Engineering News Record November 18, 2020 “2021 Construction Forecast: A Slow Road to Recovery As the country continues to deal with the economic and health crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, forecasters are cautiously optimistic for the future but warn that meaningful growth is still several months away.” https://www.enr.com/articles/50766-construction-forecast-a-slow-road-to-recovery     Associated General Contractors…

“While some projects have been delayed due to the pandemic, few have been cancelled outright” “After experiencing more disappointing business conditions in December, fewer architecture firms reported declining firm billings in January. Despite an ABI score of 44.9, indicating that the majority of firms reported a decline in billings for the eleventh consecutive month,there are increasing signs…

U.S. shopping mall owner Washington Prime Group is preparing to potentially file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with time running thin before the company defaults after it skipped an interest payment on its debt, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Last month, Washington Prime missed a $23 million interest payment and said it would be entering a 30-day grace period to…

HI Ed,   Although I was unable to “attend” the virtual trade show (which, by the way. I thought was a wonderful idea), I am watching the rerun now.   I have a question for David Gerbholz of Image Access, and I’m hoping that you can pass this question along to David, as I would…

BLOG PUBLISHER’S COMMENT:  TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRICE FOR THE 36″ MULTIFUNCTION SYSTEM – – – THE MSRP IS LESS THAN $5,000, AND THAT PRICE INCLUDES A SCANNER! Tuesday, March 02, 2021 Press release from the issuing company Compact, Affordable Epson SureColor T3170M is Now Available and SureColor T5170M to be Available in May…

 At least one segment of the Printing & Graphics Industry is growing and expected to continue to grow – Printed Packaging Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are doing a lot more “on-line” shopping than ever before.  Rarely does a day go by that a box or package doesn’t show up outside our front door. Years ago, most…

The AIA’s ABI Index for December was below 50, again, as has been the case since March 2020.  Ten months under 50 in a row. Business conditions at architecture firms backslid in December, ending a tough year on a disappointing note. The AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score declined to 42.6 for the month, indicating that more firms…

Yesterday, ARC Document Solutions, the largest “reprographics” company in the U.S. (if not the world) reported its Q4 2020 and Full Year 2020 results.   On full year basis, ARC’s Sales dropped $93.0 million (24.32%) from year 2019 to year 2020, but, in spite of that huge drop, ARC’s “Earnings Attributable to ARC” dropped only…

For those of you who are unaware of this very sad news, Reprographics Industry veteran, Robert (Bob) Knappage, passed away on February 4, 2021.  May he rest in peace.   ·     – Bob was a long-term member of the Thomas Printworks family; some of us referred to Bob as Bill Thomas’ right-hand-man.   After a career that spanned…

In July 2020, Mark Gerick departed ARC Document Solutions and the Reprographics Industry to join “Wet Sounds” as its Chief Operating Officer.  Wet Sounds is located in Richmond, TX.  Wet Sounds is a maker of high-performance marine and powersports audio systems   Counting his time with Ridgway’s, which was ARC’s largest acquisition, Mark’s career in the Reprographics Industry…