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Government work buoys Miss. architects

Published: October 16, 2009
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Laura Smith Dolan Media Newswires Jackson, MS — When architects Michael Grey Jones and Joey Crain attended American Institute of Architects meetings in Washington, D.C., they were struck by the horror stories told by their colleagues from across the nation. “One of the larger firms had to let 80 people go,” said Crain, president-elect of [...]

Architects adapt for BIM boom

Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Architects realize the potential and potential headaches of a switch to building-information modeling for large state construction projects. “I just wrestled with it for two hours on the simplest thing,” said Josh Johnson, president of the American Institute of Architects Wisconsin and an architect with Madison-based Aro Eberle Architects Inc. “There will [...]

Decline continues in architecture

Published: June 25, 2009
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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com When U.S. architects reported work was picking up in March, expectations followed that the industry would be in recovery mode by now. “It looks like this recovery is going to be a bit more elusive than we hoped,” Kermit Baker, chief economist for the American Institute of Architects, said Thursday. Nationwide billing [...]

Builders try to break project backlog

Published: March 24, 2009
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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Builders are pushing Wisconsin governments to stop trying to balance their budgets by putting construction projects on the back burner. Milwaukee County emerged as an example Tuesday when the Public Policy Forum Inc., Milwaukee, reported the county has a $325.5 million backlog of deferred projects. “Generally speaking, governments are facing the most [...]

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