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By Catherine Iste
 Across industries — from design firms to doctor's offices, accounting teams to nonprofits — there is a tipping point small organizations reach where something has to change. The company starts to outgrow its original framework and requires something new to operate. It is critical for leaders to recognize these signs to get ahead of the curve or else operational issues will take on an increasingly large and draining role in their work.
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For Construction Pros
The commercial construction sector in various parts of the U.S. is starting to wrap things up as temperatures plummet. With the winter months comes some needed breathing room to take stock of what worked and what didn't over the past several months.
It's no secret the construction industry has struggled to attract and retain qualified workers. For some, it hindered the ability to bid on and/or complete certain jobs. The question is how to prevent such issues from happening again once construction starts to ramp up come next spring.
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Energy Manager Today
To understand what a significant economic impact green buildings have on our economy today, consider this:
Over the next three years, new LEED-certified construction will contribute more than $303 billion to the U.S.' economy, a recent study concluded. This year alone, the industry will generate 2.3 million jobs.
By 2018, this new construction is expected to save more than $1 billion in energy usage and more than $100 million in water use.
But there's another trend that, if included in the total green building picture, greatly expands the market for energy-efficient buildings: retrofits of already-constructed buildings.
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The FieldLens Blog
Does this situation sound familiar? You're in a status meeting, struggling to pay attention, but the person talking isn't engaging anybody or sharing any information you care about. The meeting ends, and instead of feeling like you have a better handle on things, you feel like you've all but wasted 30 minutes. As a construction manager, you have to ask yourself, "Is this how my team feels after one of my meetings?"
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Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. via For Construction Pros
The Producer Price Index for inputs to construction industries declined for a fourth consecutive month in October, according to an analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data by Associated Builders and Contractors. The index stands at its lowest level since the first quarter of 2011 as prices for construction inputs declined 0.2 percent on a monthly basis and 4.6 percent on a year-ago basis. Nonresidential construction input prices exhibit a similar pattern, falling 0.3 percent since last month and 5.1 percent over the past 12 months. Nine of 11 key input prices are down on a year-over-year basis.
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Construction Dive
The U.S. construction industry is in the midst of an ongoing skilled labor shortage, with 86 percent of contractors, according to the Associated General Contractors of America, reporting difficulty in finding qualified trade workers and other skilled employees.
However, the industry is also facing another shortage — women in the construction trades. Women represent half of the population in the U.S. but, according to a 2014 Bureau of Labor Statistics report, women make up less than 10 percent of the construction industry workforce.
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