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2014 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions

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We are coming into the final stretch of 2013, a year that has been rather good for the commercial construction industry. Activity was up for retail and restaurant construction and once-stalled commercial construction projects are finding themselves back on 2014 bid sheets for the best commercial general contractors. Big is back.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

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Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 Domestic travel spending directly supported 7.7 By the BF Staff.

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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? In this case, we were needed in Williston, ND and Glendive, MT. I’m glad you asked.

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Travel and COVID-19: Australians unlikely to travel overseas (beyond New Zealand) again before 2021

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Major obstacles exist in opening up destinations other than New Zealand, which are considered to have poorly or inadequately managed the spread of the coronavirus, according to leading travel health experts. “It will depend on comparative stages of the outbreak in both the origin and destination of each traveller.”

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Are Your Hotel General Contractors Checked In or Out?

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As the summer approaches and schools across the country will be taking an extended break, the busiest travel season of the year will begin. Hospitality construction has been a bright spot for commercial construction general contractors in 2013 across all spectrums of the market. Smith Travel Research reports that U.S.

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Why Hiring a Non-Local Commercial Construction Contractor is Crazy…Like a Fox

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The travel expenses alone for a non-local general contractor would inflate a retail construction bid to the point where the job isn’t economical. And the way our commercial construction services are set up, we can actually save our out-of-state clients time and money. Rest assured, I haven’t lost my mind. Well, it’s not like that.

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Insulating commercial facilities against dangerous radon gas

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Due to the direct proximity of the basements and ground levels of commercial structures to soil and rock matter, as well as to the gaseous movement of radon upward through that matter and into the air, there is risk to the users of commercial facilities should the gas infiltrate and accrue in more dangerous amounts indoors.