams and facilities managers can now drill down into rich…
The Elevator Consultants (TEC,) a leading global elevator consulting firm, has issued a call to building owners in the wake of dozens of elevator and escalator-related incidents in recent years, to take a hard look at the maintenance of their equipment and take action to mitigate their own risk. Elevators and other vertical transportation equipment are…
Thanks to a collaborative effort among various workforce development stakeholders, the State of North Carolina will build and launch a comprehensive, unified system to deliver career information and labor market data to students, workers, business leaders and educators, Governor Roy Cooper announced today at a meeting of the Education Cabinet. NCCareers.org will help students…
Construction industry leaders remained confident regarding nonresidential construction prospects in February 2019, according to the latest Construction Confidence Index released by Associated Builders and Contractors today. All three principal components measured by the survey—sales, profit margins, and staffing levels— remain well above the diffusion index threshold of 50, signaling ongoing expansion in construction activity. Only…
A new study released by Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with Triax Technologies, a leading provider of technology for the connected jobsite, finds that while contractors continue to struggle with construction site risks, they recognize the benefits of using IoT to mitigate them. According to the report, Using Technology to Improve Risk Management in Construction…
New construction starts in March advanced 16% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $809.2 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The substantial gain followed a lackluster performance during the first two months of 2019, as total construction starts in March were able to climb back to a level slightly…
President Stewart D. Roberson congratulated 10 new associates, six new senior associates, and two new vice presidents. “Moseley Architects proudly points to our highly professional team as our greatest asset,” Roberson said. “Over the course of our 50 successful years, our team has established a very strong reputation with our expansive client base.” “Across our firm, there are scores…
