The construction industry is facing an all time boom with sky scrapers, bridges, flyovers, roads as well as architecturally innovative buildings being constructed worldwide. With this boom, the construction hiring is surging too, since with every new contract of construction there is a need for talented and proper workforce. But with so much competition amongst the giant construction players within the industry it is indeed difficult to find and recruit good manpower. If you also own a construction company, instead of trying to find construction workforce for your company, outsource the task to the professionals who usually have a databank of construction workforce to cater to the needs of construction companies.

Construction placement services works as great points of contact between construction companies looking for proper manpower and construction workers looking for suitable jobs. Without this platform offered by the construction recruiters, it would have been difficult not only for the construction companies to find proper construction workers but construction workers would not find the job they deserve, even in this age of the construction boom. Hence if you are a construction worker, you too should take the help of construction placement services for finding suitable jobs that not only pays well but offers great job satisfaction too. Most reputed construction placement agencies would make a construction job to worker fit before selecting the candidate to be sent to a company.

By carefully analyzing a job requirement against the qualifications of a candidate, the construction recruiters ensure two things. Firstly, that the candidate is perfect for the job, thus reducing the overhead of the company and secondly, that the job is suited to the qualifications of the candidate, thus ensuring job satisfaction for the construction worker. Without this point of contact, namely the construction recruitment firms, the construction companies would end up hiring candidates that are below average and spend a fortune on training whereas the good candidates would be stuck at jobs that are below their qualifications. The construction recruitment companies ensure that the construction companies and the construction workers find each other.

With new construction companies getting into the construction industry every day to reap the benefits of the construction boom, the construction hiring is expected to surge even further. Hence it is a field that can be extremely fulfilling for anyone thinking about a career in construction industry or anyone considering starting a brand new construction business.

The year 2015 can well be called the year of incredible skyscrapers with amazing new buildings that are over 1100 feet high set to unveil before the end of this year. There are innovations in construction of buildings that are closer to ground too. Given below are the 10 buildings we are looking forward to in 2015. The list has both skyscrapers as well as buildings that are shorter in height but equally fascinating.

1. 432 Park Avenue in New York, USA by Rafael Vinoly
2. Louvre Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, UAE by Ateliers Jean Nouvel
3. Deutsches Fussballmuseum (German Football Museum) in Dortmund, Germany by HPP Architects
4. Capital Market Authority Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by HOK
5. MahaNakhon in Bangkok, Thailand by Ole Scheeren
6. Taipei Performing Arts Center in Taipei, Taiwan by OMA
7. Federation Tower in Moscow, Russia by Sergei Tchoban and Peter Schweger
8. Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China by Gensler
9. World One in Mumbai, India by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
10. Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental in Songjiang, China by Atkins

There are other buildings coming up all around the world that are architecturally brilliant in their own way. This just goes to prove that the construction industry is flourishing, to say the least, all through the world. If you own a construction business, this is the time to make profit by taking advantage of this boom in the construction industry. But to really reap the benefits of this construction boom, you would need proper workforce to support your construction business and to take it forward. With this growth, the demand for talented construction workers has increased too. This is where you need to take the help of professional by hiring the services of construction executive search firms.

The competition to get talented workforce would mean that you might have to end up settling for a below average working team, which would harm your business. Hence instead of taking chances, hire good construction executive search firms who can find the most talented and best construction workers to work in your construction business. If you are a construction worker you too should reap the benefits of this opportunity of construction boom to find perfect construction jobs. Instead of trying for yourself seek the help of construction job recruiters. These construction job recruiters would ensure you get the perfect construction job that you deserve.

Construction businesses are always in requirement for skilled personnel. Whenever a project is in the pipeline, search is on for skilled labors and in often cases they team up with construction staffing firms who can cater to this demand on a regular basis. However, it is important to remember that most of these requirements are random and hence most companies refrain from hiring employees on permanent basis. In most cases they simply team with the outsourcing agency that provides workers on temporary or contractual basis.

If you happen to serve any such organization and want to go up to the next level, it is essential that you secure a permanent position in the organization. But how do you go about it? Here are some time tested tips and suggestions that can help you get noticed before the company management and improve your position a notch high!

1. Be enthusiastic about your job: Just as it is important to do your job right, it is simultaneously important that your enthusiasm about your job reflects in your attitude, behavior. That would definitely create a positive impression in the eyes of the management. Remember that whenever you are being appointed, you are under observation from day one. Be enthusiastic; be knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in your industry. This would surely make your prospective employer feel that hiring you would be an asset to the organization.

