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    Firms Predict Strong Demand Certain Sectors for 2025; Streamlining Operations Via Database Management; Construction Underperforms Broader Economy in Dec.; Building a Safer Future; Armstrong International Makes it Easy; Disaster and the Limits of Design; and much more.

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