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Customer Story: Ohio Department of Transportation

GoForrmz

Challenge Completing over 700 projects a year, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) needed a more efficient and reliable means of completing and storing the extensive paperwork accompanying each project. Now completed forms are easily routed to key contacts, and SharePoint records are automatically updated.

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[National Safety Month] Improve Workplace Safety with Technology

GoForrmz

nearly 20% of all work-related fatalities happen on construction sites. Given the extreme conditions, heavy machinery, noise, and obstacles on any construction site, it’s a perfect industry to implement wearable monitoring systems. “ Though the construction industry only accounts for 6% of hires in the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Will the Infrastructure Bill Affect the Real Estate Market?

Appraisal Buzz

Construction Sites Will Stay on Schedule. construction sites. About $17 billion will be used to strengthen ports that have suffered due to inflation, improving the supply chain for building and construction. You can pay attention to many indicators, but the recent infrastructure bill will reveal the most crucial information.

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“Human infrastructure” is about jobs and housing

Housing Wire

Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers show we’re suffering a shortage of more than 300,000 for skilled, trained workers in the building industry. That’s the case, even though construction work was designated essential from the pandemic’s outset. Their goals: Better pay and greater job stability. Meanwhile, U.S. Lesson two: Housing.

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Increasing Diversity in Appraisal Profession.

Appraisal Buzz

While there are some supervisors that do not want to train their competition, the main concern is will it be economically feasible to bring on a trainee. In the past, financial institutions were a viable training ground. Perhaps one neighborhood may have easy access to public transportation versus one that does not.

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Engineering Trends to Watch for in 2024

GoForrmz

Autonomous vehicles represent a groundbreaking convergence of engineering disciplines, technology, and transportation. In 2024, the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles continue to accelerate, promising to revolutionize the way we commute, transport goods, interact with urban environments, and manage interfacility transportation.

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New Year, New You: Transforming Your Appraisal Career in 2023

McKissock

Providing you have some supervisory appraiser or training experience and good management skills, you may be able to find appraisal training opportunities. Train future appraisers, collateral underwriters, AMC staff, real estate agents, and others in real estate appraisal.