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APRIL 11, 2014

Englewood Construction is currently negotiating a contract with Mrs. Green’s to convert former Fox and Obel in Chicago. For us, this arrangement is far more preferable to the common competitive bid process. In the negotiated process, expectations are set differently. Setting expectations. Setting expectations.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Recently, Englewood completed the 23,000-square-foot Harry Carays 7th Inning Stretch and Chicago Sports Museum at Chicagos famed Water Tower Place. At Englewood Construction, we have had the good fortune of being attached to several high-profile, upscale downtown Chicago restaurant construction projects. Design savings.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Don’t always take the lowest bid. The low-bidding general contractor was often in over its head, which meant deadlines were missed or work was shoddy and another, more experienced GC was brought in to finish the job—at an additional cost. While bidding on the commercial construction remodel of a 500+ sq.

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I’ve got to ask, are you still competitively bidding the bulk of your commercial construction projects? And here’s why: 1. Negotiating with a commercial contractor allows you to split unforeseen cost savings. When you negotiate, any cost savings your contractor may uncover are split between the two of you. Really, you are?

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The activity level that we saw in the fourth quarter of 2012 in new retail, restaurant and hospitality construction projects is double what we saw a year earlier. As a result, we filled five commercial construction job openings recently to handle the inflow of bid work. We also retained 100 percent of our staff during this time.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

The spot is about the costs of commercial construction and how buying building materials in bulk can help GCs save money and bring down a construction project bid so they win the contract. More importantly, are you even ordering the right or best materials for your new retail construction or restaurant renovation job?

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Business Facilities

JULY 6, 2016

Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. per square foot, lower than the Chicago Market average of $4.84. rail freight passes through Chicago’s rail yards. On a daily basis, 500 freight trains and 37,500 carloads of rail freight leave the Chicago metro region (i.e.,

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