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U.S. Construction Costs Plummet
2007-10-04 00:00:00 Two and a half years ago, the United States Commercial Construction sector saw the largest year-over-year cost increase (10.5%) in recent times. Now, as of July 2007, construction cost increases are falling back to the modest levels experienced during the beginning of the decade. RS Means Heavy Construction Cost Data measures costs ... More About: Costs
Tight Labor Market Shows a Benevolent Side to Hiring Managers
2007-10-04 00:00:00 Construction employment has been declining in recent months. The Bureau of Labor Statistics? The Employment Situation: August 2007 reports that nonfarm payroll employment fell by 4,000 in August. Furthermore, "employment in manufacturing, construction, and local government education declined". Construction employment lost roughly 22,000 jobs, and "since its peak in September ... More About: Market , Hiring , Side , Managers
Becoming Competitive in a Tight Construction Job Market
2007-10-04 00:00:00 If you read yesterday's post, then you know that current labor conditions are allowing hiring managers to be quite selective. In such a job market, jobseekers need to go the extra mile to get a great position. But what are the best ways to set yourself apart from the pack? In ... More About: Market , Construction , Competitive
20 Largest Upcoming Commercial Construction Projects
2007-09-27 00:00:00 I figure that after reporting on the relative health of the commercial construction sector, it's appropriate to demonstrate that strength with empirical data. Here, you will find 20 of The Largest Upcoming U.S. West and Midwest Projects as of September 18th. The Top 10 projects of the U.S. West have an average ... More About: Commercial , Construction
The Solar Decathlon ? Green Building Invests In Students
2007-09-24 00:00:00 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy sponsors a yearly contest aimed at bringing top university students to both homebuilding and green building. The Solar Decathlon pits 20 college teams from around the world against each other in a contest to "design, build, and ... More About: Building , Students , Green Building , Green
August Construction Starts Stay Strong
2007-09-21 00:00:00 Reed Construction Data (RCD) released their August 2007 numbers today with good news. "August was the first starts report that included a full month of the negative spillover impact from the collapse of the residential subprime mortgage market" reports Jim Haughey for Reed. And rather than being negatively affected by the ... More About: Strong , Stay
Federal Reserve Announces Steepest Interest Rate Cut In Five Years
2007-09-21 00:00:00 9/18/07 -- The Fed responded to recent problems in the housing and money markets by cutting its Funds rate by a half point, from 5.25 percent to 4.75 percent. Before the Fed's meeting, there had been much debate over the size of the likely reduction. Arguments were leveled for both quarter ... More About: Federal Reserve , Interest , Years , Rate , Interest Rate
Get Home Atlanta! Launch a Success
2007-09-18 00:00:00 I spoke briefly this morning with David Ellis, Executive Vice President of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, to see how this weekend's launch of Get Home Atlanta! went. David was upbeat and positive, with nothing but good things to say. He said that they have had a "great positive response ... More About: Success , Launch
Atlanta-area Homebuilders to Launch Unprecidented Joint Media Campaign: Get
2007-09-15 00:00:00 "I'm almost afraid to watch the 6 am news when I wake up..." says Dina Gundersen, Director of Marketing for Monte Hewett Homes, referring to the media's recent insatiable appetite for negative housing news. "Buyers are not hearing both sides of the story!" Over the past several months, the news has gone ... More About: Media , Campaign , Atlanta , Launch , Area
Construction Jokes: The Nude Carpenter
2007-09-14 00:00:00 According to the San Jose MercuryNews.com, earlier this month, "An Oakland carpenter who has a history of working in the nude was acquitted...of misdemeanor indecent exposure charges stemming from an October 2005 incident in which a client returned to his house and found the carpenter naked" while doing work in ... More About: Jokes , Construction
U.S. Commercial Construction: Trouble in the Wake of the Subprime Debacle?
2007-09-14 00:00:00 For a year or more now, the reports pertaining to commercial construction have been joyfully positive...especially when viewed in the light of the reports coming out on the residential construction sector. Last week (September 5th), Bloomberg.com ran a commercial construction 'update' titled Commercial Real Estate in U.S. Poised for Price Drop. ... More About: Construction , Wake , Subprime , Rime
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Calls on Administration, Congr
2007-09-14 00:00:00 Sept. 7th, 2007 -- Brian Catalde, president of the NAHB, issued a statement from the association's Fall Board of Directors meeting in Seattle. This came on the heels of August labor statistics, which revealed a decrease of 23,000 jobs in the residential construction sector. Furthermore, the Fed?s Beige Book, released ... More About: National , Home , Builders , Calls , Administration
Two Multi-Family Units Sell for Over $65M
2007-09-08 00:00:00 Phoenix, Arizona: One of the hottest housing markets before the recent corrections continues to show strong fundamentals for growth with the sale of two apartment complexes for a total of $66M. According to The Arizona Republic, this is "a sign that there's still potential for the Valley's apartment rental rates to ... More About: Family , Multi , Sell , Units , Unit
A Sad Day for Internet Job Boards ? TBJ Experiences Attempted Robbery
2007-09-08 00:00:00 Privacy has become a huge, possibly the largest, ethical topic on the internet. Ever since e-mail was conceived, spam and junk mail have been present. Online identity theft is an ever present and growing problem. When you work for a company that stores people?s information online, privacy must be a ... More About: Internet , Experiences , Robbery , Robb , Peri
Bush Addresses Housing Concerns for First Time
2007-08-31 00:00:00 "President Bush ," reports the New York Time s, "in his first response to families hit by the subprime mortgage crisis, announced several steps today to help Americans who have credit problems meet the rising cost of their housing loans." His proposals have the aim of allowing 80,000 more people with "spotty credit ... More About: Housing , First Time , Concerns
This Week?s Housing News in Review
2007-08-31 00:00:00 There were several reports released this week that pertain to the current US housing foibles. Here is a quick rundown: Countrywide Financial and other financial institutions are facing investigations and criticisms of their sometimes aggressive and questionable lending practices that likely added to and fueled the current credit crunch (check out ... More About: News , Review , Housing , Week
Countrywide Financial Comes Under Extreme Scrutiny
2007-08-29 00:00:00 Countrywide Fina ncial Corporation, the nation's largest mortgage lender, has recently become heavily criticized for its aggressive and, according to some reports, downright abusive lending practices. A New York Times article, titled Inside the Countrywide Lending Spree, covers in great detail the accusations and evidences levied against the corporation. The Times reports ... More About: Extreme , Countrywide Financial , Countrywide
Houses on Poles? has residential construction come to this?!?
