Joe Lovano warms Jazz Alley with 'Bird Songs' The Seattle Times Saxophonist Joe Lovano's quintet plays Jazz Alley through Sunday, May 1. The band is playing material from its excellent new album on Blue Note, "Bird Songs" and has two drummers. By Paul de Barros Saxophonist Joe Lovano reinterprets the music of the ... |
Friday, April 29, 2011
Joe Lovano warms Jazz Alley with 'Bird Songs' - The Seattle Times
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Seattle home prices fall 16.4 percent - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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percent in March from a year earlier, whic is moving closer to the nationall average declineof 18.7 percent. A monthg earlier, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price a monthly index that tracks home pricee in 20major U.S. indicated a 15.4 percent home price drop in Seattle. Between Februaru and March, home prices in Seattl fell 2 percent. In the nation’s 20 largest cities coveref bythe study, the nationap average was a 2.2 percent drop for the same From March 2008 to March all 20 U.S. markets posted drops. The markets showing the smallest declines wereDenver (down 5.5 percent), Dallasa (down 5.
6 percent) and Boston (down 8 In Phoenix, home prices nosedived 36 percent in the past year and in Las they’ve fallen 31.2 percent. The survey trackd changes in the value of the residential real estate market by comparing sale pricesd of specific sample homes in a city at twodifferent times. The survey assigns an indexd number to each city and does not report actuaklhome prices. The indexd is a measure of how much home pricee have gone up or down in each market sinceJanuary 2000, which has been assigned a prics index of 100 in that market.
percent in March from a year earlier, whic is moving closer to the nationall average declineof 18.7 percent. A monthg earlier, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price a monthly index that tracks home pricee in 20major U.S. indicated a 15.4 percent home price drop in Seattle. Between Februaru and March, home prices in Seattl fell 2 percent. In the nation’s 20 largest cities coveref bythe study, the nationap average was a 2.2 percent drop for the same From March 2008 to March all 20 U.S. markets posted drops. The markets showing the smallest declines wereDenver (down 5.5 percent), Dallasa (down 5.
6 percent) and Boston (down 8 In Phoenix, home prices nosedived 36 percent in the past year and in Las they’ve fallen 31.2 percent. The survey trackd changes in the value of the residential real estate market by comparing sale pricesd of specific sample homes in a city at twodifferent times. The survey assigns an indexd number to each city and does not report actuaklhome prices. The indexd is a measure of how much home pricee have gone up or down in each market sinceJanuary 2000, which has been assigned a prics index of 100 in that market.
Monday, April 25, 2011
StarTek offshore move reflects industry trend - Denver Business Journal:
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Denver-based StarTek handles customer service calls mainly for phone companies such asand . Americaj telecoms have been leery about offshoring the kind of customedr service StarTek handles due to fearsthat foreign-sounding operators woulds cost them customers. But that’s changing. “There’s a move afoo in the communications industrhyto offshore, when in the past they’ve been very reluctant to do that,” said Larry Jones, CEO of StarTek clients supported the company branching out abroacd so they could get cheaper outsourced customer In the past, many of StarTek’a accounts required the company to handle the callw domestically.
The Philippines — particularly in Manila, wherr StarTek’s 78,000-square-foot center will be features American-sounding speakers and a culturaol familiarity. The new centedr is slated to openin September. Rather than shuffle existing jobs overseas, the 1,100 Philippines jobs will be in additionto StarTek’e 8,000-employee work force in the Unitex States and Canada. Labor in the Philippines costs about half as much as it does Operating costsare lower, too. That both lowerzs costs for StarTek (NYSE: SRT) customers and still improves StarTek’sx profit margins, Jones said. Many outsourced call center operators are going offshore.
The Philippines has supplantecd India as the place for corporations inthe English-speakingg world to send call-center and back-office Sometimes choppy, South Asian accents and frequent lack of cultural context of call takers in Indi became the target of jokes and consumer frustratiohn in America about five years ago, prompting companieas to look elsewhere. The Philippines seemesd a natural choice. The culture there is Americanized and the Englisjh spoken with asofter accent, Jones of the Philippines estimated the industrt employs 320,000 workers. The niche has doubledf in size every yearsince 2001, toppinfg $3.3 billion in annual revenue now.
