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'Sustaining your firm' forum set
by John Mesenbrink 05/12/2008
Raleigh, N.C. — Joe Rei, Ph.D. and director of executive development for the Advanced Management Institute for Architecture and Engineering, will present "Sustaining Your Firm by Developing Future Leaders" to the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) Leadership Forum on Monday, May 19 at the Marriott Baltimore Inner Harbor at Camden Yards. With millions of boomers reaching retirement age in the next ...   »_read_more
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