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Commercial Construction Project Management Trends: How to Survive the Incredible Shrinking Timeline

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One of the biggest challenges for commercial construction firms today is the tighter project timelines that have become the norm at every phase of a project – from shorter deadlines for submitting initial bids and budgets, to quicker resolution on addendums and change orders, to compressed schedules for construction and delivery.

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Six Ways to Control Rising Commercial Construction Costs

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Construction season is upon us, and you know what that means…rising commercial construction costs. The summer always brings more commercial construction activity, more bids, and, as a result, higher pricing. If there is one aspect of a commercial construction job worth extra investment, it is the planning and drawing stage.

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Commercial Construction Checklist for Retrofitting a Shopping Center in Today’s Climate

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It’s a mixed bag of commercial construction news for shopping center developement. On one hand, retail sales continue to show improvement from last year, yet the suburban shopping mall – or at least the traditional enclosed shopping mall – seems to be on the way out. Most retailers today want less space.

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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. Schedule a commercial construction preventive maintenance visit. While bidding on the commercial construction remodel of a 500+ sq.

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Trends in Construction: 3 Ways Technology is Changing Commercial Construction

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The use of technology and apps for daily construction reporting, sharing photos and scheduling look-aheads has become common practice on today’s commercial construction job sites. It goes to show just how quickly technology can change the way we do business. This time and expense added up to a pretty significant investment.

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How Working with a Design-Build Construction Firm Can Boost the Bottom Line

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All signs have been pointing to a robust commercial construction pipeline, with activity consistently on the rise. In fact, last year, the value of all commercial construction contracts signed in the Chicago area was close to $10.6 billion, an 18 percent jump over 2013, according to Dodge Data & Analytics, a New York research firm.

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Architects on the Jobsite

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His first jobs were high end retail design projects. For the majority of my commercial and public projects work, I tended to visit a jobsite twice per month or roughly every two weeks. This rarely happens in the commercial realm, but the residential market is definitely more personal. This is something we can both agree upon.

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