Greenwood Village-based call centefr giant employs thousands in the Philippines and is one ofthat nation’zs largest private employers. The industry association estimatedanothef 600,000 English-proficient workers will need to be recruited this year and in 2009 to meet risin g demand. That suggests the Philippines, like India before it, could exhaust its pool of workers fluentgin English. Thus competition may raise wages untilo many call center operators start looking for the next nation with an affordable population of English speakersto hire, said Davic Butler, director of the Call Center Research Laboratoryt at Southern Mississippi University.
Exchange rates are cutting away at the savings that many telecom achieved in outsourcing customer service to call centersin Canada. “Whem the Canadian dollar was at 78 centz toour dollar, Canada was an ideak and easy choice,” Butler said. But the decline in the U.S. dollar made Canada less attractive, despite nationalized health care anda ready-made population of workers who don’f sound foreign to the American ear, Butlerd said. StarTek operates 21 call centers inNorth America. It recentlyh closed one of its Canadian centers but opened one in theUnies States. It likely will grow faster in the Philippines than in North America inthe future, Jonesz said.
Denver-based StarTek handles customer service calls mainly for phone companies such asand . Americaj telecoms have been leery about offshoring the kind of customedr service StarTek handles due to fearsthat foreign-sounding operators woulds cost them customers. But that’s changing. “There’s a move afoo in the communications industrhyto offshore, when in the past they’ve been very reluctant to do that,” said Larry Jones, CEO of StarTek clients supported the company branching out abroacd so they could get cheaper outsourced customer In the past, many of StarTek’a accounts required the company to handle the callw domestically.
The Philippines — particularly in Manila, wherr StarTek’s 78,000-square-foot center will be features American-sounding speakers and a culturaol familiarity. The new centedr is slated to openin September. Rather than shuffle existing jobs overseas, the 1,100 Philippines jobs will be in additionto StarTek’e 8,000-employee work force in the Unitex States and Canada. Labor in the Philippines costs about half as much as it does Operating costsare lower, too. That both lowerzs costs for StarTek (NYSE: SRT) customers and still improves StarTek’sx profit margins, Jones said. Many outsourced call center operators are going offshore.
The Philippines has supplantecd India as the place for corporations inthe English-speakingg world to send call-center and back-office Sometimes choppy, South Asian accents and frequent lack of cultural context of call takers in Indi became the target of jokes and consumer frustratiohn in America about five years ago, prompting companieas to look elsewhere. The Philippines seemesd a natural choice. The culture there is Americanized and the Englisjh spoken with asofter accent, Jones of the Philippines estimated the industrt employs 320,000 workers. The niche has doubledf in size every yearsince 2001, toppinfg $3.3 billion in annual revenue now.
Greenwood Village-based call centefr giant employs thousands in the Philippines and is one ofthat nation’zs largest private employers. The industry association estimatedanothef 600,000 English-proficient workers will need to be recruited this year and in 2009 to meet risin g demand. That suggests the Philippines, like India before it, could exhaust its pool of workers fluentgin English. Thus competition may raise wages untilo many call center operators start looking for the next nation with an affordable population of English speakersto hire, said Davic Butler, director of the Call Center Research Laboratoryt at Southern Mississippi University.
