I first announced the contest on April 18, 2011. From April 18th to May 7th, 717 visitors visited Reprographics 101. Those 717 visitors viewed the blog (an aggregate of) 1,512 times and viewed 2,814 pages. In spite of these activity numbers, only 3 people entered the contest! Perhaps more would have entered the contest if…

From ABC, May 2011 Construction Economics update: Spending on private nonresidential construction increased 1.8 percent in March according to the May 2 report by the U.S. Census Bureau. While private nonresidential construction spending has been increasing for the past three months, it is still 10.2 percent lower from March 2010. Complete article can be found…

THE TWO FACES OF ARC 1) To the investment / financial community: “About ARC” “ARC (American Reprographics Company) is the leader in business-to-business documentmanagement technology and services to the architectural, engineering and construction, or AEC industries, in the United States. The Company also provides document management services to companies in non-AEC industries….” 2) To the…

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An e-mail I received today directed my attention to this article from Ideal.com: A/E/C Market Takes Online Planrooms and Digital Blueprints into the Cloud to Simplify Bidding Process and Coordinate Entire Construction Life Cycle For building owners, developers, designers, general contractors and architects, evaluating the software and Internet technologies for the construction industry can be…

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ARC reported Q1 2011 Sales of $106.5 million and EPS (loss per share) of ($.08). In a recent post on this blog, I SWAG’d that ARC’s Q1 2011 Sales would be $107.5 million and that ARC’s Q1 2011 EPS (loss per share) would be ($.07). So, my SWAG estimates were pretty close. (SWAG = silly-wild-ass-guess.)…

Based on a Press Release issued by Autodesk; here’s a portion of the Press Release: May 05, 2011 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time New App Helps Streamline Collaboration and Management of Shared Data for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Projects SAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced…

Océ reports small net loss over Q1 2011 Highlights first quarter (ended 31 March 2011): • Net loss: € – 6 million (2010: € – 87 million) • Normalized operating income: € 5 million (2010: € 15 million) • Total revenues – 1% to € 638 million (2010: € 647 million) • Organically: non-recurring revenues…

Below, you will find a “Spanish to English translation” of portion of a Press Release posted on Service Point Solutions’ web-site a few days ago. This Press Release talks about the outstanding growth one of SPS’s subsidiaries achieved. Sales of the subsidiary Service Point CFI increased by 42% in the first quarter of 2011. April…