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3 Critical Questions to Ask Before Starting an Adaptive Reuse Commercial Construction Project

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With the former meatpacking facility, we’re making significant modifications to the building’s floor plates, such as increasing the existing 11-foot ceiling clearances – which were appropriate for the building’s original use, but are too low for the expectations of today’s commercial space tenants.

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Develop a Commercial site with BRIKS Design-Build Group

BRIKS Design-Build Group

Develop a Commercial site with BRIKS Design-Build Group. Nowadays building commercial sites can be a tough and complicated process as it includes a lot of federal permissions and zonal documents. Secondly you have to check if the land is for commercial use according to local laws or not.

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Top 5 Construction Strategies to Consider Before Purchasing an Underperforming Shopping Mall

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As the economy improves and prices hit bottom, these transactions have become more realistic for commercial real estate investors when compared to past years. Perhaps the most important aspect in this process will be engaging a national retail commercial contractor for advice and feasibility studies.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

billion project that has earned our 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Gold Award. “Our Deal of the Year Gold Award winner is a game-changer for Apple and Arizona,” said Business Facilities Editor in Chief Jack Rogers. manufacturing.” manufacturing.” Project Impact Estimates.

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COVID–19 in Buildings is all about Ventilation

Green Building Law Update

This post is about what we know today about how to occupy commercial and public buildings, from offices to schools, in order to prevent the spread of the SARS-Cov-2 (the now designation for what had been the novel coronavirus 2019). Much of this can be easily implemented without much first dollar cost.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

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And it can be any type of construction project — residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, civil, agricultural, or environmental. Managing a construction project is a complicated role dealing with complex tasks that get modified from project to project. Stakeholders then perform feasibility testing accordingly.

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Materials Shortages in Construction: Catapulting a Sustainability Revolution?

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According to the US Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index, construction material prices are increasing significantly causing additional pressures on existing project revenues. With a commercial need for alternative materials and new methods of construction, how can the construction industry capitalise on this opportunity?