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Fast-casual restaurants like Noodles & Company should be a bright spot for commercial construction in 2011. It’s that time of year again, when I dust off the crystal ball to predict commercial construction trends for the following year. If you didn’t read last year’s post on “ Commercial Construction Trends 2010 ,” you should know these predictions are based on the new commercial construction projects Englewood Construction has heard are in the pipeline for 2011 across the country, as well a
Following is the complete whitepaper following the November 15, 2010 Construction Marketing Association webcast on Measuring Construction Marketing Results. In a recent survey sponsored by the Construction Marketing Association, 21% of construction marketers ranked Measuring Marketing Results as their top priority for 2011, beating all other priorities including Internet and Social Media.
It’s hard to describe how owners feel about change orders. Sometimes I think they would rather be forced to eat a bucket full of glass or perhaps permantly lose feeling in all extremities before accepting a change order that increases their project cost by.01%. Why is this? Change orders are a part of the construction process, and any semi-experienced building owner should expect a reasonable amount of change orders and budget for them.
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Sometimes the best blog posts and legal articles are the simplest. Take, for example, a post from early October by Joshua Glazov on his Construction Law Today blog , where he simply cites a 1941 quote from US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson : The legal profession, like many another, tends to become over-professionalized. We forget that the law is the rule for simple and untaught people to live by.
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Situated in Toronto’s Forest Hill, an old established neighbourhood of imposing, yet reserved residential architecture, the Cascade House disarms, with its bold rectangular forms and its striking material palette of green glass and dark slate.
Well, it took almost as long to get the permit as it did to perform the construction work, but we finally finished and Bieber Tourways operated their first day today at their new Norristown location. . Small jobs are really kind of a pain because I feel like there is just as much work involved as there would be for projects two or three times their size.
Take your construction business to the next level with our comprehensive 2025 funding guide! Whether you're managing seasonal cash flow challenges, dealing with unexpected equipment repairs, or planning to scale your operations, securing the right funding is essential for success. This guide explores a range of fast and flexible financing options tailored for construction businesses.
Job seekers are successfully leveraging social media, especially LinkedIn. But for many, this still seems a foreign language. Since I recently volunteered for Southwest Job Network at an event they held at Mesa Community College, it seemed appropriate to share some ideas with you. After all, social media is for sharing, caring and connecting. First you need to learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile to make it easy for people to find you, establish yourself as an expert in your field, add sk
. Conferences, let’s talk about them. They are expensive, but many people swear by them. They explain that it’s a great opportunity to meet potential clients from all over the country. Much more cost effective then flying out to meet with each of those people. I’ve been to two conferences in the last couple months. One resulted in a contract and the other resulted in a tremendous publicity opportunity for my firm.
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is infill project in Vernon, BC replaces a neglected 1950s era single-family home with a duplex that that affects a five-fold increase in conditioned floor area from the original 1,100sf, yet increases site coverage by little more than half that figure.
I know many of you probably read Mark Buckshon’s Construction Marketing Ideas blog. Mark’s focus includes not just helping commercial construction companies, but also the residential ones. One of the pieces of advice he gives is, “not to give free estimate.” One of his recent posts repeated that advice. So after reading this post, I decided to add my two cents to the conversation.
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In previous posts, I’ve written about the requirement for contractors contracting with property owners to provide a Model Disclosure Statement (Requirement in RCW 18.27.114(1)). A case decided Division III of the Court of Appeals last year addresses a challenge to this act made by a contractor, and highlights just how difficult it is for folks to argue that the Model Disclosure Statement is not required on a qualifying project.
skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Tuesday, November 09, 2010. New toys, free toys! This caught my attention. [link]. I think that it may introduce a few spruced up features, but this is really about encouraging people to get into using the Conceptual (core) modeling environment in Revit.
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