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Commercial Construction Delivery Methods: 3 Times To Go With A Negotiated Bid

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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. While there are valid reasons a client might go the competitive bid route, there are many more scenarios where the negotiated delivery method is better for all parties.

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How Trusting Relationships Build Better Commercial Construction Projects

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Englewood Construction is currently negotiating a contract with Mrs. Green’s to convert former Fox and Obel in Chicago. Like most businesses, the commercial construction industry is a relationship business. For us, this arrangement is far more preferable to the common competitive bid process. Setting expectations.

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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

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Budget is always a major consideration for our commercial construction clients, and as a general contractor we devote significant time to the budgeting process. Competitively Bidding the Project. To be clear, we manage plenty of competitively bid projects that we keep well-within the client’s budget expectations.

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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

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January is a great time to create a commercial construction checklist of resolutions to help improve your commercial real estate business in the coming year. Don’t always take the lowest bid. Schedule a commercial construction preventive maintenance visit. Qualify general contractors that build in your wheelhouse.

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Winning More Construction Bids: A Complete Guide

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Construction bids are critical to winning more work, so it pays to have a solid understanding of what they entail and what you can do to improve your bidding performance. . In this comprehensive guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about construction bids. What is the Construction Bidding Process?

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3 Tips to a Successful High-End Restaurant Construction Project

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Theres no question about it, commercial construction is back in a big way in the Chicago area, as Crains Chicago Business recently reported in a story featuring Englewood Construction , activity of is up 16 percent when compared to the same time period last year for all commercial construction. Scheduling. Design savings.

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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. For franchise operators new to the restaurant construction bid process, there is a definite learning curve with construction costs. Each franchise is different.

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