Feb 09, 2017
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At some point this year, Apple will move roughly 14,000 employees into its brand new spaceship-shaped headquarters in Cupertino, California. The campus, which reportedly took 13,000 contractors and $5 billion to build, was one of the last major projects that Apple founder Steve Jobs worked on, and its construction has apparently has been held to […]
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Feb 03, 2017
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It’s nearly time. 71,795 screaming fans. 110-million plus global TV viewers. $5 million 30-second ads. The chance for the New England Patriots to claim their fifth Super Bowl championship, or the Atlanta Falcons their first. Lady Gaga. And yet one question remains for the structural engineering team at Houston-based Walter P Moore, which helped to build […]
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Jan 19, 2017
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Brief: AmeriCann, a Denver-based medical marijuana operations developer, has selected a Boston-area contractor to build the largest cannabis facility of its kind in Freetown, MA, the Boston Business Journal reported. Campanelli Construction, based in Braintree, MA, will build the first phase of the 1-million-square-foot Massachusetts Medical Cannabis Center on a 53-acre parcel that was most […]
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Jan 19, 2017
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There’s no denying that the available skilled labor pool is shrinking. The Associated General Contractors found in its annual survey that even more employers anticipate difficulty in finding qualified help this year than they did in 2016. It’s not just field workers and supervisors who are in short supply. Project managers are hard to come by, and […]
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Jan 11, 2017
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SDG&E’s 120 MWh Escondido storage project will help mitigate a natural gas shortage in southern California The largest battery storage system in the world will also be one of the fastest constructed in history. In August, San Diego Gas & Electric tapped energy storage company AES to install two energy storage projects totaling 37.5 MW, […]
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Jan 06, 2017
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To say it’s been an exciting year in politics would be an understatement. While most of the nation’s attention was focused on the presidential election, state legislatures, including California’s, were busy at work. The California State Legislature introduced 3099 bills during the second session of the 2015-2016 session of which 808 bills were signed into law. 2016 […]
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Dec 29, 2016
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Don’t just get busy, get busy doing what is basic to growth the next 12 months. Now that the holidays are over and the new year is upon us, it’s time to head back to the lab to formulate fresh, smart, and effective ideas that will grow your organization. Whatever the size of your firm, […]
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Dec 22, 2016
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A San Diego startup called eSUB Construction Software has raised $5 million in a Series A round led by Revolution Ventures according to President and CEO Wendy Rogers. The company’s cloud-based project management apps help subcontractors track and get compensated for all the work they do on construction jobs. Rogers said, “There’s a saying that […]
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Dec 14, 2016
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The connection between Entrepreneurs and risks is clear. The dictionary can scarcely define an entrepreneur without including the fact that he accepts risks as part of his fundamental job descriptions. While we cannot remove risks from businesses generally, and entrepreneurship specifically, there is a clear difference between taking risks and having risky behaviors. There have […]
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Dec 08, 2016
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Several years ago, the Vancouver planning commission received an unusual request. An architecture firm wanted to build an 18-story skyscraper out of wood. In Canada, like most of the world, building codes restrict timber structures to four stories, six at most. Brock Commons, which will house more than 400 University of British Columbia students beginning […]
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