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Commercial Construction Strategies: Adaptive Reuse for Big Box Retail

HardHatChat

With a number of traditional retailers closing locations or going out of business, they are leaving millions of square feet behind for redevelopment. Our first experience with this was turning an old Kmart into a mixed-use retail development. This adaptive reuse trend is now extending to abandoned big-box buildings.

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State of the Construction Industry: February Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Worker safety, adapting to change and technology and innovation driving the future of the construction industry were some of the themes we saw highlighted in industry news throughout February. Reducing safety incidents is a top priority in the construction industry. Continued Safety Incidents Highlight Need for Better Oversight.

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How Has Covid Affected the Construction Industry?

Lets Build

In many respects, the answer to the question “How has COVID affected the construction industry?” Because this was internationally viewed as an essential industry, often taking place outside, construction companies and their staff were able to resume something approaching normal working conditions surprisingly rapidly.

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Setting Up the Chart of Accounts: QuickBooks for Contractors

Levelset

The Chart of Accounts is the heart of every contractor’s accounting system , whether you’re using QuickBooks or any other construction accounting software. In this article, we’ll explain how a contractor’s Chart of Accounts should be set up in QuickBooks , with a free customizable template for construction. .

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Retail Construction: Successful Steps in Grocery Store Redevelopment

HardHatChat

The Chicago grocery construction market has long been dominated by two titans of the industry-Jewel-Osco and Dominick’s. Parking is important with almost any retail construction project, but with grocery, it is even more important. Parking is a premium. If parking is not a top priority for your development, you could have a problem.

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How to Win the Olympics of International Retail Construction

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While most of us will accept delayed Olympic news due to the time zone difference, the same isn’t true when working with international brands and new retail construction. The other year we were building a handful of stateside stores for Michael Hill, a New Zealand-based jewelry retailer, which is 16 hours ahead of Chicago. So at 7 p.m.

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ESG may be Fashionable in New York

Green Building Law Update

Trillion clothing industry employs more than 300 million people. Today the clothing industry is one of the planet’s worst polluters producing 20% of global wastewater and emitting as much as 10% of carbon emissions. Clothing is worn by almost everyone, almost all of the time. Across the globe, the $1.3 ouch for Carrie Bradshaw).

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