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3 Ways Construction Contractors Can Expand to New Markets

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Maybe expanding the types of services your business offers isn’t feasible or even something you’re interested in. If you plan to operate offices in multiple time zones, this kind of immediate access to data is especially important. Expand to New Locations. Send your best people to open a satellite office.

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Smart savings: Commissioning for the hybrid workplace

BD+C

The Human Element In most buildings, it isn’t feasible to move major HVAC system components. For example, let’s say that employees were theoretically spread out among many zones in the office before the hybrid workplace.

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5 Ways To Give High Fives To Remote Employees

Construction Marketing

And if online conversations aren’t feasible, snail mail with a leadership signature is still a meaningful instrument for staff appreciation. Leaders who travel regularly to see employees in their environments and time zones can give handshakes that establish more trust than any emoji ever could. Personalize rewards and recognition.

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Top questions to ask when designing a green roof

GCP Applied Technologies

This is a huge indicator of the feasibility of a green roof. Hardiness zones also determine feasibility of different plant species. . What is the load bearing capacity? The microclimates in different regions – and their associated temperature and precipitation rates - can impact which plantings are best for the green roof.

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How Private Housing Additions Are Creating a Back-Alley Market

Pro Builder

Millions of privately built home units are part of an informal housing market unfolding mostly in major cities where the cost of living is high and single-family zoning is limited, The New York Times reports. . Affordability. Housing Markets. Infill Housing. Infill Housing.

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How to Design for the Build-for-Rent Market

Pro Builder

Solve for zoning with BFR pockets integrated within for-sale communities Similar to offering both attached and detached within a BFR development, providing both for-rent and for-sale units in one community can help solve for zoning. “If you do an attached product, it helps to have a detached product alongside it.”

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September 2014 newsletter

FDR Safety

There was a feasible and useful method to correct the hazard. FDRsafety is continuing to see OSHA cite employers for alleged violations of machine guarding in situations where employees would have to intentionally reach into a hazard zone to be injured. The hazard was recognized.

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