HardHatChat

APRIL 12, 2019

Any long-time readers of Hard Hat Chat have probably picked up on the fact that I’m a big fan of the negotiated bid. The GC then works with the client to budget the job based on pricing from subcontractor partners. Many large or complex construction jobs are budgeted and built out in phases. It’s A Multi-Phase Project.

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Negotiation Bidding Commercial Construction 177

HardHatChat

APRIL 11, 2014

Englewood Construction is currently negotiating a contract with Mrs. Green’s to convert former Fox and Obel in Chicago. For us, this arrangement is far more preferable to the common competitive bid process. In the negotiated process, expectations are set differently. Setting expectations. Setting expectations.

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Commercial Negotiation Bidding Construction 292

HardHatChat

JANUARY 18, 2011

Don’t always take the lowest bid. I know this is a tough one to follow as we all need to keep commercial construction budgets in check, but we saw too many companies go with pick-up truck contractors in 2010 only to be burned later. While bidding on the commercial construction remodel of a 500+ sq.

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Commercial Bidding Negotiation Construction 263

HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

As a result, we filled five commercial construction job openings recently to handle the inflow of bid work. We’ve also promoted several hard-working members of our team who have helped make Englewood one of Chicago’s best general contracting firms.

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Commercial News Retail Construction 259

HardHatChat

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The spot is about the costs of commercial construction and how buying building materials in bulk can help GCs save money and bring down a construction project bid so they win the contract. Buying construction materials in bulk today won’t help your construction budget if prices for those materials are expected to drop tomorrow.

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Commercial Materials Construction Contractors 235

Business Facilities

JULY 6, 2016

Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. per square foot, lower than the Chicago Market average of $4.84. On a daily basis, 500 freight trains and 37,500 carloads of rail freight leave the Chicago metro region (i.e., The current industrial vacancy rate in DuPage is 4.8 million tons).

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Roads Airports Indiana Transportation 41