It’s been less than two weeks since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but he has fulfilled his campaign promises of shaking up the political world. The ink is not yet dry on several of his executive orders and other memoranda that have turned immigration, national security and infrastructure into coast-to-coast topics of conversation and fiery debate. The construction industry-related directives that …
17 Construction Apps for 2017
The construction industry is becoming more mobile, and with that comes the need for a growing app industry. A survey by construction apps advisory firm Software Advice recently found that 50 percent of construction companies are still using manual methods to calculate takeoff, prepare bids and manage projects. For the other half we’ve compiled our fifth annual best construction apps …
Murray Securus Earns Rough Notes Agency of the Year for 2016
Several elements of Murray Securus’s DNA impressed past Agency of the Month winners who voted for the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, firm as our Rough Notes 2016 Agency of the Year. One past winner was particularly impressed by “how they built out the agency in response to client needs.” Others echoed the sentiment, citing the agency’s formation 80-plus years ago and the …
New SBA Chief McMahon Commits To Keeping Agency, But Not Its Loan Programs
On Tuesday morning, Senator Jim Risch, Republican of Idaho, decried on the Senate floor the “cauldron of anger, bitterness, and acrimony” that Washington has become since President Donald Trump began trying to assemble his government. Certainly Congress has divided sharply on several of Trump’s cabinet picks. But one instance where that was not true – or at least not as …
After Years of Setbacks, D.C. United Finally Breaks Ground for New Stadium
On a paved lot between Nationals Park and Fort McNair, a mayor, a sports commissioner, a mascot and a machete gathered under a white tent in a gritty industrial nook of the District on Monday. After 13 years of surefire plans, shifting locations and shattered hopes, D.C. United hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new stadium at Buzzard Point in …