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The Future Is Building at Viewpoint Collaborate 2017

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint CEO Manolis Kotzabasakis opened the Viewpoint Collaborate 2017 User Conference with an inspiring keynote speech. Viewpoint CEO Manolis Kotzabasakis welcomes the crowd at Collaborate 2017. Viewpoint’s strategic focus for 2017. The music was pumping and the crowd was ready. What’s in store. Leading the future.

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3 Methods to Finding More Skilled Labor

Construction Business Owner

The outlook for 2017 is even more bullish, according to Wells Fargo’s Construction Industry Forecast 2017, “with significant talk in all areas of the need for increased infrastructure spending. Growth in construction over the past 5 years was capped off by a record-setting 2016, which saw United States spending reach nearly $1.2

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2017 Construction Labor Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

To date, 2017 Construction Labor Cost Data shows a increase of 2.5%-2.7% 2.7% (over 12 months period), indicating a strong overall industry and consistent with forecasts of an approximate 3% increase for the year. Private office construction spending increased 29% in 2017, but demand has decreased (Census Bureau).

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16 design trends from Gensler’s 2017 Design Forecast

BD+C

Gensler’s 2017 Design Forecast deals with this concept and how the firm is implementing design strategies to create functional spaces for the future. The process of anticipating what the future will hold and then designing and developing methods to minimize the effects of future events is known as future-proofing.

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Moderating economic growth triggers construction forecast downgrade for 2017 and 2018

BD+C

The AIA Consensus Construction Forecast projects annual growth in the 3.5 percent range for the remainder of 2017 as well as for 2018, with a slower growing commercial/industrial market, and an institutional sector facing several challenges. percent to 4.0

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Rental Equipment Industry to Reach $46.5B by 2017

Construction Equipment

The American Rental Association’s (ARA) Rental Market Monitor forecasts rental revenues will reach $33.5 According to the forecast, equipment revenue in the U.S. According to the forecast, equipment revenue in the U.S. billion by 2017.' billion, a 7-percent increase over 2012, according to Rental Equipment Register.

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ULI Forecast For CRE: Strength And Growth Through 2017

Business Facilities

The latest Urban Land Institute Forecast for the real estate economy sees three years of continued strength, with the industry set for sustainable growth in 2015 through 2017. ULI Forecast For CRE: Strength And Growth Through 2017 appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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