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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building

Wolgast Corporation

Any commercial building can be built in three easy steps. Our schematic plan offers enough information to visualize the placement of the building on the chosen property, the layout of rooms, and verification that the plan will work within municipal requirements.

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Contractor Website Best Practices

Construction Marketing

You are probably wondering, what is the so-called foundation (construction metaphor) of an excellent contractor website? There are at least 3 “foundational” elements to an excellent website, along with many best practices including highly visual, mobile and responsive, and search engine optimized. Good question.

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Coverings Announces Top 10 Tile Trends for 2023

Pro Builder

Some collections offer various finishes and intense chromatic variations to generate visual interest in walls, countertops and even furnishings. Photo courtesy Landmark Ceramic Concrete looks can bring visual harmony to a space and still evoke a raw urban energy. Cemented Tile Pictured: Frontier20, Design Work.

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11 Tactics for Creating an Outstanding Construction Brand Identity

Pro Builder

Construction companies run the gamut, from large-scale commercial-construction concerns to small, one-project-at-a-time home renovation businesses. Here are the top 11 tactics for creating a construction brand identity that will take a business from foundation to finishing work. Small-scale commercial construction?

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BIM for FM

Job Order Contracting

Distribution and sharing of information by the Facilities Management Team is crucial to achieving cost efficient and high performing facilities, however, 3-D BIM visualization and modeling software is generally very sophisticated, relatively expensive, and very complex. 8. Cost of implementation is insignificant versus cost savings.

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Some newest technology to make construction process smarter

Construction Cost Estimating

As for instance, ordinary concrete is employed for different types of building applications ranging from foundations to flat surfaces. As for example, a transparent aluminum that provides the pleasing visuals of glass but the strength and longevity of metal. But, cracking may frequently occur for this type of concrete.

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Shear Wall Selection for Wood-Framed Buildings

BD+C

APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Shear walls are walls specifically designed to resist lateral loads, transferring the load from the wall above to the wall below and, ultimately, out through the foundation. A higher aspect ratio typically means higher wall deflection when pushed to capacity.

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