nevada unemployment claim<\/a> in the AEC industry, but unfortunately, as far as I can tell, I can’t.\u00a0 So as far as employment goes, we just have to realize that it can’t get any worse.\u00a0 Even though I don’t have substantial evidence to prove that this is bottom, it is.\u00a0 Trust me.\u00a0 I can feel it in my bones.<\/p>\n8.\u00a0 The world’s tallest building, the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is open for business despite severe vacancy and financial problems.\u00a0 You should go check it out.<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0 Actually after further review, I found that McGraw-Hill construction forecast is predicting construction starts to increase by 11% in 2010.<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0 This is a great time to build.\u00a0 If you have money or the access to it, you should certainly put it to work because construction is cheap, cheap, cheap, and we are poor, poor, poor.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 This is a great time to hire.\u00a0 If your company has work and you’re able to grow, you have access to some of the best construction talent ever to wait in line at the unemployment office.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 Building Information Modeling technology will continue to boom moving the industry in a more integrated and collaborative direction.\u00a0 Don’t worry, there will still be some good arguments.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 The low hanging fruit of the construction industry is most likely picked off, and no longer in business.\u00a0 This could actually be a good thing for increasing the quality of design and construction firms as the economy continues to improve.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 For what it’s worth, Bank of America has pledged to increase lending to small and medium sized businesses by at least $5 billion in 2010 and the rest of the banks better follow suit.\u00a0 You can’t get government bailout and then sit on the money.\u00a0 I would think that banks are not making money if they are not lending, so they better start.\u00a0 If they don’t, I would count on a little “intervention”, if you know what I mean.<\/p>\n
And the number 1 thing to look forward to in the construction industry for 2010…..<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Green, green, green, green, green.\u00a0 That’s right, the green revolution is in full force, and the AEC industry is right in the thick of it.\u00a0 Green building has increased exponentially recently and it will continue to do so through 2o1o and beyond.\u00a0 Not only are we getting energy savings, more natural daylight, improved air quality, green jobs, and a slew of other benefits from building green, but we are also curbing global carbon emissions that are contributing to global warming and posing a catastrophic threat to humanity.<\/p>\n
Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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e been spending the past decade hoarding money while screwing the….ok, ok, I’m done – seriously.\u00a0 It’s a new year, in fact, it’s a new decade, and we’re going to let bygones be bygones.\u00a0 We never hold grudges in the construction industry – right?<\/p>\n