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March/April
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DCD Builder Product Revue
Simpson Strong-Tie Introduces New Strong-Drive® SDW Screws and Expanded Strong
Frame™ Ordinary Moment Frame Sizes and Software
For more than 50 years, Simpson Strong-Tie has focused on creating structural
products that help people build safer and stronger homes and buildings.
Considered a leader in structural systems research and testing, Simpson
Strong-Tie® products are recognized for helping structures resist high winds,
hurricanes and seismic forces. The company is one of the largest manufacturers
of connectors, fasteners, fastening systems, anchors and lateral-force resisting
systems in the world.
Simpson Strong-Tie continues their tradition with the launch
of a new series of structural wood screws for fastening multi-ply truss and
engineered-wood assemblies. The new Strong-Drive® SDW screws install from one
side, firmly cinching piles together while eliminating the need to flip heavy
girders.
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DCD InSights
Leading With Marketing
The following is an excerpt from Leading with Marketing, a new book written
specifically for those seeking to create and manage successful marketing program
in the Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) industry. More information
about the book is available at www.leadingwithmarketing.com.
How do successful Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC)
firms become leaders in their markets? Superior customer service, focus on
niches, a deep understanding of customer needs, creation of value, impeccable
quality, exceptional services, great relationships, a strong brand, a stellar
reputation…the list could go on and on.
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Cost Trends
Construction Cost Trends for 2010
The ongoing slide in construction costs moderated in Q4 of 2009, with overall
yearly decreases in the 2% range. At one point mid year they decreased as much
as 8%. For the year, housing construction was down approximately 30% after
similar decreases in 2008, so that’s back-to-back years of 30% declines. The
commercial sector no longer provides any help and cannot offset the downturn in
housing. The one glimmer of hope is that housing may have bottomed out, as it
actually grew slightly in Q4 of 2009. Overall construction is now down by 10-12%
and federal spending programs are not materializing as the savior. Look for
another year of soft construction activity.
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DCD
Cost Guides
The DCD Medical Square Foot Cost Guide
Design Cost Data™ magazine includes a Building Sq. Ft. Cost
Guide in each issue. These square foot cost guides have been assembled from
projects in our database, the DCD Archives™ online at DCD.COM. These guides are
provided to the industry by DCD as a benchmark for future building costs.
DCD is based on the philosophy that actual buildings, when
coupled with up-to-date cost indices, are the most reliable basis for future
building costs. The buildings appearing in this guide reflect square foot costs
that have been escalated to April 2010 and targeted to a historical location
factor of 1 (escalate these projects and more online at
www.d4cost.net/dcd/login).
After publication these cost guides reside at DCD.COM. Please
visit DCD.COM for other sq. ft. building cost guides for LEED®, Medical,
Commercial and more.
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File: Commercial • Montana
Honda & Marine
Billings, Montana
File: Educational • Cape
Henlopen High School
Lewes, Delaware
• The Village High
School
Houston, Texas
• Student Services &
Visual/Performing Arts Complex, Bay College
Escanaba, Michigan
File: Office
• Martin/Rogers/Associates
Office Addition & Renovations
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
File: Religious
• Sanctuary Addition,
Forest Hill Christian Church
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• St. Peter's Catholic
Community, Sanctuary
Fallbrook, California
File: Residential
• Fleur de Lis on Main
Louisville, Kentucky
• The Lofts at Main &
Temple
Hartford, Connecticut
• Island in the Grove
Boca Raton, Florida
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