1. Follow safety protocols: Remember that construction job requires you to follow certain mandatory safety protocols. Make sure that you are not insincere about these and abide by them. That will help your employers feel sure that hiring you would not add up a liability to the business.

1. Be watchful of the new requirements: It is important to be aware of the requirements that arise in the business…employees may depart or sudden emergency requirement for permanent position may come up in the course of project. Whenever you think that there is an opportunity, do not hesitate to approach your manager for the same. Your forthright attitude would surely be appreciated and that can actually help your get selected for a permanent role.

1. Be a team player: Always be a part of the team…befriend your team members, be a part of daily meetings and do not hesitate to help out a team member in case if he is in  need at his job.

1. Be flexible with your timing: It may so happen that there is a sudden requirement for a job and it falls outside your work schedule. If you think you can accommodate to the timings, do not hesitate to offer a helping hand. Being flexible with your timings helps you be in the good books of your manager.

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According to a very recent talk held with Doyle Phillips, it was found and discussed that one of the most important key role in the upcoming years in the construction industry would that be of the construction estimators. According to his research and reports, there will be a growth of 26% in between the years 2012 and 2022.

Who is Doyle Philips? He is the first Vice President of the American Society of Professional estimators and also a certified professional estimator. 2015 is supposed to be a year full of advantages for the construction industry professionals. If you are in the construction industry too, you would want to know how the year can be advantageous for your job and your domain.

Here are some of the reasons mentioned below, just for you:

The growth in the job: as per the statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor, the employment in this sector is about to increase up to 26% from 2012 to 2022. This growth percent is much higher than other jobs of course.

The range of salary offered: The construction estimators are considered as the core employees of any construction business. They are the ones who can create an impact on the overall success or the failure of the company. It is not easy to find experienced and expert construction estimators, especially the ones who belong to the upper echelon. Thus, you need to hire a good recruitment agency for fulfilling your company vacancy for construction executive jobs. This is where the construction executive headhunters agency come into play their role.

The construction executive headhunters is a well known and reputed consultancy firm that deals with jobs in all domains like construction, engineering, etc.

Coming back to the potential of the jobs that are on a high in 2015, construction estimators are making the cut as the highest growth in the job sector. If you are a construction estimator or you are a part of the construction industry, and have ample experience in the domain, this is the right time to get placed at upper echelon of the construction industry. How to go about it? It’s simple, just drop your CV and other credentials to Construction executive headhunters and wait for them to give you a call. They will certainly help you get some excellent opportunities in the construction executive jobs that are available at present so that you can bag yourself a great job.

It is the civil engineering firms and the businesses that are responsible for all kinds of facilities and infrastructures in the country and around the world. Whether it is the roads or the buildings, bridges or the canals, all the construction details of these structures are taken care of by the civil engineering firms.

If you belong to the domain of civil engineering, and are in the process of developing the business further, having a perfect marketing strategy for publicizing your business is a good idea. There is no denying the fact that to start a new civil engineering firm is an achievement on its own, which can make just anyone proud. But being an entrepreneur in the civil engineering domain will not fetch you clients. You need to also device a good marketing campaign and strategy to build a client base that is authentic and steady. How can you go about the same?

• While having word of mouth publicity and references are good ideas, they will fetch you short term clients. While the strategy is quite effective, it is certainly not enough to stand next to you in the long run. If you wish to be successful with your business in the domain of civil engineering, you need to think and act like a market pro, follow the small business trends and also engage and involve yourself with client interactions. This is something that cannot be done without the help of the advertisers and staff.

• Instead select your target audience and reach out to them. For the strategy to work, you also make to make your presence felt online. Create a webpage and get started.

• To ensure that your business is in the right path, you need to have man power support for your business. There are lots of factors that must be kept in mind while hiring man power since it is the experience of the employees that can make or break your business. It is thus a recommended idea to hire the construction staffing services. There are several construction staffing solutions available in the market that are forever ready to help you with the process of recruitment of technicians and experts with due experience in the civil engineering market. Besides, they will also be able to guide you with the marketing strategies that you can implement for making your enterprise a smooth running and successful operation.

