My Business Logic

The accompanying table shows 20 of the largest upcoming Water Treatment Plant and Manufacturing & Warehousing construction projects. They are all in the planning stage and are mainly new projects, but may also involve additions and/or alterations.

Shopping centers, hotels, office buildings, medical buildings, educational buildings, libraries and museums, sports and entertainment complexes, industrial projects and government buildings will all be covered on a rotating basis.

There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs have often received a fair amount of media coverage. Therefore, people in the industry are on the lookout for when job-site work actually gets underway. And, as showcase projects, they highlight geographically where major construction projects are proceeding.

Finally, total construction activity is comprised of many small- and medium-sized projects and a limited number of large developments.

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TTI Received US Small Business Administration Award By Betsy Kraat

MOORESTOWN–TTI Environmental, Inc. received the following award from the US Small Business Administration Office of Government Contracting Area 1.

The award named TTI as one of the Top Small Business Subcontractors in the New Jersey area.

TTI was honored to be nominated by AMEC Earth and Environmental Inc.s Small Business Program Manger Claire Hackett for US Small Business Subcontractor of the Year. TTIs Federal Program Manger Karen Buniak prepared and submitted a nomination package. TTI is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that values their subcontractor relationships supporting large engineering companies on Federal and Private Sector projects.

TTI Environmental, Inc. is a multi-disciplined environmental service organization providing high quality contracting and consulting services to Business, Industry and Government since 1985.

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Did you miss any of Tim’s posts this past week? Let me just quickly sum up what you might have missed. Are you smart? Have you failed? Read this book. Check out Gust. Save the pie for yourself.

Mmmm pie.

Gust Streamlines the Angel Investment Process

Are you hoping to find angel investment for your startup? Are you looking to invest in startups? Go look at gust.com. It’s a better-than-ever first step.

So You Think You’re Smart? Prove It.

I’ve become increasingly more convinced that the best sign of real intelligence is being able to see both sides, or all sides, or any argument. You might call that having an open mind. You might call it listening. And you might call it having the good sense to say “I don’t know” a lot.

Why Don’t We Include Failures in Speakers’ Bios?

I say entrepreneurs should agree on full disclosure in their bios. We should list not

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When you form a new limited company, one of the three documents you need to submit are the Articles of Association.The others being Form IN01 and the Company Memorandum of Association. You can read more about what information is provided by these forms in our dedicated article here.

What are the Articles of Association?

The Articles of Association of a limited company outline how the company will be run on an ongoing basis. It forms the ‘constitution’ of the company. The Articles are broken down into the following key areas:

Since the implementation of the Companies Act 2006, since 1st October 2009 new ‘model articles’ were introduced which apply by default to new limited companies.

Unless you choose to submit your own Articles of Association for whatever reasons, the model articles will apply.

Most Bytestart readers will form companies limited by shares, whereas other organisations may set up companies limited by guarantee (e.g.

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Heading into the second half of 2011, there is solid evidence that business non-residential construction is making a significant contribution to economic growth in Canada despite the fact that the federal governments infrastructure stimulus program expired on March 31, 2011.

This observation is based on the fact that, according to Statistics Canada, the constant dollar value of total investment in non-residential construction was up by 3.4% y/y in the second quarter of 2011 due to solid gains in spending on commercial projects (+8.6%) and industrial projects (+6.6%).

This was despite a 6.2% drop in spending on institutional projects including schools, hospitals and public administration structures.

This evidence of stronger business non-residential investment is also supported by the fact that over the past three months (April to July) total construction employment in Canada has increased by 36,200 compared to a gain of 3,800 during the same period in 2010.

Although Statistics Canada does not break out construction employment by private vs.

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Being a small business owner is often an exhausting task. There are so many demands that researching the right accounting software is the last thing on people’s minds.

QuickBooks and Peachtree are the two most popular accounting programs for small businesses in the United States. This is for good reason they are both excellent in terms of functionality and usability. In fact, they are very similar when it comes to core features. But there are some key differences to note still.

Price

In terms of price, both are listed at $229 on the Pro level. The Pro option is best for small businesses with fewer employees and smaller revenue streams. The next step up the ladder for Peachtree is their Complete software line which costs $299 for a single user and $699 for users two through five. Q

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