Are you having issues getting paid for your work? It may not be what you think. Dive into the common reasons why customers don't pay on-time and what you can do about it.
Contractor's Corner: Secrets to Managing Your Cashflow
How do you manage your business' cashflow to keep everything running smoothly - as well as plan ahead for periods of lower revenue? Learn what needs to go into a cashflow management process: from what drives the health of your cashflow, to tracking metrics, balancing seasonal changes, and more.
Pushing the Envelope: The Pinnacle of Residential Design
How are architects elevating design for the world's finest homes? And how are their forward-thinking philosophies reshaping the future of design?
In this ARCHITECT panel discussion, hear editor-in-chief Paul Makovsky explore these questions with Lauren Rottet of Rottet Studio, West Chin of West Chin Architects & Interior Designers, and Katherine Mendez of ODA, and see project examples from the trio’s boundary-pushing firms.
Guide to Answering Services
An answering service is a solution made up of a team of trusted receptionists who answer missed calls on behalf of a company when they are unable to answer themselves. Find out more about this service and why it's important to your business.
Residential Roofing and Architectural Trends For 2023 and Beyond (Print Course)
This course dives into two main areas of residential architectural styles, starting with pre-2008 recession to examine patterns and meaning behind historical trends. The second and core piece of the course moves forward into the road ahead to look at the changing influences on home design. Learners will understand the macro influences currently impacting residential exterior design and how those influences translate to ornamentation and finishing choices, such as colors, materials, and roofing.
Meeting the Energy Needs of Warehouse Facilities with Propane (Print Course)
This course will examine the rapidly expanding warehouse vertical and identify opportunities for using propane in these buildings. Many warehouses are built in rural areas because there are fewer space constraints to accommodate these large facilities, and land is less expensive, but these locations are sometimes not serviced by natural gas pipelines.
We will discuss the challenges of designing warehouses and distribution centers in rural areas, especially those that do not have natural gas service, and how propane can help meet energy and resiliency needs. In addition, this course will explore the many applications for propane in warehouses and distribution centers and case studies where propane was used in warehouse facilities nationwide.
3 Reasons Why Deposits Need Replacement, Not Alternatives
Site team workload is central to property management companies' thinking about the processes they could implement to improve operations. Security deposits have been around in the multifamily industry since time immemorial, but they have increasingly become a suboptimal way of doing business.
This white paper will discuss the failures of deposits, and how replacing them with insurance reduces workload for property teams, improves customer experience, and boosts financial performance.
Life Cycle Assessment of Concrete Buildings
This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. When looking at the environmental impact of a building, it is important to assess every stage of the environmental life cycle, from material extraction and product manufacturing to building operations and maintenance through to end-of-life.
Concrete offers many environmental attributes that help reduce the overall environmental life cycle impacts of a building. This session explores how life cycle assessment can be used to measure and lower the environmental impacts of buildings.
A Resident Perspective on Package Delivery
Michelle Wood has worked in the multifamily industry for 20 years. As a renter she has a unique perspective on what she wants in a community. See how a package solution has made her neighborhood a more desirable place to live.
Where Your Steel Comes From, and Why it Matters
This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a live webinar in April 2022. If you are like most in the AEC community, you understand the “nuts and bolts” of steel design and construction. But have you considered how your structural steel is made? Where and how it is produced can have a profound impact on your project’s cost, schedule, and sustainability story. This webinar explores how steel is being sustainably produced in the United States, and why a domestic supply chain is important for minimizing project risk and achieving optimal positive project outcomes. Information current as of recording date and subject to change. The most up to date data can be found here: https://nucor.com/