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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion

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These types of commercial construction projects are very important to the growth of their brands and offer many opportunities for our national contracting team to apply our experience and know-how to ensure a successful completion. Likewise, flagship stores in city locations often entail construction in mixed-use buildings.

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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. Here are the top three reasons to work with general commercial construction contractors in a negotiated bidding process.

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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

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Budget is always a major consideration for our commercial construction clients, and as a general contractor we devote significant time to the budgeting process. That’s because in a competitive bid the commercial contractor is only responsible for bidding exactly what is in the plans, not the overall design intent.

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Commercial Construction Building Material Costs: Buy Now or Later?

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Commercial construction contractors can save clients thousands of dollars by knowing the right time to buy certain materials. I heard a Home Depot ad on the radio recently targeted to commercial general contractors that made me pause. On the surface, the ad is true – buying building materials in bulk is cheaper.

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Negotiating Favorable Contracts

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Hammering out the details before breaking ground on commercial construction jobs can prevent headaches for general contractors. Here are some tips for doing so: Own the schedule In any complex job, someone’s going to be late with something, and profits erode every hour that workers, equipment and materials sit idle.

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The New Normal: Commercial Construction Continues in Unprecedented COVID-19 Times

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As a national commercial construction firm with active projects across the country, we are monitoring this situation on many fronts and in many markets. We also have a pipeline of projects in preconstruction services or under negotiation, and those functions continue uninterrupted.

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7 Things Contractors Need to Know About Retainage

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It’s fairly common, especially on commercial and public construction projects, and typically ranges from 5 - 10% of the total contract price. Retainage is up for negotiation Retainage is not set in stone. Every contract is negotiable, including what percentage is retained and for how long.