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How to Decrease Commercial Construction Costs by Reusing the Right Items

HardHatChat

When working on a commercial construction retrofit , you never know what items you may come across. In the fall of 2010 we moved into our new, bigger, brighter and more energy efficient headquarters in downtown Lemont , Ill., to be more centrally located to our staff and Chicago commercial construction projects.

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Sweco buys Ball & Berry to ramp up building control offer

Construction Enquirer

Multi-disciplinary consultant Sweco UK has boosted its building control business with the acquisition of Ball & Berry. Established in 2007 and with six offices in England, Ball & Berry provides Approved Inspector services to commercial, residential, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial and leisure sectors.

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Deadline fast approaches for commercial fishing vessel safety exams

Safety Services Company

Deadline fast approaches for commercial fishing vessel safety exams. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada.

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Vicki Worden on the New Green Globes and Her Commitment to the Mission

Green Building Law Update

We spoke after the public comment period commenced on the GBI’s revision to its Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings that forms the basis for the current version of Green Globes for New Construction. She is a long-time consultant to GBI and was part of the original launch team that brought Green Globes to the U.S.

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Chinese Real Estate Investment Plays Growing Role In U.S. Economy

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

real estate has grown dramatically and visibly since 2010, according to a new report by Asia Society and Rosen Consulting Group (RCG) , Breaking Ground: Chinese Investment in U.S. billion of existing commercial property between 2010 and 2015, representing an annual growth rate of 70%, according to the report.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

The latter includes all internal personnel and departments as well as all external services providers (architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, etc.). 4) Client Consultation-Communication, consultation, and active listening to all impacted parties. Senior management failure is the #1 cause of poor project outcomes.

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Construction Lead Services: Dodge vs. Reed

Construction Marketing

The company wants to provide leads to its sales force so that its product can be specified in commercial construction projects at an earlier stage. Category, such as commercial, industrial, etc. For commercial it may include medical offices, retail, parking garages, etc. Both of those will have subcategories. Contract type.