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

HardHatChat

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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Shopping Mall Development Trends: Are Ghost Kitchens the Answer for Vacant Mall Space?

HardHatChat

As a national commercial construction firm with extensive experience in both the retail and restaurant construction sectors, we’re watching this trend with interest. Layout Limitations: The layout of a commercial kitchen is dictated by access points for those same water, waste and gas lines.

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All You Need To Know About Construction Project Management To Get Started

Construction Marketing

Even infrastructure projects like roads and sewers. The goal of every construction project management is to complete the project, and the balancing of resources, finances, time, and feasibility plays a crucial role in its completion. . Tall skyscrapers, tourist attractions, factories, homes.

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Electric fleet challenges and considerations

CK Power

And overwhelming buzz surrounds electrification of infrastructure, transportation, manufacturing — name an industry. Neither is a technology that makes grid power feasible for high-stakes battery charging, on- or off-highway. For now, the only feasible alternatives are hybrid charging systems powered by diesel or gaseous gensets.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

BD+C

Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change.

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

HardHatChat

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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5 ways mass timber will reshape the design of life sciences facilities

BD+C

BR+A Consulting Engineers, and Code Red Consultants, there are feasible, cost-effective strategies for building mass timber labs that align with industry standards. The plenum created between the purlins and above the glulams serves as a pathway for primary infrastructure, all while maintaining Class A lab clearance heights.

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