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Commercial Construction Best Practices: Why one Chicago Commercial Construction Firm Melted for These Cupcakes

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Nothing says you completed a successful education construction job more than thank-you cards from these Bright Horizons kids…. In fact, Chicago cupcake restaurants and food trucks are popping up all over the place. What about satisfied commercial construction client testimonials? Cute, right? Well, it’s more than that.

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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I’ll say it again, 2010 was a rebuilding year for the commercial construction industry. So I’ve created a commercial construction checklist for what we considered the highs and lows of 2010 commercial construction trends. It wasn’t as bad as 2009, but not as good as 2008. Low – Green building. High – Institutional Construction.

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Is Your Commercial General Contractor More Relevant Than You?

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Every blog I’ve written for the award-winning HardHatChat popped up, interviews with media about the state of Chicago construction jobs – it was all there. Or how often do you visit their websites to see what they consider the latest retail and shopping mall news? You may not have heard much about “.build”

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Reporting “Live” from the CWA Awards – A Commercial Construction Checklist for Better Networking

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Anyone who knows me knows I love to talk about commercial construction trends and share the latest commercial construction news. When I was breaking the ice by asking people where they were from, I couldn’t believe how many people were from the Chicago area. Look for an educational take-a-way. I wasn’t wrong.

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3 Solutions to Help Solve the Commercial Construction Labor Shortage

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Bill Di Santo, president of Englewood Construction (second from right), and the Englewood accounting team receiving recognition from the Chicago Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) for participating in their 2014 Accounting Intern Program. Unfortunately, that time has not come yet. million jobs.

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Is a National General Contractor or Local Commercial Construction Firm Better For Your Project?

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For those who don’t know, Englewood Construction is a national commercial construction firm , so our business has been built on servicing our clients where they need us. Wouldn’t it be easier to hire a local commercial contractor? Education construction can go either way. I’m glad you asked.

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Managing from the Mother Ship: How a National Commercial Contractor Operates

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The other day I was talking with a Chicago-area client who didn’t realize Englewood is a national general contractor that manages national commercial construction projects across the country. He asked me, “You only have offices in Chicago, right? So how does that work?”. It can be a time saver, as well as a money saver.