Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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RFP response submittal date was August 18, 2011, so this RFP opportunity is closed and now under evaluation. Joel’s comments: I’ve decided to post “Addendum No. 1”, because the addendum is a Q&A document; shows questions that were asked by vendors and the purchasing department’s response to those questions. If you read the addendum (which…
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From AGC’s web-site: Press Release CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 26 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN JULY AND DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS AS OVERALL EMPLOYMENT REMAINS STAGNANT Date: August 19, 2011 Texas and North Dakota Led Yearly Pickup; Florida and Georgia Experienced the Worst Job Losses; Utah and California Had the Largest Monthly…
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LADTF reveals technological insights to LA AEC firms Washington, DC—August 15, 2011—The Los Angeles Design Technology Forum (LADTF) launches its fall speaker series on August 18 with a lecture by Dr. Anne Balsamo at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, DeCafe in Perloff Hall. LADTF is presented by ABC Imaging, a Washington, DC-based printing and document…
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I’ve placed a copy of the 51 page Federal Reserve “Beige Book” Report in my Google Docs library so that those of you who want to read the entire report, and, in particular, the “real estate and construction” sections in each Fed “District”, can do that. At the end of this post, you’ll find a…
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I’ve stated this before, so this is just a reminder. There used to be a slogan, “when E.F. Hutton talks, people listen” …. and I coined the term, “when Joel buys, sell.” Let me go on, and you’ll see why I’m giving you this reminder…. Earlier today, I did a post about the cratering of…
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I received an e-mail, this morning from Bob Roperti, IRgA President, advising me that “the IRgA Board is moving forward with the planning of a networking event in conjunction with the SGIA New Orleans event.” As soon as the details are firmed up, I will post the details on this blog. (I’m sure the IRgA…
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Yesterday afternoon (August 18, 2011), Autodesk (ADSK) reported results for the second quarter of its 2012 fiscal year ….. on a day when the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank by nearly 500 points. Kind of depressing, I think, for a company to report excellent sales and profits, only to watch its stock tank because the…
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In its August 2011 Newsletter, RSA announces its association with CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) and says this: The organization is especially proud to be the first reprographic organization to work directly with CSI to help its members attain CSI’s Construction Document Technologist certificate (CDT). RSA and its members are committed to staying relevant and providing…
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This post updated, August 18, 2011 to add this: One of our blog-visitors said this to us in an e-mail this morning (so we are updating our post about GPO work): Hi Joel, Regarding GPO bidding…you can bid on GPO jobs through GPO’s “quick quote” system: https://securessl.access.gpo.gov/cc/openjobs.aspx “It’s very easy to register and quote jobs….most…
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From a June article I just found on “The BrainYard – InformationWeek” “Bluebeam PDF Revu document markup and collaboration software, available in desktop and cloud versions, can now work inside the enterprise on local servers.” After increasing the collaboration features of its PDF Revu document markup software with a cloud service, Bluebeam Software is introducing…
Reprographics 101 