2008
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December 2008 

• Welcome New Razorback Chapter #79 
• Alternative Contract Methods:
• No More Bids – Switching to Negotiated Contracts
• A Better Way to Build Lower Cost & Higher Quality
• Technical Paper: How to Estimate the Cost of a PreCast Concrete Façade for a Conceptual Estimate
• Moving On-Line
• Welcome Magnolia Chapter #81
  
  

November 2008

• Are Generation Gaps Communication Gaps? 
• Communicating with the Newer Generations
• A Member Perspective
• ASPE Service Pins Awarded
• Technical Paper: How to Estimate the Cost of Airfield Co
• “US” and “THEM”
• The Anatomy of Perfect Bid

October 2008

• How to Estimate the Cost of a Sanitary Sewer Installation in an Urban Environment 
• Record Price Increases for Construction Materials
• Non-Residential Construction Maintains Momentum
• The Parallels of Economic Growth and Construction Equipment Growth
• BIM and the Estimator

August/September 2008

• Exit Planning
• Technical Paper – How to Estimate the Cost of Fire Alarm Conduit and Wire  
• Interview – ASPE Member Marcene Taylor
• How Did I Get So Lucky?
• The Myth of Square-Foot Cost
• ASPE 2008 Convention Coverage
• ASPE Award Winners Announced
• More Women in the Construction Trades
• Hard-Hatted Women

June/July 2008

• Ask a CPE  
• Technical Paper – How to Estimate the Cost of an Emergency Generator
• National Best Bid Competition
• CPE – A Journey to Success (Last in a Series)
  

May 2008

• Baltimore, Maryland: Our Port of Call for this years conference  
• Estimating Academy Course Descriptions
• Estimating Academy Speaker Bios
• Convention Highlights
• Keynote and Professional Seminars Speaker Bios
• ASPE Announces 2008-2009 Board of Trustees
• Digging for Tomorrow’s Estimators

April 2008

• Estimators in Today's Construction Marketplace.  
• Project Profile: University of Kentucky Patient Care Facility.
• General Business Alert
• New Search Enigine Helps ASPE
• Technical Paper: How to Estimate the Cost of an Abuse Resistant Wall.
• Set Sail for Baltimore!
• Get Published!
• Upcoming Chapter Meetings.

March 2008

• A Look at Healthcare Construction  
• Conflicting Reports . . . Is Momentum Still Building for Health Facilities
• Project Profile: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Cameron Hill Corporate Campus
• Certification Program Accreditation – What’s the Point?
• Technical Paper: How to Estimate the Cost of an Abuse Resistant Wall

February 2008

• Do You Have What it Takes to Become an Industry Leader?  
• OnLine Plan Rooms are Changing the Face of Estimating
• Project Profile: The Austin Company Mater Dei Athletic and Aquatic Complex
• 2006-2007 Audit Report
• Membership Building Ideas
• News From the Northeast Region

January 2008

• The Future of Our ASPE  
• ASPE 2007-2008 Long Range Plan
  
• Things I Have Learned in 37 Years of Estimating
• Certification Schedule
• Accreditation of ASPE’s Certification Program
• Technical Paper: HOW TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF A POST-TENSION SLAB-ONGRADE
• Your Guide to Chapter Membership Recruitment and Retention