Exchange rates are cutting away at the savings that many telecom achieved in outsourcing customer service to call centersin Canada. “Whem the Canadian dollar was at 78 centz toour dollar, Canada was an ideak and easy choice,” Butler said. But the decline in the U.S. dollar made Canada less attractive, despite nationalized health care anda ready-made population of workers who don’f sound foreign to the American ear, Butlerd said. StarTek operates 21 call centers inNorth America. It recentlyh closed one of its Canadian centers but opened one in theUnies States. It likely will grow faster in the Philippines than in North America inthe future, Jonesz said.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Six Flags, former Elitch Gardens owner, files for Chapter 11 - Business First of Buffalo:
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The board of Six Flags (OTCBB: voted last week to begin reorganizatiomn proceedingsin U.S. Bankruptcy Courrt for the Districtof Delaware. The companh listed assets of $3.03 billion and debts of $2.36 billionn in its filing. Cascade Investments, the investmenf firm for Microsoft founder Bill owns 11.1 percent of the votin securities in New York-based Six Flags, the largest share, bankruptcy documents show. Six Flags has 97.7 milliob shares of common stockand 1.1 million shares of preferred stock. "Ther current management team inheriteda $2.
4 billion debt load that cannof be sustained, particularly in these challenging financia markets," said Mark Shapiro, presiden t and CEO of Six Flags, in a "As a result, we are cleaning up the past and positioningh the company for future growth ... Following a recorcd year of performancein 2008, which completed the three-yeaer turnaround of our system-wide park this action to clean up the balancse sheet paves the way for a full revivalo of the company," Shapiro said. Elitch Gardenz had operated for more than a centuryg at a northwestDenver site. The old Elitcg Gardens shut downin 1994, and a new versioh of the amusement park opened a year later in downtowj Denver.
The local Gurtler family and its financial partnerz sold the new park to PremierParkzs Inc. in 1996 for $65 million. It became Six Flagas Elitch Gardens twoyears later, when Premierf acquired Six Flags Inc. and changee its corporate name toSix Flags. Six Flags sold off Elitch's and othet properties in 2007 in a seriese of transactions that left the Denver attraction in the hands of CNL IncomreProperties Inc., a real estate investment trust basedc in Orlando, Fla. CNL reportedly paid $312 milliomn for the properties. CNL arranged for Parc Management LLC of Florida tomanag Elitch's. Six Flags now operates about 20 North Americanamusement parks.
The board of Six Flags (OTCBB: voted last week to begin reorganizatiomn proceedingsin U.S. Bankruptcy Courrt for the Districtof Delaware. The companh listed assets of $3.03 billion and debts of $2.36 billionn in its filing. Cascade Investments, the investmenf firm for Microsoft founder Bill owns 11.1 percent of the votin securities in New York-based Six Flags, the largest share, bankruptcy documents show. Six Flags has 97.7 milliob shares of common stockand 1.1 million shares of preferred stock. "Ther current management team inheriteda $2.
4 billion debt load that cannof be sustained, particularly in these challenging financia markets," said Mark Shapiro, presiden t and CEO of Six Flags, in a "As a result, we are cleaning up the past and positioningh the company for future growth ... Following a recorcd year of performancein 2008, which completed the three-yeaer turnaround of our system-wide park this action to clean up the balancse sheet paves the way for a full revivalo of the company," Shapiro said. Elitch Gardenz had operated for more than a centuryg at a northwestDenver site. The old Elitcg Gardens shut downin 1994, and a new versioh of the amusement park opened a year later in downtowj Denver.
The local Gurtler family and its financial partnerz sold the new park to PremierParkzs Inc. in 1996 for $65 million. It became Six Flagas Elitch Gardens twoyears later, when Premierf acquired Six Flags Inc. and changee its corporate name toSix Flags. Six Flags sold off Elitch's and othet properties in 2007 in a seriese of transactions that left the Denver attraction in the hands of CNL IncomreProperties Inc., a real estate investment trust basedc in Orlando, Fla. CNL reportedly paid $312 milliomn for the properties. CNL arranged for Parc Management LLC of Florida tomanag Elitch's. Six Flags now operates about 20 North Americanamusement parks.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Real Living sets up protection plan - Business First of Columbus:
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Real Living HER, the Columbusz region’s largest residential real estate company, announcesd Thursday that buyers who go into contract with a company agenr between June 1and Aug. 31 will be eligible for six monthsx of mortgage payment protection if they lose their Real Living HER is a divisionof Columbus-basefd The mortgage payment protection is part of Real Living’sa “Peace of Mind Plan,” which pays up to $1,500 per montn of a buyer’s mortgage payment if the person involuntarilyg becomes unemployed during the first year afterr buying the home.
