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Solar panels set to cover commercial buildings

Construction Enquirer

The government is considering plans to install solar power panels across the rooftops of commercial buildings. Its new Solar Taskforce met yesterday and highlighted the untapped potential of commercial buildings, schools, warehouses and car parks to generate solar power.

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Englewood Commercial Construction News: Two of the Best Words in Business…We’re Hiring

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As commercial construction news reports say business continues to pick up, we are happy to see some new faces around the office at Englewood Construction. That’s right; we are adding staff to our national commercial general contracting firm in what has been a very robust period of activity.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Commercial work boosts construction new orders

Construction Enquirer

Commercial building and civils work helped construction output rise in May despite a continuing drop in the house building sector. Construction buyers reported inflation easing to its weakest for 32 months while new business increased rapidly with the overall rise in construction order books the strongest recorded since April 2022.

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Commercial work rise sees construction return to growth

Construction Enquirer

Construction buyers reported a return to industry growth in July as a rise in commercial work saw output hit its highest level in five months. Robust increases in commercial building (index at 54.4) Around 35% of the survey panel reported a decline in residential work during July, while only 18% signalled a rise.

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Father-Daughter Duo Turns Commercial Building Into Affordable Housing

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Father-Daughter Duo Turns Commercial Building Into Affordable Housing ldeakins Fri, 04/14/2023 - 10:59 A father-daughter team from Wilmington, Del., Heartbroken by the stories she hears at her day job, Hammond said she was driven to create this opportunity for those who are homeless.

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This Father-Daughter Duo Turned an Empty Commercial Building Into Affordable Housing

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At just under 13,000 square feet, the building was fully remodeled for mixed retail and residential use, and in a few weeks, its first tenants from a homeless shelter will move into their new apartment homes, the Delaware News Journal reports. and bought a dilapidated building in Wilmington, DE's Southbridge neighborhood.