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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. In the negotiated process, expectations are set differently. Setting expectations. Potential project savings.

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Are You Lining Your Commercial General Contractor’s Pockets?

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Sure, I know there will always be commercial developers who competitively bid all their projects, but from a commercial construction cost and timeline perspective, it pays to negotiate with a designated general contractor versus requesting multiple bids on a construction project. Reviewing bids can take weeks while negotiating takes days.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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seaports continues to outperform the broader industrial market. CHICAGO EXEC ANCHORS WHEELING. The Village of Wheeling’s manufacturing base is anchored around its general aviation airport, Chicago Executive Airport, the third busiest in Chicagoland. Competition for market share of inbound shipping remains fierce among U.S.

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Business Report: Illinois Leaders Form Non-Profit to Spur Job Creation

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The corporation will maintain strict standards of transparency and accountability, based on industry best practices, including a robust conflict of interest policy, public disclosure of donors, and application of other transparency laws. IL FILM INDUSTRY IS SURGING. Final composition of the board is still under development.

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Englewood Commercial Construction News: Two of the Best Words in Business…We’re Hiring

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I’m proud to say that after several flat years in the commercial construction industry, Englewood has fought through and is heading in the right direction. We continued to harbor our relationships even though many commercial construction budgets were tabled and as a result, we are receiving an increase in negotiated bids.

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PSMJ Resources Inc. Finds that A/E Billing Rates Decreased in 2010 as Firms Fell Victim to Pricing Pressure

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the premier management consulting firm for the A/E/C (architecture/ engineering/construction) industries, today announced that billing rates for most management positions either held steady or decreased during 2010 and 2011 after increasing in 2006, 2007, and 2009. Get more information now , or call 1-800-537-PSMJ to register today!

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Home builders that survived the Great Recession offer strategies for recovering from the coronavirus' impact on the industry and economy. Pro Builder asked home builders and industry consultants about what lessons they learned and strategies they used to survive the Great Recession and how those apply in the current situation.