2007-08-28 00:00:00 A friend of mine sent me this link to a Gizmodo article on "High Living" today. This high living is the "Single Hauz" of Poland's front architects. The Single Hauz is essentially an inhabitable box on a pole. It can be installed everywhere from meadows to cities to lakes. Great news commuters: You ... More About: Residential , Houses , Construction , Cons , Resident
Commercial Real Estate Index Climbs for 9 Consecutive Quarters
2007-08-25 00:00:00 Earlier this week, the National Association of Real tors released their quarterly, forward-looking index for the commercial real estate market. The Commercial Leading Indicator for Brokerage Activity increased for the ninth straight quarter, up to 120.7. The jump signifies a .5% increase from last quarter (120.3) and a 1.1% increase from a ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Index
Four year degree? Not for me!
2007-08-23 00:00:00 Last week?s article mentioned the impending construction labor shortage, but focused on how college students may break into the construction industry. This article will focus on the labor shortage itself, and the opportunities it creates for those people who think about college and say, ?A four year degree? Not for ... More About: Degree , Year
Fannie Mae?s effort to increase mortgage holdings is rejected
2007-08-16 00:00:00 The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (Ofheo) said on Friday that it would not allow Fannie Mae to increase its portfolio, "saying the company's principal market for mortgages was 'liquid and working'," according to the New York Times. Fannie Mae was seeking 72 billion in mortgages, which would raise its ... More About: Mortgage , Rejected , Ease , Holdings
The Top Five Things Students Can Do To Get Great Construction Jobs!
2007-08-16 00:00:00 After speaking with Rhiana Barr the other day, I've decided to publish this top five list. Who is Rhiana Barr? She is the Corporate Human Resources Manager for Morrison Homes. She specializes in talent acquisition, and recruits all of Morrison?s executive staff. She also launched a college recruiting campaign for ... More About: Jobs , Students , Construction , Great , Things
Give me one week?and I?ll tell you how and why to enter the construction in
2007-08-10 00:00:00 Following on a theme I developed in an earlier blog post, Shrinking labor workforce means good things for those entering construction jobs, I have decided this week to publish a two part article on how and why the youth of America should consider construction careers, whether straight from high school ... More About: Construction , Week , Give , Enter , Tell
Interactive Quizes: What are you allowed to ask during an interview?
2007-08-10 00:00:00 Hiring Managers: have you ever found yourself in the uncomfortable position of realizing you may have asked a question during an interview that is frowned upon or even illegal? What exactly are you not allowed to ask, besides age and race? What are you allowed to ask? I stumbled upon this ... More About: Interactive , Interview , Active , Lowe , Tera
Finding leads has never been easier
2007-08-10 00:00:00 With the boom in commercial construction continuing in markets across the United States, I thought it appropriate to do a piece on how many firms are find and bidding on projects. Like a 'google' for construction projects, companies like BidClerk (www.bidclerk.com) are facilitating searches of thousands of construction projects in all ... More About: Leads , Lead , Been
Resume Length: YouTube video on wordy resumes
2007-08-10 00:00:00 I found this clip in one of my trusty little 'google-alerts' this afternoon. The video was first posted yesterday, and brought to my attention in a gethirednow.tv blog post. The blog post and video focus on a topic that I have covered in my other resume writing pieces: length and word ... More About: Video , Youtube , Resume , Resumes
Commercial Construction Stocks: ?yet to be fully priced?
2007-08-10 00:00:00 On Friday, Forbes.com ran an Associated Press "Market Spotlight" on commercial construction (as did nearly every other finance website). The article had more optimistic news for those interested in commercial construction, especially those on the investing side. "Growth in commercial construction spending has been a boon to engineering and construction companies, and ... More About: Commercial , Stocks , Construction , Cons , Merc
Consumer Confidence Index Climbs to Six-Year High in July
2007-08-03 00:00:00 The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index reading for July climbed to 112.6 (1985 = 100) from 105.3 in June. The index has not been able to break the 110 mark since February of this year. The Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center, Lynn Franco, says "...consumers are more upbeat ... More About: High
What exactly is going on in homebuilding?
2007-07-30 00:00:00 Last Thursday, I posted an article on the homebuilding sector trying to highlight some positive news in what was otherwise a week full of dismal numbers. I was approached by someone this weekend who had read my article and thinks that my cautious optimism is misplaced. After speaking with this gentleman for ... More About: Going , Goin
A Hotel Building Boom??Oh my!
More articles from this author:2007-07-30 00:00:00 Naples News published an article this morning titled U.S. hotel construction booms after hiatus. I had heard nothing of the apparent "hotel boom" before today. Apparently, "private spending on hotel construction" is up an astounding "65 percent" over last year. What's more is that "if construction spending continues at current levels, ... More About: Building , Hotel , Boom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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