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May 15 | News
PDF files of all the presentations from the recent Pittsburgh Laboratory
Design Conference are now available for purchase on either an
individual-use or organizationwide-use basis.
Apr 3 | News
The 2012 Construction Outlook Report for the first quarter, prepared by
FMI, a management consulting and investment banking firm focused on
engineering and construction, predicts a 5% increase in total
construction put in place for 2012 compared with 2011.
Mar 20 | News
The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kan., is
jeopardized in the FY 2013 budget for the Department of Homeland
Security. The Obama administration requested no new money for the
project and stated an intention to further assess the need for such a
facility, which will cost an estimated $650 million.
Feb 29 | News
An analysis by KPMG International indicates that businesses will have to
cope with rapidly increasing costs due to environmental
impacts—possibly doubling every 14 years.
Jan 17 | News
The 2012 Global R&D Funding Forecast, prepared by R&D
Magazine in association with Battelle, predicts growth of ~5.2% this
year, to more than $1.4 trillion.
Jan 9 | News
Keep moving forward with the 2012 Laboratory
Design Conference.
Jan 3 | News
A new report by Gilbane Building Co. projects that recovery of the
construction market will lag behind overall economic recovery, due to
the severity of current conditions.
12/14/2011 | News
The FY 2012 budget recently signed into law for NIST, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, included a slight increase in
funding ($750.8 million vs $750.1 million in FY 2011).
10/17/2011 | News
A free cost-trends newsletter is now available from the cost estimating
team at Cannon Design.
8/16/2011 | Articles
Construction costs are on the rise from last year, reversing course
after a few years of
decreases. As of the writing of this report in June 2011, costs overall
have risen about 3.5%
from 2010, and construction costs in the R&D sector have risen about
5% since January 2011.
