HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
With the shuttering of stores like Circuit City and Linens N’ Things, big box retailers looking to gain market share certainly have their choice of vacant store locations in prime markets and shopping centers. And depending on the condition of their new stores, the savings on retail construction costs to retrofit the space could be huge… if owners do their due diligence.
Constructonomics
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
I attended a pre-bid conference on Thursday November 19, 2009 at Towson University for a CM-at risk project for the r emodel of two residence halls on campus. The proposal will be for pre-construction and construction services. The design has not been completed, but there is a budget of $13.5 million for the construction of the project and they are pursuing LEED silver certification.
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Carol Hagen
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
There’s a new application available in LinkedIn called Tweets. This does more than just the plain add your Twitter account and tweet at the same time you update your LinkedIn status. It give you access to your Twitter followers and their tweets from within LinkedIn. You can retweet and reply to your tweets too. . But these are not the gems of the application.
Help Everybody Everyday
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
It’s not what you know it’s who you know. But very few people feel comfortable talking to strangers. In fact I remember mom and dad telling me something about strangers…not to talk to them. But over time, that tune changes. In business we are told to schmooze to network. But do you find networking at an event or conference terribly uncomfortable?
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Natural Building
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 17, 2009
As many of you may know, Englewood Construction recently completed Zara’s largest store in the United States at 700 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. For those familiar with Chicago, you may also know this store offers a prime corner location on the city’s famed Magnificent Mile. But what I want to do is tell you what you may not know about the retail space construction of this Zara store and how to apply this information to your next retail construction project. 1.
Constructonomics
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Starting a new job ain’t easy. Trust me, I’ve done it sev eral times. There are few things in life that are as stressful as walking into an unknown organization and having to prove yourself to a bunch strangers. This becomes especially difficult when you are hired into a higher level position when you are now the boss of folks that have been there for years.
Carol Hagen
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
With today’s announcement that LinkedIn has opened up their API to software developers and TweetDeck stating in their blog that LinkedIn will be integrated into their next release, it is only a matter of time before we all have more business apps than the iPhone. . Here are a few suggestions to all those developers that want to make millions and really do have some great ideas that I just gleaned from the book Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web applicat
Help Everybody Everyday
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Each RFP you see will give you instruction on what is to be in your proposal. Sometimes it will ask for what’s called a “management plan.” This can sometimes trip technical writers up, but writing a management plan isn’t really that hard. In fact, once you get used to writing them, you may end up feeling like a management plan should appear in all your proposals.
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Do
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
skip to main | skip to sidebar. dont think: Do Revit. My journal of work in Revit as part of a 600+ member architecture firm. Sunday, November 29, 2009. Arrived AU. Im checked in and hanging out at the Bay. Still tweaking the presentation but pretty much done. 112 responses to the survey, so still not even 50% of possible class attendees, but oh well.
Revit OpEd
NOVEMBER 28, 2009
If you've signed up for my virtual class and wondered where the handouts are, I've posted them today. I was holding off posting them so that I could rehearse (up to the last minute) and not discover some horrible mistake, at the last minute. There is one handout, one power point summary (I don't know if I'll actually use the power point, hate them) and two dataset folders: Large Project and Small Project.
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
I’ve got to ask, are you still competitively bidding the bulk of your commercial construction projects? Really, you are? Interesting…. Sure, I know there will always be commercial developers who competitively bid all their projects, but from a commercial construction cost and timeline perspective, it pays to negotiate with a designated general contractor versus requesting multiple bids on a construction project.
Constructonomics
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
When I lived in Avon, CO, a little town about ten miles west of Vail ski resort, the local news was a little sparse at ti mes, especially during the summer and fall. I found myself, on a few occasions, reading up on the pre-season performance of the volleyball team at the local middle school. There were some rough months out in the Vail Valley. So with all kinds of juicy gossip flying around the web these days, I’m going to give you some more with the public bid results for the remodel
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Carol Hagen
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
As promised this is a continuance of ” Attracting Blog Subscriptions “ highlighting other functions and features of Feedburner. Today we’re spreading the news of your blog (and if you attended my recent seminar Web 2.0 tools for the construction industry or one of my Social Media on a Shoestring Budget workshops , this is a homework assignment).
