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Transitioning to Cloud Computing


Small businesses always need affordable solutions fast, especially if they are growing. That usually requires more computers — and software to equip them.

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How to Use Videos to Showcase Your Business


For 10 years, Greg Hardwick, owner of Hardwick General Contracting in Winter Park, Fla., created slideshows of his company’s projects using still images of the building sites. When Hardwick was commissioned to build a two-story, Southern plantation-style home in 2010, he wanted to capture its construction in an exciting and engaging way. 

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How to Use BIM as a Facilities Manager


 

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Using iPads and Tablets for Sales


While working on a custom home, Josh Rosenthal got a surprise a builder never likes to receive. Rosenthal opened a shipment of plastic-wrapped cherry wood cabinets and discovered they had been damaged. “It was unacceptable,” says Rosenthal, who is the owner of Cabin John Builders, located near Bethesda, Md. “The finish was messed up. There were chips everywhere.”

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What You Should Know about Property Management Software


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Slideshow: Six Apps to Help Builders and Remodelers


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Green Roof Maintenance: Proper Care for Vegetative Roofs


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2012 Tool Preview: Cool New Tools of the Trade


2012 Tool Preview: Cool New Tools of the Trade

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El valor de los medidores de aislamiento eléctrico


Cada año en los Estados Unidos, los problemas eléctricos en hogares provocan más de 50.000 incendios, más de 500 muertes y cerca de $1.400 millones en daños a la propiedad, según la Fundación Internacional para la Seguridad Eléctrica (ESFi, por sus siglas en inglés). Estos problemas generalmente se atribuyen a un cableado defectuoso, pero una mayor exigencia eléctrica dentro de las casas más antiguas, junto con un aislamiento eléctrico en malas condiciones, también son unas de las causas principales, aunque evitables, de cortocircuitos, descargas eléctricas e incendios.

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Selling New Technology to Your Customers


From re-engineered showerheads that save water to tankless water heaters and optical-eye kitchen faucets, the latest advancements in technology and new products are driving the plumbing industry today. Staying abreast of plumbing technology and new products can be made easier through savvy networking and the Internet.

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