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• AL LED: A Supplement to Architectural Lighting, Fall 2011

   
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  LED Market Forecast

   
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  JLC Report

  EPA abandons lead clearance requirement; California risks forfeiting home-weatherization funds; Nevada's OSHA program told to ramp up citations; more

   
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  Be a Square: Mobile Payment Service Offers Advantages for Some Remodelers

  Accepting credit and debit card payments via your smartphone or iPad is convenient, green, and social. Is it right for your business?

   

• Hurricane Season Begins and it Could Be a Doozy

   

• Among Coastal States, New York and Massachusetts Lead Economic Rebound

   

• Economic Indexes

  Current economic indexes reflect continued cautious optimism as the economy continues to work toward recovery. The AIA's billings index (ABI) for March 2011 basically held steady at 50.5. However, the new projects inquiry index was at 58.7, up significantly from its February mark of 56.4. The...

   

• Bay State Foreclosures Rise but a New Court Ruling Looms

   

• Four Alternatives to the Competitive Bidding Process (Subscriber content)

  A recent experience got me thinking about the competitive bid process.

   
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  Protecting Profits in Your Construction Business (Subscriber content)

  Let's begin this month by reviewing some basic financial concepts and benchmarks.

   

• Where s the Money Bankruptcy Court Reverses Tousa Ruling

   

• Coastal Florida Builders Struggle in Flat Market

   
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  Cloudy With a Chance of Optimism

  Quarterly economic fluctuations continue to drive consumer caution.

   

• Flood Insurance Program Under Fire ~

   
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  Business (Subscriber content)

  Budgeting for your marketing, sales, and project starts

   

• Opportunity's (Hard) Knock

   

• GSE Rates Rise Dramatically as the Benchmark Climbs

  All-in rates on 10-year loans from the GSEs have risen 60 to 70 basis points in the past six weeks, which will likely have a big impact on cap rates, and the acquisition market in general, heading into 2011.

   
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  Use Excel to Budget Next Year's Project Mix (Subscriber content)

  Take some pain out of the yearly exercise of creating your jobs budget

   

• 3 Up, 3 Down: Demographics Forecast Hot and Cold Metros

  Apartment Finance Today polled three of the industry's top research houses to identify three markets with high demographic upside, and three others that have numbers working against them. Surprisingly, Fort Lauderdale emerged as one of the hottest, while Atlanta is expected to continue its slump.

   

• Construction Downturn Hits Florida Coasts Unequally