Help Everybody Everyday
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
. Here’s a question I was recently asked. “Matt, what’s your personal brand?” Let me think about that. What does my box say when you pick it off the shelf at the grocery store? Most of us don’t go through the day thinking about our personal brand. But the books tell me everyone has one. And books wouldn’t lie. So what’s my personal brand?
Green Home Design Architect
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Mold and mildew can not only cause structural problems in a home, they are the cause of many illnesses and allergies – making them one of your home’s worst enemies. Cleaning and getting rid of mold can be a very difficult, expensive, and time consuming project. If you’re building a new energy efficient home , an important consideration in its construction is controlling moisture to prevent mold and mildew buildup.
CAD Shack
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009. AU 2009. The posting has been pretty thin lately, but its because I have been focusing on my class for this year Implementing Revit MEP A to Z. I hope to meet people in Las Vegas that read my blog and also meet people that write the blogs I love. Happy Thanksgiving to all. See you in Vegas! Posted by. Todd M. Shackelford. at 7:39 PM.
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Julian Construction
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
Julian Construction Blog. Shawn Kyles. Partner, Julian Construction. Contact Info. Our Services. Foundation Repair. Foundation Replacement. House Leveling. Earthquake Retrofitting or House Bolting. Social Media Links. Facebook. Twitter. « Julian Construction Urges Homeowners to Get a Foundation Inspection | Main. | House Leveling » 11/21/2009.
Constructonomics
NOVEMBER 22, 2009
The last Constructonomics post stirred the pot a bit in some civil engineering forums. The Sorry Kid, Construction is a Cyclical Industry post brought some interesting and thought provoking comments. One of which brought about some particular interest from myself because it touched on a subject that tends to rarely get touched. And without going into any more drawn-out chatter, I’ll just post the comment. .
Carol Hagen
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
I was pleased to see a notification this morning on my Twitter account that I believe will be valuable to all the listeners in the Twitterverse. Here’s a screen shot of the Retweet To Share Tweets (Beta): I think Twitter got this one right. If I want to know what my followers are really interested in, it should be their retweets. After all it is a call to action for their own followers and represents the groundswell of our followers reach too.
Help Everybody Everyday
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
. As I get older, I’m noticing something. I don’t spellz so well anymore. You won’t notice this in my emails, letters, or proposals. That’s because I use spell check. But on this site and in my handwriting you see another side of me, a drooling idiot who can’t spell simple words like “your,” “delegate,” or “perfect.” It’s even more disturbing to me than it is to you.
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The Korte Company
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
The Korte Company will begin construction for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The 130,698 square-foot design-build training facility, when complete, will be a LEED Silver certified project. The five-story building is arranged in an “H” configuration with a central core area, including the main building stair and elevators and secondary core areas, with common building functions at the corners of the “H” floor plan layout.
Natural Building
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart, webmaster of the popular website www.greenhomebuilding.com, posts text and photos featuring what he discovers from around the world.
PSMJ Resources
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
The American Institute of Architects' Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reached its highest mark since August 2008 with its October rating of 46.1, up sharply from 43.1 in September and 41.7 in August. The August 2008 watermark came just before the fall 2008 credit crunch affected not only the AEC industry, but the entire economy. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spend
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Carol Hagen
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
It’s a funny thing how everyone has a blog but most have a dozen subscribers if that. In business you need to publicize your blog everywhere. I tried promoting it via a plain hyperlink in my email signature but no one clicked on it…that is until I made it an animated subscription. My email signature now automatically cycles through the last five posts.
Help Everybody Everyday
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
I get to look at a lot of writing during my work. I’ve seen marketing materials from many firms. While the visuals are often nice, most of the words just plain suck. The other day, we were on a phone call talking to a firm Principal about a proposal effort. We were politely trying to explain why the writing that he gave for his firm was so bad.
Green Home Design Architect
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
A new press release generated by the American Institute of Architects reports a positive change in the number of inquiries for possible new projects, calling this “an early signal towards a recovery for the design and construction industry”. The AIA uses its Architecture Billings Index (ABI), a leading economic indicator that provides an approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending, as a means of gauging an increase or demand for design servic
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