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Commercial Construction Project Management Trends: How to Survive the Incredible Shrinking Timeline

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One of the biggest challenges for commercial construction firms today is the tighter project timelines that have become the norm at every phase of a project – from shorter deadlines for submitting initial bids and budgets, to quicker resolution on addendums and change orders, to compressed schedules for construction and delivery.

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Commercial Construction Trends: Three Headlines That Won’t Die In 2019

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After nearly 10 years of publishing Hard Hat Chat (more to come on our blog’s 10 th anniversary later this year), we know there’s never a shortage of fresh topics and trends to discuss in the commercial construction industry. Here they are: the commercial construction headlines that just won’t die – and why: Labor Shortage Lingers On.

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Commercial Construction Trends: The Highs and Lows of 2016

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With December here, it’s time for our annual post reviewing some of the positives – as well as a few of the challenges – that shaped the commercial construction business in the past year. Here’s a look at our top 2016 commercial construction “highs” and “lows”: Low: Mall Retail Tenants Choose Local over National.

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Commercial Construction Labor Trends & Hiring Strategies: Why Young Hires are Good Business for General Contractors

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Hopefully, we’ll see some of those fresh young graduates heading toward a career in commercial construction. When the client needs to make a maintenance request, they scan the appropriate code with their smartphone and it activates response software, which in turn notifies our team and dispatches a service tech. Tel: 847-233-9200 x712.

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The Construction Software Toolbox Part 2: More Reasons Why It Pays To Work With A Tech-Savvy Commercial Contractor

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Just as clients’ needs change, so too does the way we exchange information in construction management. In a post last month, we took a look inside the commercial construction technology toolbox, specifically a rundown of construction management software options that benefit not only the contractor, but also the client.

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Trends in Construction: 3 Ways Technology is Changing Commercial Construction

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The use of technology and apps for daily construction reporting, sharing photos and scheduling look-aheads has become common practice on today’s commercial construction job sites. We would send those drawings to a printer to copy enough sets to distribute to all the trade partners we were asking to bid the project – often 50 or 60 copies.

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How Has Covid Affected the Construction Industry?

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While there’s still a high desire for well-built homes, we anticipate declining demand for retail space as consumer budgets shrink. Commercial office space demand is also wavering, thanks to the switch to working from home. Read more: Five benefits of inspection reporting software. Facing an uncertain future.