TORONTO -- CMiC, the leader in providing software solutions for the architectural, engineering and construction industry, is a 2007 winner of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies program. Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies is a national awards program that recognizes the 50 Best Managed businesses from a wide range of industries...
Staff The N.C. Department of Labor is sponsoring a regional meeting with construction industry employers and employees in Salisbury on May 10, 2005, at the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. A Hispanic Forum will be held on May 11. ...
The construction industry has been struggling with quality issues for many years, and the cost to our economy is dramatic. The cost could potentially be reduced significantly if the industry were to embrace the concept of quality assurance that has been used with great success by many other sectors of...
The construction industry is inherently prone to risk. While profit margins continue to shrink, projects are becoming more complex and increasingly capital-intensive. To complicate matters further, most companies are also dealing with multiple subsidiaries and subcontractors in highly decentralized project environments - and it takes only one bad project to...
The construction industry seems inundated by a plethora of accounting software vendors promising to provide integrated accounting and project management. The difficulty with these approaches, however, is that they don't recognize the motto "time is money". This article concentrates on how integrating the "front-end" systems such as critical path method...
Staff The Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.gov ) has developed a new educational product specific to the construction industry, the Construction Industry Federal Taxation Curriculum. Designed to provide an overview of the federal income and Staff ...
The construction industry is, by nature, a complex one. In the process, inevitable differences arise concerning scope definition, delays, accelerations, obstructions, and changed conditions. All the while, the process of building must go forward with a minimum of disruption. Resorting to lawsuits can be costly and time consuming, and judges...
The construction industry has a myth going around. The myth is that there is a secret to estimating. The first secret to be divulged is the importance of the takeoff process in a successful estimate. A successful estimate has its foundation in a reliable identification of the quantities involved in...
"In the absence of a well-defined succession plan, most family owned construction companies never make it to the next generation of ownership. Succession planning is like making out a will. It requires you to think about death and retirement, two topics most people would rather not think about. For...
OSHA launched its second annual Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign, making a special emphasis on keeping teens safe and healthy when working in the construction industry. OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr., as well as key construction stakeholders fr OSHA launched its second annual Teen...
Intuit announced the availability of Master Builder Version 11, the most advanced product in the company's line of construction industry software. Incorporating extensive ... Intuit announced the availability of Master Builder Version 11, the most advanced product in the company's line of construction ...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With Senate action pending, the Construction Industry Round Table CIRT has weighed-in to oppose a proposed amendment that seeks to roll-back certain aspects of the Jobs and Growth Act passed just a few months ago byWASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With Senate action...
CANBERRA, March 4 Asia Pulse - A construction industry watchdog warned it was investigating industrial unrest at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, where employers have threatened to use strikebreakers. CANBERRA, March 4 Asia Pulse - A construction industry watchdog warned it was investigating industrial unrest...
Staff Congress returned to work from its August recess after Labor Day with some major issues involving the construction industry resolved and others awaiting action. That progress paves the way for what could turn out to be a memorable fall ...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Viewpoint Construction Software([R]), a leader in software for the construction industry, introduced Viewpoint[TM] V6 Software, the next release of its flagship, Viewpoint Construction Software information system.