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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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How to Decrease Commercial Construction Costs by Reusing the Right Items

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When converting a grocery story into the new headquarters of Englewood Construction, many existing materials were reused, including this concrete floor, which received a face lift with a new stain. What made this peephole so interesting was that it was salvaged from the hotel construction renovation we did of a HoJo in Chicago.

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CRE Construction Project Site Selection: 3 Tips for Finding the Perfect Match

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Case in point, a developer once asked us to price out a retail-to-restaurant conversion on the first floor of a Chicago high rise. Recently we worked with a national appliance manufacturer to scout existing retail locations for a prototype of a new branded laundromat concept. Will any “unbranding” be necessary?

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Commercial Construction Checklist on Beating the Next Chicago Blizzard

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After all, shopping center landlords, restaurants and retailers couldn’t afford to be closed two days in a row. Would office or shopping center parking lots be cleared in time so delivery trucks, customers and employees could use them the next day? Our commercial maintenance hotline was on high alert. Same with brick and mortar.

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Writing the book on smarter warehouse design and construction

The Korte Company

So said Todd Imming, our Chief Marketing Officer, in comments published by the Engineering News-Record. However, advances in Design-Build delivery and Tilt-Up concrete construction certainly have helped companies like ours remain on schedule and budget,” he said. The world’s largest e-retailer is a frequent repeat customer, too.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Offices for Harlem RBI are on the first and second floors of the 11-story residential tower. Developers also paid for a new 20,000-sf public park to replace a decrepit concrete one that had been on Second Avenue in what’s effectively the school’s front yard.” The mixed-use development has lifted the entire neighborhood.

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Understanding the different types of warehouses you can build

The Korte Company

This 500,000-square-foot renovation included building new offices, optimizing the site’s truck bays, creating a driver’s lounge and building a 4,600-square-foot maintenance area for the army of robots serving the facility. Each site featured the insulated metal panels, concrete curbs and stainless steel flashing we mentioned above.

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