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Paving
5 Steps to Market Research Success for Contractors
Pinnacle Development Group,Inc
Following these basics will give you a good start.
Sweeping
Paying for Sweeping
Business Services
AGC Survey: Quantity, Quality of Education and Training Programs a Concern for Filling Labor Shortage
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
A nationwide Associated General Contractors of America survey showed 55% of responding firms believe the local pipeline for preparing new craft workers is below average or poor
Business Services
Preparing the Next Generation of Skilled Construction Workers: A Workforce Development Plan for the 21st Century
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
AGC outlined measures officials should adopt to expand secondary-school career and technical education and post-secondary training opportunities to attract more people to construction jobs
Business
North Carolina Considering Law to Stop Worker Misclassification
Lawmakers in North Carolina are starting to explore how to prevent construction companies from misclassifying workers
Apps
App of the Week: Intuit MoneyDue
Intuit QuickBooks
Use the Intuit MoneyDue mobile app to automatically convert your iPhone and iPod Touch calendar appointments into payment reminders
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Business Services
Registration Open for the Residential Foundation Technician Certification Program
Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)
The Residential Foundation Technician Certification Program establishes a credible third-party evaluation of the command of the major industry codes, standards and references for cast-in-place concrete foundation systems.
Business
NPE to Return to Nashville for 2015
The exhibit floor from NPE 2014 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, shows just some of the more than 100 companies exhibiting. Want to know who's exhibiting at NPE 2015? Visit www.nationalpavementexpo.com and click on 'Exhibits.'
Financing, Insurance & Leasing
Confidence Remains Steady for Equipment Finance Industry in October
Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation
Twenty-three percent of survey respondents believe business conditions will improve over the next four months and 29% believe U.S. economic conditions will improve over the next six months
Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 60.4, slightly better than the September index of 60.2.
Business Services
Housing Starts Top One-Million Pace for Third Time in 2014
National Association of Home Builders
Total housing starts rose 6.3% in September on the strength of a 16.7% jump in multifamily production; single-family starts rose just 1.1%, and permits slipped 0.5%
Issuance of building permits gained 1.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.018 million units in September. Multifamily permits rose 4.8% to a 394,000-unit pace while single-family permits slipped 0.5% to 624,000 units.
Business Services
Is Climate Change a Reality – And Does It Really Matter?
Whether you believe in climate change or not, the awareness it has raised has generated positive results.
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California Supreme Court Rules Construction on Bullet Train Can Start as Planned
California Supreme Court rejects request for a hearing to consider whether the California High-Speed Rail Authority was complying with the terms of the ballot measure that funded the project
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