This is the first time that the U.S. Census Bureau us publishing economic statistics for geothermal, biomass, wind as well as solar electric power generation. Within 2007 and 2012 the revenue has risen from $6.6 billion to $9.8 billion (49% rise). In the same time duration (between 2007 and 2012), the electric power generation industry witnessed an overall 1.2% decline in its revenue from $121.0 billion to $119.5 billion. This total decline came mainly from the fossil fuel electric power generation industry whose revenue fell from $85.4 billion to $79.7 billion (6.7%) within the same time span (2007-2012).

The Renewable Energy Revenue:

The 2007 Economic Census included wind, biomass, geothermal along with solar electric power generation within the broader “other electric power generation” industry instead of being given specific designations. These industries received separate designations from the 2012 Economic Census with only the tidal electric power generation falling under the “other electric power generation” designation. The newly delineated industries including solar and other electric power generation, wind, biomass and geothermal, all have doubled over the five-year duration from 312 to 679 (2007-2012).

John H. Thompson, Census Bureau Director, says, “As industries evolve, so does the Census Bureau to continue to collect relevant data that informs America’s business decisions”. He further adds, “Industries that use renewable energy resources are still relatively small, but they are rapidly growing.”

The Revenue Count:

A total of $5.0 billion was the revenue rounded up for wind electric power generation in 2012, which is the highest revenue when compared with other renewable energy resources. It was closely followed by the hydroelectric power generation (a revenue of $2.4 billion), biomass electric power generation ($934.6 million), solar electric power generation ($472.4 million), along with other electric power generation ($59.0 million).

When combined together these industries formed a small part of the total electric power generation industry and collectively accounted for $9.8 (8.2%) of the total industry revenue in 2012. Nuclear electric power generation and fossil fuel still continue to play the part of major contributors of revenue comprising of $29.9 billion (25.1%) and $79.7 (66.7%) respectively.

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The good news is that the real estate market has been able to find its way back from the edge, almost one-third of the path into a pre-bubbled, normal market. But the bad or sad news is that it will take a whole year to complete the journey. Also, this process of recovery may take longer time if economy falls down again.

The Housing Barometer:

The new housing barometer of real estate website, Trulia, shows that the industry is just beginning to recover from the hard blows it received at the time of recession. The Chief Economist of this website, Jed Kolko, observed the existing home sales, rate of foreclosures and delinquencies as well as construction starts, and then combined all these indicators to prepare the barometer. According to Kolko, homebuilder confidence is indicated in a proper way through housing starts , while the foreclosure rate and the number of sales illustrate the consumers’ confidence level and financial stability.

Achieving Full Recovery:

This barometer also shows that our nation is 34% higher than the market trough when measured on these metrics, in comparison to 16% measured a year ago. So, we can be sure that the direction of the movement is most definitely the right one, but in case the pace of recovery is the same as now, 100% recovery cannot be achieved until 2015’s end.

The ‘New Normal’:

Kolko also says that the ‘new normal’, on arrival, may not share the same appearance as the market prior to the bubble followed by the crash. For example, Kolko says that ‘the homeownership rate probably won’t go all the way back up to what it was before the bubble and that’s both because of people being more risk averse about homeownership and it’s also demographic’. More number of baby boomers who are downsizing their accommodations might rent rather than buy.

Kolko opines that if the recovery of the economy is quicker, then that would accelerate the recovery pace for real estate industry and raise the housing demand. In contrast, in case of any other factors driving U.S. back into a state of recession such as crisis in Europe, the estimate doe 2015 may become overly optimistic.

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Due to the growth of a number of industries in the USA, renewable energy jobs are also growing in leaps and bounds in almost all sectors including maintenance and installation. With the right skills in appropriate locations, workers are able to find the right jobs and grow in their careers. The growth of this industry will lower the energy costs for all and create more jobs for the people of this nation. The lines below will give you a deeper insight into the renewable energy job industry.

Growth in Renewable Energy Job is Unbelievable:

Environmental Entrepreneurs observed that in the U.S. 80,00 0 clean energy jobs were created in the year 2013, to which another 36,100 were added by the first 3 quarters of 2014. There was a 20% growth in the number of U.S. solar industry jobs last year, rising to 143,000 (as stated by The Solar Foundation). This figure is 10 times more than the National Average Growth Rate. 2014 may witness a growth of further 16%, making the number rise to 165,000. So, it can be concluded from the above that the renewable energy job growth is strong- the costs keep falling as the industry keeps growing.

