Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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Above, the title of an article on Bloomberg News, today. Below, a few excerpts from that article: July 22 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said extending the tax cuts passed during former President George W. Bush’s administration would help strengthen a U.S. economy still in need of stimulus. “In the short term…
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This article comes from http://www.wide-formatimaging.com ….. Lyra White Paper Showcases How Color Printing Can Yield Construction Project SavingsPosted: July 19th, 2010 01:04 PM EDTLyra Research Since the 1960s, the productivity growth rate for the construction and building industry has averaged -0.59 percent, while all other industries combined have an average productivity growth rate of 1.77…
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Reference the above “title”, an article was posted 45 minutes ago on “Google hosted news”, and the author of that article really had nothing but “bad news” to report. Evidently, the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) today published its monthly reading of “builders’ sentiment” and, my take on the index readings …. well, they…
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Check out the latest article Shaun Meany, President of the PEiR Group, posted on the PG blog-site. That article is located at this Internet address: http://peirgrouppointofview.blogspot.com/2010/07/sell-software-to-grow-sales-and-profits.html What you see below is not the full text of the article. The article includes some scary stuff, and I thought it would be interesting to highlight the scary…
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When I first met Gary Crisp, CEO of C2 Reprographics, C2 had one location, which was in Costa Mesa, CA. Prior to founding C2, (with his wife and partner, Julie Crisp) Gary had no experience in the AEC reprographics business or industry. (He did have experience in the “small-format” imaging industry.) I’ve met Gary a…
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AFTER YOU READ THE FIRST PART OF THIS POST, PLEASE REMEMBER TO SCROLL BELOW TO THE “JOEL’S COMMENTS” SECTION OF THIS POST! ABC ISSUED THIS PRESS RELEASE ON JULY 16, 2010: ABC Imaging and PBSJ agree to FM print services dealWashington, DC—July 16, 2010—ABC Imaging announced today it will provide on-site print services for PBSJ,…
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In an article posted on Reed Construction’s site on July 15, 2010, Jim Haughey, RCD’s Chief Economist, authored an interesting article which gives insights into the “recovery” of the construction industry in the U.S. Here’s the title of the article: Building Construction Recovery to be Strongest in Northeast and CaliforniaInsight and Analysis of Construction Industry…
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In an article posted on the AIA’s web-site in late June, Jennifer Riskus, AIA’s Manager of Economic Research, wrote an article that talks about business conditions in the Architecture industry, including insights into the ABI AIA Index, the commercial real estate lending environment, and “accounts receivable collections.” The article includes charts and graphs. Here’s the…
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Scott Judy, the author of the article I mentioned in the previous post, also wrote an article for the current issue of Mid-Atlantic Construction news… This one is “more current” than the other article, since this one “points to” 2010 starts. This author (Scott Judy) writes extremely well; his articles are quick-to-read, so get to…
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An interesting article that recently appeared in the current issue of Southeast Construction News: “Top Project Starts, Despite the Southeast Market’s ‘09 Decline, Ranking of Major Projects Shows Improvement”, by Scott Judy The full article can be found at this Internet address:http://southeast.construction.com/features/2010/0701_TopProjectsStarts.asp In that article, they list the “top 20” project-starts in the Southeast in…
Reprographics 101 