Eligibility requires buyers to use a Real LivinvgHER agent, close on their home before 30 and finance the purchase througyh Real Living Mortgage, the company’s mortgage brokerage Additionally, Real Living HER says it will extend the eligibilithy of its plan from one year to two if a buyer purchase a Real Living HER listed The company is also offerinbg the plan to homeowners who refinance through Real Living “In today’s uncertain economy, Real Living HER is investing in programd like our Peace of Mind Plan to provide reassurance,” said Real Living CEO Harley Rouda Jr. in a releasedx statement.
“Our intention is to give home buyerseadded comfort, and help them achieve the American dream of homeownership.” Real Living will offedr plan details on its Web site, starting June 1.
Real Living HER, the Columbusz region’s largest residential real estate company, announcesd Thursday that buyers who go into contract with a company agenr between June 1and Aug. 31 will be eligible for six monthsx of mortgage payment protection if they lose their Real Living HER is a divisionof Columbus-basefd The mortgage payment protection is part of Real Living’sa “Peace of Mind Plan,” which pays up to $1,500 per montn of a buyer’s mortgage payment if the person involuntarilyg becomes unemployed during the first year afterr buying the home.
Eligibility requires buyers to use a Real LivinvgHER agent, close on their home before 30 and finance the purchase througyh Real Living Mortgage, the company’s mortgage brokerage Additionally, Real Living HER says it will extend the eligibilithy of its plan from one year to two if a buyer purchase a Real Living HER listed The company is also offerinbg the plan to homeowners who refinance through Real Living “In today’s uncertain economy, Real Living HER is investing in programd like our Peace of Mind Plan to provide reassurance,” said Real Living CEO Harley Rouda Jr. in a releasedx statement.
“Our intention is to give home buyerseadded comfort, and help them achieve the American dream of homeownership.” Real Living will offedr plan details on its Web site, starting June 1.
Friday, April 15, 2011
YRC offers update on turnaround efforts - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The Overland Park-based trucking company YRCW) late Wednesday offered an update about its work to position itself to ride out theeconomicx downturn. The release followed a tradinf day in which YRC stock pricex plunged 28 percent toa 52-week low of 89 compared with a previous low of $1.20. Also an analyst said for YRC in the near to Severalmonths ago, YRC said, it retainede financial advisers that include , and to help form a “comprehensivwe strategic plan to address its capital structuree and liquidity needs.” As part of that, Rothschild has started preliminaryt talks with several parties that hold significant portions of YRC’xs debt securities.
Labor agreement negotiationxs with the union are continuingand “remain the release said. The talks reportedlyh center around YRC ending its participation in unionb pension plans for 14 which would yieldabout $500 million in savings. YRC also detailedf other progress it has made in recent including integrating its Yellow and Roadway networks into YRC to cut a bank agreement amendment that let YRCuse $73 millionh in escrow funds from asse t sales to pay down its revolving credit facility and progresx on agreements to defer pension fund payments using company real estatwe as collateral.
YRC reached an $83 million in second-quartedr pension contribution payments with the largest pension fund in since then, seven other funds have entered the same bringing deferral of another $11 million in payments. YRC, which contributes to 36 multiemployerpensiob plans, still is in talks with the remaining “We can’t control the economic environment, but we certainly can and are controllinbg our response to it,” YRC Chairman and CEO Bill Zollara said in the release. “Our self-helop recovery plan is proactive and has the supporgt ofour stakeholders. We are taking the steps needec to manage ourplan today, and positionm our company for success as the economy recovers.
” YRC, which employs about 49,000 people, plane to announce a date for its second-quarter earnings releaser within the next week. YRC ranks No. 2 on the Kansas City Businessx Journal’s list of area publiv companies.
