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Why Hiring a Non-Local Commercial Construction Contractor is Crazy…Like a Fox

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The travel expenses alone for a non-local general contractor would inflate a retail construction bid to the point where the job isn’t economical. The construction project should be completed on time, if not earlier, due to the subs’ familiarity with the area, zoning, traffic, etc. Rest assured, I haven’t lost my mind.

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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building

Wolgast Corporation

Three-Phases to Design-Build Construction: Preliminary Design and Estimating Detailed Construction Drawings and Bidding Construction Step One/Phase I – Preliminary Design and Estimating In this First Step or Phase our Architect develops plans based on a needs analysis meeting with the building owner and representatives for a nominal fee.

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3 Ways Construction Contractors Can Expand to New Markets

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Many contractors have also been expanding to include design services recently so they can offer design-build project delivery to clients, rather than the traditional design-bid-build method where owners hire separate companies to handle the design and execution of a project. Send your best people to open a satellite office.

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Five Retail Construction Tips from Zara’s New Magnificent Mile Store

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If your commercial general contractor’s main office is in another time zone from you or your project, the GC should work on your clock, not theirs. As a national retail contractor , we’re used to having multiple projects in different time zones. Sleep is for sissies.

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Some new technologies for Perfect bidding and estimating

Construction Cost Estimating

Some new technologies for Perfect bidding and estimating. Perfect bidding and estimating plays a vital role for construction industry to measure the profitableness in the construction industry. Online plan room also contains a digital filing tool that can be utilized by bid participants to invite, bid and respond.

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Successful Commercial Construction Strategies and Operations: Tip #1

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This means that all parties working on a job (us, the client, subcontractors and architects) have access to all job files 24/7, which is ideal when you have multiple projects in different time zones. And without anything to print, then there’s nothing to mail – no more fees for overnight bid-request mailings. It all adds up.

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5 Signs Your Commercial Construction Contractor Just Isn’t That Into You

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Granted, when most commercial developers or owners bid out their new restaurant construction project or retail retrofit, a general contractor’s construction costs and experience are a priority, as they should be. Your vendors should make your job easier, not harder. we shifted into overdrive.