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How General Contractors Work with Commercial Architects to Mitigate Risks and Deliver Superior Commercial Construction Projects

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Improved Design Feasibility and Cost Alignment Architects bring creativity and innovation to projects, while GCs focus on execution. Englewood Construction bridges the gap by evaluating design feasibility and aligning it with budget realities. These proactive sessions avoided potential delays during inspections.

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Early Collaboration: The Key to Commercial Construction Risk Mitigation

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Early Engagement for Improved Decision-Making Engaging GCs early provides Directors with critical insights that enhance the project’s overall design and feasibility. Establishing benchmarks, routine inspections, and performance testing throughout the project helps ensure that construction meets design specifications and regulatory standards.

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All You Need To Know About Construction Project Management To Get Started

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The goal of every construction project management is to complete the project, and the balancing of resources, finances, time, and feasibility plays a crucial role in its completion. . This process will repeat until the construction project management team finds the project to be feasible to complete. .

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A Wake-up Message for Employers or An Ounce of Prevention…

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What’s often missed and not understood is the in-between, where tasks are not minor servicing but LOTO is not feasible. In situations where LOTO is not feasible, an ALTERNATIVE METHOD is needed. Why wait for an OSHA inspection to occur before taking action? Without a documented procedure, a serious injury is waiting to occur.

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AEC inspections are the key to financially viable office to residential adaptive reuse projects

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AEC inspections are the key to financially viable office to residential adaptive reuse projects 0 dbarista Fri, 06/14/2024 - 08:45 Multifamily Housing About a year ago our industry was abuzz with an idea that seemed like a one-shot miracle cure for both the shockingly high rate of office vacancies and the worsening housing shortage.

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OSHA citing maintenance equipment violations despite low risk

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Many of you may be wondering why, all of a sudden, OSHA is spending an inordinate amount of time inspecting the machines and equipment in plant maintenance areas. Typically, these machines are used for low-risk tasks performed by skilled workers.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

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At the start of any project, a business case must be created and evaluated to ascertain the feasibility of the project. Stakeholders then perform feasibility testing accordingly. Are feasibility study reports, sketch drawings, and working drawings completed, coordinated, checked, and signed off at appropriate times? Initiation.