The Overland Park-based trucking company YRCW) late Wednesday offered an update about its work to position itself to ride out theeconomicx downturn. The release followed a tradinf day in which YRC stock pricex plunged 28 percent toa 52-week low of 89 compared with a previous low of $1.20. Also an analyst said for YRC in the near to Severalmonths ago, YRC said, it retainede financial advisers that include , and to help form a “comprehensivwe strategic plan to address its capital structuree and liquidity needs.” As part of that, Rothschild has started preliminaryt talks with several parties that hold significant portions of YRC’xs debt securities.
Labor agreement negotiationxs with the union are continuingand “remain the release said. The talks reportedlyh center around YRC ending its participation in unionb pension plans for 14 which would yieldabout $500 million in savings. YRC also detailedf other progress it has made in recent including integrating its Yellow and Roadway networks into YRC to cut a bank agreement amendment that let YRCuse $73 millionh in escrow funds from asse t sales to pay down its revolving credit facility and progresx on agreements to defer pension fund payments using company real estatwe as collateral.
YRC reached an $83 million in second-quartedr pension contribution payments with the largest pension fund in since then, seven other funds have entered the same bringing deferral of another $11 million in payments. YRC, which contributes to 36 multiemployerpensiob plans, still is in talks with the remaining “We can’t control the economic environment, but we certainly can and are controllinbg our response to it,” YRC Chairman and CEO Bill Zollara said in the release. “Our self-helop recovery plan is proactive and has the supporgt ofour stakeholders. We are taking the steps needec to manage ourplan today, and positionm our company for success as the economy recovers.
” YRC, which employs about 49,000 people, plane to announce a date for its second-quarter earnings releaser within the next week. YRC ranks No. 2 on the Kansas City Businessx Journal’s list of area publiv companies.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Grand Lacuna golf course hit with foreclosure - South Florida Business Journal:
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This marks the secondr golf course in Palm Beach County with a pendint foreclosure actionagainst it. A different lendefr is suing the 110-acre Emerald Dunes Golf Courses in RoyalPalm Beach. On May 29, R.I.-based filed a foreclosure action againstt and managing memberKenneth W. according to records. The lawsuig was based on a mortgage last modifiedat $2.7 million in 2004 the same year Grand Lacuna Group bought the golf coursd for $3.5 million. An officia at the Grand Lacuna golf course said he would forwardd a messageto Brown, who did not immediately return the call. According to county property records, Granfd Lacuna has 7,320 square feet of facilitiez onthe 115.
4-acre site, at 6400 Grand Lacuna in Lake Worth – near the southwes corner of Lantana Road and Florida’s The par-71 course was developed in the late Tampa-based attorney Mark J. Wolfson, who represents Textron in the did not immediately return a callseeking comment.
This marks the secondr golf course in Palm Beach County with a pendint foreclosure actionagainst it. A different lendefr is suing the 110-acre Emerald Dunes Golf Courses in RoyalPalm Beach. On May 29, R.I.-based filed a foreclosure action againstt and managing memberKenneth W. according to records. The lawsuig was based on a mortgage last modifiedat $2.7 million in 2004 the same year Grand Lacuna Group bought the golf coursd for $3.5 million. An officia at the Grand Lacuna golf course said he would forwardd a messageto Brown, who did not immediately return the call. According to county property records, Granfd Lacuna has 7,320 square feet of facilitiez onthe 115.
4-acre site, at 6400 Grand Lacuna in Lake Worth – near the southwes corner of Lantana Road and Florida’s The par-71 course was developed in the late Tampa-based attorney Mark J. Wolfson, who represents Textron in the did not immediately return a callseeking comment.
Monday, April 11, 2011
A Heavy Idol Story - E! Online
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
pH Pool Management dives into a new strategy - Nashville Business Journal:
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The duo bought from Tommy Honeycutg in 2003 and gradually expanded the busines to 68 commercial clientsfrom 15. Annua revenue ratcheted upwardto $1 million-plus from Much of that growth came from communith pools in amenity-rich residential developments acrosws the region. But with construction of such projects prett y much at a standstill inrecenrt months, that source of growth is So pH Pool Management has shifted its strateguy to maintaining market share. But the principals says the companu hasn’t fundamentally changed the way itdoes business. Qualityh remains more importantthan “If you grow too quickly, you can’rt produce quality service,” Rumfelt says.
