The June BIMForum, to be held on June 17 & 18, 2010, in Kansas City, Missouri, will focus on the primary principles revolving around Lean Design and Construction. The focus of this meeting will not only be on Lean concepts and methodologies for the AEC industry, but also how BIM can best be鈥 Read More February 26, 2010
USA Today featured interviews with 乌鸦传媒's chief economist, Ken Simonson, 乌鸦传媒 president Doug Pruitt, and members Christian Zimmermann of Pike Industries and Bob Schafer of Ranger Construction.
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February 25, 2010
Did you know that your company can participate in the new Bring-a-Colleague program? Under this program, 乌鸦传媒 offers a $500 discount per registration when multiple individuals from the same company register to attend any of 乌鸦传媒鈥檚 2010 Construction Project Manager Courses.
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The Senate yesterday passed Majority Leader Reid's version of an initial jobs bill by a vote of 70 to 28.聽 Earlier in the week, an important cloture vote was approved when five Republican senators joined 57 Democrats to allow consideration of the legislation to move forward.
The Senate bill鈥 Read More February 25, 2010
Today's nationally-televised health care summit, as well as upcoming November elections, have renewed the urgency for a health care reform bill, despite problems reconciling the House- and Senate-passed versions. The summit included leaders of both parties and the White House.
In the days leading鈥 Read More February 25, 2010
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has held 14 hearings to date on the progress of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and the latest hearing Tuesday dealt with the first full year of the program. According to the Committee, the ARRA has resulted in 10,348 highway鈥 Read More February 25, 2010
Sharp criticism from both parties was leveled at the Obama Administration's plans to cut the budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a hearing yesterday before the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee. The Army Corps would receive $4.9 billion under the president's fiscal 2011鈥 Read More February 25, 2010
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) this week introduced the "Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010" in an effort to reduce the tax burden on middle-class families and American businesses, while eliminating "many of the tax expenditures that benefit narrow鈥 Read More February 25, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday proposed legislative language for a new package of tax extenders and long-term extensions of expiring laws as part of the Senate Democratic leadership's jobs creation agenda.聽 The "American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act" would extend鈥 Read More February 25, 2010
Despite the urging of the White House, the U.S. Congress is still struggling to pass a comprehensive climate and energy bill.聽 The House of Representatives passed a bill by a narrow vote in the summer of 2009; however, the Senate, unable to find backing for specific draft bills, has moved full鈥 Read More February 25, 2010
