We came across an interesting article yesterday regarding some big changes to credit reports. The article states "up to 7% of people with credit scores could see them rise beginning July 1st when credit reporting agencies will start excluding most civil judgements and about half of all tax lien data from credit reports" Read the [...]
National Association of Women in Construction “NAWIC” is one of the largest Women’s organizations in America. NAWIC has events throughout the year that give back to the community; one of their many events is Construction Career Camp. Construction Career Camp provides a supportive and nurturing environment for high school girls to explore and develop basic skills in the [...]
On Friday, May 12, The Central Florida Expressway Authority announced that the largest work plan in its history was approved. The board unanimously voted to adopt a five-year, $1.6 billion work plan which is expected to create over 11,000 jobs over the next five years. The five-year plan includes: Widening existing expressways (approx. 40 miles) [...]
Per www.forconstructionpros.com "FMI’s forecast for 2017 predicts an increase of 6% for the total value of construction put in place in the U.S. With GDP most recently reporting 2.1% growth in the fourth quarter of 2016, construction growth of 6% looks solid. Although this is a drop from the hot pace of growth from 2013 [...]
According to an article on www.abcactionnews.com "Construction contractors in the Tampa Bay area showed a stronger intention to hire new employees over the next 6 months than any other part of the state.Contractors also say they expect to have a lot of trouble finding qualified workers. The opinions come Monday morning in the first ever [...]
The AGC Smart Brief had a nice article regarding communication on the job and how open communication is the key to a successful project. Tim Sinclair, chair of AGC's Specialty Contractors Council is a former estimator, project manager and general contractor. His diverse background helps him see a job from multiple perspectives - as both a [...]
According to an article on www.workerscompensation.com "U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr. has sentenced Orquidea Quezada (48, Orlando) to 18 months in federal prison for wire fraud and for operating as an unlicensed money transmitter. The Court ordered her to forfeit $136,886 in cash that was seized when she was arrested, $60,178.91 that was [...]
Florida Power & Light announced Monday that they will be starting a significant expansion of renewable energy production throughout the next year. By 2018, FP&L plans to build eight new solar power plants that will boost production with more than 2.5 million solar panels. According to the article located here, each of the planned solar plants [...]
According to an article on bizjournals.com, "Construction starts increased 3 percent in South Florida in 2017, led by residential projects, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Based on its monitoring of construction permits, the firm said $10.9 billion in projects started in the tri-county region, up from $10.6 billion in 2015. Residential construction starts were [...]
According to a recent article, the IHS Markit and the Procurement Executives Group said that construction costs rose again in January on strength in labor and materials costs. "The six-month headline expectations index moved up from 68.9 in December to 70.0 in January, recording another month of increasing prices. The materials/equipment index stayed positive, at [...]