Adjusting to the down markett requires more than cutting expenses and slashing he says. “It’s not about how low we can go. It’z about having a reputation for being honorable with your pricinbg and keepingyour word.” The company offers two kinds of contracts maintenance, in which staffers check commercial pools for cleanliness and safety; and service, with pH Pool Management placing managers and lifeguards at pool The business has grown to abourt 200 employees. Still, Rumfelt and Green remain hands-on. Green is on the regulaf rotation forproviding pool-maintenance services, and Rumfelt visits clients’ pools regularly.
One of them handlees any complaints or problems QUICK DIDYOU KNOW?? • Rumfelt and Green both had extensivw experience working for other Charlotte-area pool-managementy companies before taking over at pH Pool Management. 36, is the majority owner and companu president. Green, 34, is vice
The duo bought from Tommy Honeycutg in 2003 and gradually expanded the busines to 68 commercial clientsfrom 15. Annua revenue ratcheted upwardto $1 million-plus from Much of that growth came from communith pools in amenity-rich residential developments acrosws the region. But with construction of such projects prett y much at a standstill inrecenrt months, that source of growth is So pH Pool Management has shifted its strateguy to maintaining market share. But the principals says the companu hasn’t fundamentally changed the way itdoes business. Qualityh remains more importantthan “If you grow too quickly, you can’rt produce quality service,” Rumfelt says.
Adjusting to the down markett requires more than cutting expenses and slashing he says. “It’s not about how low we can go. It’z about having a reputation for being honorable with your pricinbg and keepingyour word.” The company offers two kinds of contracts maintenance, in which staffers check commercial pools for cleanliness and safety; and service, with pH Pool Management placing managers and lifeguards at pool The business has grown to abourt 200 employees. Still, Rumfelt and Green remain hands-on. Green is on the regulaf rotation forproviding pool-maintenance services, and Rumfelt visits clients’ pools regularly.
One of them handlees any complaints or problems QUICK DIDYOU KNOW?? • Rumfelt and Green both had extensivw experience working for other Charlotte-area pool-managementy companies before taking over at pH Pool Management. 36, is the majority owner and companu president. Green, 34, is vice
Friday, April 8, 2011
Mundane architectural chores migrating offshore - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Now architectural firms across the countryg are facingsimilar challenges. While much of their work is creativeand complex, architects often are saddled with mundane and time-consuming chores. It's these jobs that are the first tobe outsourced, says Dudley chief operating officer at O'Brien/ in Durham, N.C. Lacy says his firm uses an independengt contractor based in India to work on various aspects ofa building'd floor plan. Work is outsourced most oftebn during crunch times for the The architect in Indiaais well-known to the firm, Lacy "He worked for us for six then moved to India to open his own he said.
Thanks to the time difference, architectural planxs generated in Durham that are sent electronicallyto India, can be workedr on by the architect overnighft and sent to be reviewedr by an in-house architecft the next morning. "It's taken a whilr to get it to Lacy says. "We had to get the technologicapl kinksworked out, and we had to make sure only one drawint is worked on at a time. I don'yt know if we would have done this ifwe didn't know David Crawford, executive director of the , says abouyt 11 percent of U.S. architectural firms are now sending some of their work to firmes or individuals based mainly in Chinaand Mexico.
Crawford has been approached at conventionsd by brokers offering to help North Carolina firms sendwork offshore. And foreig n architects have used e-mail to recrui business from certain NorthCarolina Charlotte, N.C.-based , a firm that designs automotive has a relationship with an architecturwe firm in India that completes many of its construction drawings. "We're pretty dedicate d to doing itthis way," says John Weller, a principak in AI Design. "There isn'y a large enough labo pool to do the production workin "Drafting is a dying art. Peoplse don't want to sit at a computer all he says. Winston-Salem, N.C.
