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

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Ensure Realistic Budgeting and Scheduling: Combining the architects design vision with the GCs knowledge of materials, labor, and logistics allows for more accurate cost estimates and timelines. This reduced design iteration times and streamlined permitting processes across multiple states, saving both time and money.

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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. During this stage, the client/GC team collaboratively address site assessments, permit requirements, and scheduling, leveraging the GC’s practical experience in the field.

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Property Development And Marketing Tips To Maximize Your ROI

Construction Marketing

You should also know which materials are ideal for building commercial properties that attract your target customers. Therefore, consider performing a feasibility study for a property development project. Keep reading to learn essential property development and marketing tips to maximize your ROI.

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How to Estimate Construction Costs   

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Plus, “as many as 86% of projects are found to exceed their initial estimate, each construction project costing an average 28% more than anticipated.” Blown budgets result from many reasons, from poor communication and missing data to scope creep to external factors like material price increases.

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New cross-laminated timber fire tests back proponents of high-rise wood structures

BD+C

The Framework Project, LLC announced that the company has successfully completed two significant fire tests on Cross-laminated Timber as a building material, “demonstrating for the first time the feasibility of tall mass timber buildings in the U.S.”.

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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

Pro Builder

The prize awards organizations that demonstrate ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to the housing affordability crisis. Plantd Durham, North Carolina | Construction and Design Category Plantd makes durable carbon-negative building materials for homebuilders using fast-growing perennial grass instead of trees.

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Improper or Deficient Site Investigation Can Cause Problems

Best Practices Construction Law

When utility conflicts are discovered during construction, they result in extra costs—either for redesigning the proposed utility or relocating the existing utility—depending on which option seems more feasible at the time of discovery.

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