White House: Construction Among Sectors That Will See Jobs Growth

I've moved the AEC Insight blog to a new address. www.aecinsight.com. Please check it out (and reset any feeds, if you will.)I'm still working on coordinating my own feeds.ThanksJerry

"Selection Success!" should have a spot in your AEC firm library

"Selection Success!" by Lori Stanley and Hilari Weinstein, is a thorough primer on the science and art of winning a qualifications-based selection (QBS) process. As with many of the "how-to" books you'll find in our industry, the book offers its highest value to the novice, walking the reader through the fundamentals of submitting a […]

Construction Marketing Ideas

The recession's human toll (2)

You can access the recession survey results in real time by completing the survey yourself (you don't need to identify yourself to participate). If you wish to see some raw data and comments, visit the other Construction Marketing Ideas blog at the new primary Wordpress location, http://www.constructionmarketingideas.com.In the last day, we've rece […]

The recession's human toll

I've been reading through some of the 27 responses so far to the survey about how the recession of 2009 has impacted your business and life, and am both inspired and disturbed by the answers.Some readers are really struggling, despite all their best efforts; a few are thriving, and several have successfully adapted to the changed environment. Geography […]

PSMJ Resources Blog

Surviving by Strategizing

Good blog post on the Building Design and Construction Building Team 360 blog from over the weekend about AEC strategies and tactics for 2010. Robert Cassidy offers seven suggestions that AEC firms should do to survive 2010 while waiting for the economy to turn around, which he predicts will happen in either late 2010 or 2011.Each of the seven is pretty soli […]

Bad news for the AEC industry

Interesting article this morning on the American Banking News web site that claims research firms are reporting that defaults on U.S. commercial property loans are surging, standing at the worst level in 16 years. The reports also indicate things will worsen in 2010 and 2011.A report from Real Estate Econometrics states that the percentage of commercial real […]

Scarlett Consulting

Scarlett Letter #68: What does your firm *DO* with good advice?

As a contributing writer to RainToday—site dedicated to articles/research/resources specifically focused on business development/marketing for all professional services industries—I can honestly say that their content is rich and valuable. Yet, although I have no real proof, I postulate that readers of this quality business-related content go thr […]

Scarlett Letter #67: AEC social media success story

Recently, Modern Steel Construction published my two-part article on social media for the AEC business professional: DEMYSTIFYING SOCIAL MEDIA, PART 1 What is it, and what makes sense for the AEC industry? DEMYSTIFYING SOCIAL MEDIA, PART 2 The intent is simple: give value, get visibility. I received a highly skeptical response from one reader, who, while ack […]

Scarlett Letter #66: Imagine the client’s evaluation of your performance

As we’re finishing up the semester at Columbia College, it’s time for students to submit their teachers’ evaluations. I regret that when I attended university, I rarely completed those evaluations. Now, as an adjunct professor, my student’s go through two evaluations: the online lickert scale version, and the Scarlett essay version. T […]