-based was one of the firsrt North Carolina firms to send work overseas when it teamed with a Romaniamn firm eightyears ago. "We founs that the relationship offshore has given us the capacity to have a second shift when we needed says , a firm principal. While the seconed shift supplied a jolt ofneeded manpower, Callahan says the time differencre made it difficult for the workers in Romania to get answers to questione until the next day in , which has offices in Charlotte and Durham, tried its hand at overseasz outsourcing about four years ago, but founr that the experience did not mesh with the firm's cultur of collaboration, says chief executive Phil The firm's space-planning FM Strategies, contracted with an architectural firm in Russia to do the labor-intensivs job of compiling a survey of differentf types of space within a large "The results we got were reasonably good as far as the quality of the says Kuttner, "but the offshore option was too much of a compromise for what we are tryingy to deliver to For Dan Forest, president of Little Diversified's Durham office, the decision comes down to loyaltyy and design control.
Now architectural firms across the countryg are facingsimilar challenges. While much of their work is creativeand complex, architects often are saddled with mundane and time-consuming chores. It's these jobs that are the first tobe outsourced, says Dudley chief operating officer at O'Brien/ in Durham, N.C. Lacy says his firm uses an independengt contractor based in India to work on various aspects ofa building'd floor plan. Work is outsourced most oftebn during crunch times for the The architect in Indiaais well-known to the firm, Lacy "He worked for us for six then moved to India to open his own he said.
Thanks to the time difference, architectural planxs generated in Durham that are sent electronicallyto India, can be workedr on by the architect overnighft and sent to be reviewedr by an in-house architecft the next morning. "It's taken a whilr to get it to Lacy says. "We had to get the technologicapl kinksworked out, and we had to make sure only one drawint is worked on at a time. I don'yt know if we would have done this ifwe didn't know David Crawford, executive director of the , says abouyt 11 percent of U.S. architectural firms are now sending some of their work to firmes or individuals based mainly in Chinaand Mexico.
Crawford has been approached at conventionsd by brokers offering to help North Carolina firms sendwork offshore. And foreig n architects have used e-mail to recrui business from certain NorthCarolina Charlotte, N.C.-based , a firm that designs automotive has a relationship with an architecturwe firm in India that completes many of its construction drawings. "We're pretty dedicate d to doing itthis way," says John Weller, a principak in AI Design. "There isn'y a large enough labo pool to do the production workin "Drafting is a dying art. Peoplse don't want to sit at a computer all he says. Winston-Salem, N.C.
-based was one of the firsrt North Carolina firms to send work overseas when it teamed with a Romaniamn firm eightyears ago. "We founs that the relationship offshore has given us the capacity to have a second shift when we needed says , a firm principal. While the seconed shift supplied a jolt ofneeded manpower, Callahan says the time differencre made it difficult for the workers in Romania to get answers to questione until the next day in , which has offices in Charlotte and Durham, tried its hand at overseasz outsourcing about four years ago, but founr that the experience did not mesh with the firm's cultur of collaboration, says chief executive Phil The firm's space-planning FM Strategies, contracted with an architectural firm in Russia to do the labor-intensivs job of compiling a survey of differentf types of space within a large "The results we got were reasonably good as far as the quality of the says Kuttner, "but the offshore option was too much of a compromise for what we are tryingy to deliver to For Dan Forest, president of Little Diversified's Durham office, the decision comes down to loyaltyy and design control.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Bile and hatred prevents real debate - Sports.ie
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Astra inks Towercom deal - Broadband TV News
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Broadband TV News | Astra inks Towercom deal Broadband TV News SES Astra has signed an agreement with Slovakia's Towercom for an additional transponder on its 23.5 degrees East orbital position. Towercom will use the capacity on the transponder from June 1 to strengthen the offer on the DTH platform Skylink, ... Towercom to Contract Fourth Transponder on ASTRA's 23.5 Degrees East Orbital ... Towercom contracts transponder on Astra's 23.5 degrees East |
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