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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

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Bill Di Santo (right) overseeing a design-build project for Englewood Construction. Working with design-build GCs is a good resolution for 2011. Try switching it up in 2011 and bring in your GC first. Or better yet, hire a design-build general contractor. What are your resolutions for 2011? Chuck Taylor.

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Test the Bounds of Job Order Contracting?

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Most contractors have heard of design-bid-build, design-build, construction manager at risk, and even public private partnerships, various project delivery methods, which, at their heart, focus on balancing the interests of the various parties involved in a construction project, from owners, to design professionals, to contractors.

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Restaurant Construction Franchise on the Rise – Where do you start?

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As suggested in my 2011 commercial construction trends blog post, there seems to be a rise in new restaurant construction, particularly among franchise restaurants. More often than not, a first-time franchise operator is given no design specifics on how to build a franchise store. Each franchise is different.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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More often than not, an architect will speak to the program, aesthetics, function, form and capabilities of their design. An engineer will speak to the soundess of structure and the lasting value inherent in a given building that they have helped design. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011.

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Wal-Mart Reaches Settlement with OSHA

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The settlement, which resolves two enforcement cases that began in 2011, includes provisions for the Bentonville, Ark.-based ” Under the settlement, trash compactors must remain locked while not in use, and may not be operated except under the supervision of a trained manager or other trained, designated monitor.

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PSMJ Enlists Five Industry Experts to Prepare Design Firm Leaders

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Petersburg Newton, MA — On May 2-5, 2011, at PSMJ’s Mergers & Acquisitions Senior Executive Roundtable for Buyers in St. He was recently named AIA Florida’s Allied Member of the Year for his loss prevention work on behalf of design firms throughout Florida.

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PSMJ Resources Inc. Finds that A/E Billing Rates Decreased in 2010 as Firms Fell Victim to Pricing Pressure

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Vital information was derived from PSMJ’s newly released 2011 Fees and Pricing Benchmark Survey PSMJ Resources, Inc., This comes after a steady climb since 2006, according to the latest data in the 2011 A/E Fees & Pricing Benchmark Survey from PSMJ Resources, Inc. Get more information now , or call 1-800-537-PSMJ to register today!