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STRUCTURAL USES OF PRECAST CONCRETE

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Use of Precast Concrete in frames: There are two main types of precast building frame. Structural frames are mainly used for offices, car parks and retail developments. Use of Precast Concrete for Floors: Each year the industry makes about 5 million square meters of precast floor slabs.

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How to Decrease Commercial Construction Costs by Reusing the Right Items

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When converting a grocery story into the new headquarters of Englewood Construction, many existing materials were reused, including this concrete floor, which received a face lift with a new stain. Reusing the work stations, file cabinets and chairs from our old office also kept down renovation costs.

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Commercial Construction Checklist on Beating the Next Chicago Blizzard

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After all, shopping center landlords, restaurants and retailers couldn’t afford to be closed two days in a row. Would office or shopping center parking lots be cleared in time so delivery trucks, customers and employees could use them the next day? Our commercial maintenance hotline was on high alert. Same with brick and mortar.

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Understanding Today’s Separation of Landlord and Commercial Tenant Construction

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While I think everyone in the retail industry likes to hear news that 2011 retail sales are up – as it usually means new retail construction projects are in the pipeline – it’s still tough for shopping center landlords to make deals work with retail tenants. This is most popular with big retail leases in 2011.

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CRE Construction Project Site Selection: 3 Tips for Finding the Perfect Match

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Case in point, a developer once asked us to price out a retail-to-restaurant conversion on the first floor of a Chicago high rise. Recently we worked with a national appliance manufacturer to scout existing retail locations for a prototype of a new branded laundromat concept. Will any “unbranding” be necessary?

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It's a world record! Largest uninterrupted concrete pour kicks off Wilshire Grand project

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After about 20 hours of continuous pouring, judges from Guinness World Records verified that the concrete pour at the $1 billion Wilshire Grand project in Los Angeles is the largest uninterrupted pour of slurry on record. In all, 21,000 cubic yards of concrete were poured to form the foundation for the 73-story tower.

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5 innovations in high-rise building design

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