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Learn about business management with Construction University
Earlier this year, Better Roads and sister site Equipment World teamed up with Case Construction Equipment to provide construction professionals with a resource for running a solid construction business. Construction University is that resource. Construction University features topics ranging from marketing to business growth to cash flow management and more. The site includes articles, infographics and […]
August 15, 2013
Roadbuilding
Construction University: Marketing
Your marketing has to have a blueprint.
August 7, 2013
Business
Free download: Contractor marketing plan
Contractor Marketing Plan What you need to examine to move the needle forward. Provided by FMI
August 5, 2013
Business
How I almost got thrown off a boat: The importance of marketing to a construction business
True confession time. About 30 years ago, in between journalistic gigs, I worked for a construction management firm. My tenure was short, all of 10 months. My boss was not your typical construction guy. He came from the aerospace industry, and settled on CM as a well-paying opportunity. He built schools. Or rather, the contractors […]
August 1, 2013
Business
Forecast for 2013 construction value growth revised down due to shifting strength of individual markets
In its second quarter 2013 Construction Outlook report, FMI has revised down its forecast for overall construction value growth to 7 percent from the 8 percent growth forecasted in the first quarter. FMI, a management consulting and investment banking provider for the engineering and construction industry, dropped its forecast for the U.S. value of construction-put-in-place […]
July 10, 2013
Business
Nonresidential construction index indicates gradual improvement, notes concerns with sequester, labor shortage
The FMI Nonresidential Construction Index has reached the highest mark since its inception in the first quarter of 2009. Released this week, the second quarter 2013 edition of the NRCI reached 60.1. FMI, a management consultant and investment banking provider, surveys a group of panelists each quarter to measure the health of the nonresidential construction […]
May 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
Construction value expected to reach $919 billion in 2013
FMI’s first-quarter 2013 Construction Outlook shows that the value of annual construction is expected to increase to 8 percent over 2012 levels, our sister site, Equipment World, reports. FMI forecasts the U.S. value of construction-put-in-place to rise to $919 billion this year. Though the report refers to the figure as a “solid improvement,” it says […]
April 9, 2013
Business
Annual U.S. construction value forecast to reach $919 billion
The value of annual construction is expected to show an increase of 8 percent over 2012 levels, according to a recent report from FMI. In its first quarter 2013 Construction Outlook, FMI, a management consulting and investment banking provider for the engineering and construction industry, forecasts the U.S. value of construction-put-in-place to rise to a […]
April 9, 2013
Roadbuilding
Pass it On
The ownership transition and succession of closely held businesses is one of the greatest challenges in the engineering and construction industry.
March 6, 2013
Business
FMI: Unconfident contractors face labor shortage, project delays
According to a new report from management consultant and investment banking provider FMI, the construction industry has contracted to the point that it is now roughly 70 percent of its size in 2006. And though things are looking up, construction business owners still face several challenges including a shrinking labor pool at a time when […]
December 19, 2012
Business
Competition, tech spur consolidation of construction, design firms
As a result of the long recession and the ability to collaborate more closely thanks to growing adoption of new technologies, a trend has developed of architectural, engineering and construction firms consolidating into AEC firms. The trend is discussed in detail in a new report by FMI and Philip Warner research consultant Steve Isaacs. “…The […]
December 4, 2012
Business
FMI: Construction-put-in-place, employment on the rise
FMI has released its Third Quarter 2012 Engineering and Technical Professional Services Industry Update, anticipating construction put in place to increase between 5 percent, to $826 billion, and 7 percent, to $882.4 billion, in 2013. This growth is expected to include solid recovery in housing, strong growth in power construction and slow growth in commercial […]
November 29, 2012
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