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Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction

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As a National General Contractor working across multiple verticals in the commercial construction space, we understand the challenges (COVID and Supply Chain) facing our retail, restaurant, hospitality, and senior housing clients. Adaptive Reuse Construction: Reimagining Space Adaptive Reuse in commercial construction is nothing new.

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Commercial Builders Turn to Residential Sector as Fallback

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Commercial Builders Turn to Residential Sector as Fallback. As residential construction booms, commercial projects face delays, closures, and even cancellations amid little demand. The impact of the pandemic on residential and nonresidential construction has been anything but even. cbroderick. Read More. .

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Commercial work boosts construction new orders

Construction Enquirer

Commercial building and civils work helped construction output rise in May despite a continuing drop in the house building sector. But w ork on residential building projects decreased for the sixth month running and at the steepest pace since May 2020. in May, up from 51.1 in April and above the neutral 50.0 ”

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Housing slump sees construction output fall

Construction Enquirer

The index was dragged down by a steep decline in residential work. Housing work (index at 39.6) Aside from the lockdown-related fall in house building, the rate of contraction was the fastest since April 2009. decreased at the steepest pace since May 2020.

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Father-Daughter Duo Turns Commercial Building Into Affordable Housing

Pro Builder

Father-Daughter Duo Turns Commercial Building Into Affordable Housing ldeakins Fri, 04/14/2023 - 10:59 A father-daughter team from Wilmington, Del.,

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Selling a House with Solar Panels is Fraught with Peril

Green Building Law Update

There are nearly 2 Million houses in the U.S. It can be perilous to fail to properly address rooftop solar panels at the time of sale of a house. That observed, many residential solar panel ‘leases’ contain language similar to, You agree that the solar panel system is the Company’s personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.