Where to Find the Jobs?
Majority of the renewable energy industry has present concentration in the south western U.S.A. and Hawaii. An astounding figure of 15,397 renewable energy projects are either announced, in operation or under construction in California alone. It is closely followed by Texas with 6,368 projects and then by Hawaii with 5,748 projects. Here it must be noted that Hawaii is the leader in solar rooftop systems per capita which makes it a huge employment driver in the renewable energy job industry.

Changing The Course of Jobs in America:

The growth of jobs in double digits can be impressive for any type of industry. However, in case of renewable energy, this may be the starting point for a long-term job trend. The GTM Research says that 67% of the new electricity generation that is built in the U.S. in 2014’s first half was either solar or wind based. As the need for installations to grow rises due to the shutting down of coal plants as well as nuclear plants, jobs in this sector keeps growing.

The sector of renewable energy has become a booming business and this has created a big opportunity for job seekers and investors alike. If you looking to for construction executive recruiters consult with Construction Hunters today.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s latest report on its $34.3 billion investment portfolio performance, all of which have been made in wind farms, solar power as well as other types of renewable energy projects. In 2009 the Obama administration charged the DOE’s Loan Programs Office with cutting-edge jump-starting green technology endeavours that appeared too expensive and risky to attract private investors.

In September, the portfolio showed a loss rate of 2.28% along with a $30 million profit. Presently. The DOE is now funding 20 projects. According to the report, “These projects currently produce enough clean energy to power more than 1 million American homes (roughly the size of Chicago), have supported the manufacturing of more than 8 million fuel-efficient vehicles, and have avoided carbon pollution equivalent to taking more than 3 million cars off the road”, noting that this particular program has saved or created 55,000 jobs.

Until now the DOE has collected $3.5 billion and disbursed $21.7 billion in the form of repayments with $180 million given away in interest. The losses have reached as far as $780 million. Half a billion dollars of this loss occurred due to the Solyndra failure, a solar panel manufacturer of the Silicon Valley whose bankruptcy gave Republicans the chance to attack the loan program.

Several private investors, including those from the Silicon Valley venture capitalists, have lost $600 million and more on this company. Solyndra happened to be one of the many creators of advanced solar technology within the country, that could not compete with the flooding cheap solar panels produced by China.

As indicated in the DOE report, Solyndra was not an indicator of portfolio performance but an outliner. Meanwhile, the agency has $40 billion left with it to spend.

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A prominent institutional real estate manager in the U.S. has released its strategy for commercial real estate. This annual strategy outlook report provides a detailed insight into the key themes that are expected to be responsible for driving the commercial real estate market of the United States in 2015. The details also include continued monetary policy and stronger economic growth.

Report Details:

A few areas of interest that will benefit commercial real estate investors in the year 2015 include the following:

‘Extra Innings’ Entry for Capital Markets- In the coming year the commercial real estate investors will be able to make the most of capital market’s ‘extra innings’ with the yield curve growing flatter in support of current cap rates, even as the Treasury yield curve’s long end remains bound in some way or the other. Also, if the space market fundamentals happen to remain strong, the cap rates must also stay stabilized or modestly compress according to the type of property/market (as and where applicable). It is also necessary for commercial real estate’s risk-premia expectations to remain stable.

Four Quadrant Strategy Highly Recommended- Underneath the base case economic scenario of the investor, its four quadrant strategy has been designed to be modestly biased towards subordinate debt (that is focused on those markets that are still in early recovery stages) and value-add private real estate equity (that is focused on those job growth markets that are stronger), giving proxy for ‘growth’. When the investor refers to property type, it is actually favoring industrial and office as well as high-end or luxury oriented retail for delivering above-average net operating ‘income growth’. The core real estate that is moderately leveraged also needs to perform well even as the upward pressure on low interest rates and cap rates is limited.

Defensive and Offensive Moves by Investors- Commercial real estate investors should aim at increasing the same-store rent growth, despite the fact that the capital market environment is more favorable. Only then can the investors make profit from the improving economic conditions, or protect themselves in case the cap rates rise, reducing drawdown in value.

Conclusion:

Finally, the report ends with this note: “After nearly five years since the end of the global financial crisis, the U.S. economy appears to be heading towards a modest period of escape velocity growth in 2015. The winding down of quantitative easing by the Fed also suggests its growing comfort with the economic outlook. For real estate investors this likely means that a remarkable period of central bank aided performance is coming to an end, with the baton of growth transferring from the capital markets to the space markets. The timing for such a transition could work out well, with demand firming and expected to accelerate across most property types, and a capital market environment that is still expected to remain supportive”.

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