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2012 Commercial Construction News Review…The Year that Was

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As we welcome in the New Year, it’s customary for us to look back at what the previous year meant to Englewood Construction and the commercial construction industry as a whole. There are still some headwinds out there, but last year brought some interesting commercial construction trends and developments. Bids were up…substantially.

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New Resource- 2013 Contractor’s Marketing Handbook

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Trends show that the building industry is taking steps to recover and will continue to improve throughout the rest of 2013. Rose Lawless has been in the construction and building industry for more than 25 years working with home builders, general contractors, commercial construction companies, design-build firms and suppliers.

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Commercial Retail Construction: How to Manage Today’s New Major Shopping Center Development

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In commercial general construction, trends come and go…and, sometimes, come right back again. Its design is very impressive, but behind it is the traditional enclosed mall layout that took the country by storm in the 1970s and ’80s. Case-in-point–the Fashion Outlets of Chicago. Having plans locked before construction starts is key.

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Social Media For Construction – 2013 Survey Results

Construction Marketing

For construction, design, remodeling, etc. In 2013, Twitter replaced Facebook in the number 2 spot. Notably, blogging jumped from 5th place in 2012 (14%) to 3rd place (29.8%) in 2013. The amount that are receiving no results is down from 17% in 2012 to 7% in 2013. of respondents indicating they use it. 2012: 52.6.%

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Public Procurement of Construction Services

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How Organizational integration and alignment of cultural, professional, management, and commercial interests is also required, both internally and with construction services providers. Collaboration, Integrated Information and the Project Lifecycle in Building Design, Construction and Operation.” References: AIA (2007). Ballard, G.,

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Adopting Labor Operations Software for Contractors

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Adam Elsasser EL Field Operations Manager Miller Electric With 24 years of electrical industry experience, Adam Elsasser has overseen field operations at Miller Electric since 2013. Miller Electric has grown a great team with more than 1,000 electricians in the field.

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4 trends driving the recovering commercial construction sector

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commercial construction industry would ever recover from the darkest days of the recession, particularly in late 2009 and early 2010. Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) 2013 Construction Outlook (PDF) finds that “Extreme Makeover” couldn’t be more appropriate for the commercial construction industry comparing 2009 to present.