HardHatChat

OCTOBER 7, 2010

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. The spot is about the costs of commercial construction and how buying building materials in bulk can help GCs save money and bring down a construction project bid so they win the contract.

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Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The recent survey of construction marketers ranked measuring results of marketing as their top priority for 2011 , beating out all priorities including internet and social media. Clearly in a difficult market, marketing is under increased scrutiny to prove results and justify budgets. The Construction Marketing Association will present a free webcast addressing this important topic on Monday, November 15 at 12 pm CST.

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Carol Hagen

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Google loves LinkedIn and I’ve been including this fact in many powerpoint presentations and national speaking engagements for over a year now. There’s more to this love than how Google searches LinkedIn profiles. We can now see the extent of the relationship with today’s LinkedIn blog post announcing LinkedIn Labs (sounds and looks like Google Labs) and the great new projects contained within Labs to prove my point.

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Constructonomics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

New contractors have a lot of matters to anticipate when entering the construction industry for the first time. One important consideration that sometimes slips through the cracks is the use of surety bonds. Unfortunately, new contractors are often unfamiliar with the bonding process, which includes undergoing finance and credit checks, providing upfront collateral, and paying issuance fees.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 29, 2010

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HardHatChat

OCTOBER 21, 2010

About a year ago, our team at Englewood Construction thought it would be a great idea to share our commercial construction news and experience through a blog. At first, I wasn’t sure. I’m an old-school guy so I like to talk to people face to face, or at least over the phone. The editorial team behind commercial construction blog Hard Hat Chat -- Chuck Taylor, Kim Sawyer and Bill Di Santo.

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Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Register for BuzzSaw™ , a free eNewsletter from the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) covering tips and ideas, white papers and insights into Construction Marketing Best Practices ! Registration is fast and easy. Register Here.

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Carol Hagen

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Facebook is scary to me this Halloween. Facebook has been criticized frequently on their default privacy settings, but what’s frightening is they continue to want permission to access more information. As a business owner doing business with business (B2B) I was looking for more tools to improve my Facebook search results earlier this week. Low and behold Facebook has Advanced Profile Search 2.2 (Beta).

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Constructonomics

OCTOBER 14, 2010

There is a justice center in Doylestown, PA bidding on November 18th, 2010 that will total in value approximately $50 million. I attended a mandatory pre-bid meeting about two weeks ago on this job. It looks like a great project, but unfortunately, I do not have the bonding capacity to propose on this project alone. I’m looking for someone who may be able to provide bonding for this job and partner with my firm.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 20, 2010

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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.

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Construction Law Monitor

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Green Building is all the rage in the United States. Whether it be a LEED project, or just a promise to the property owner to build or make a building more efficient and sustainable, as 2010 passes onto 2011, those in the construction industry are quite likely to run into projects with at least some green elements. When bidding, contracting and working on these projects, it’s important to know what might go wrong.

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Help Everybody Everyday

OCTOBER 20, 2010

. {sharethis}. A contact of mine asked whether I knew of software that would help get their email newsletters past spam filters. What I explained is this. I am a rigid spam filterer. If you send me junk mail – spam. If you send me a newsletter about how your firm is so great – spam. I would label my own mother as a spammer, if need be. So the challenge is not so much the spam filtering technology, it’s the people who identify your email as spam.

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Carol Hagen

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Twitter is a great tool if you know what you’re doing. Once I learned the basics, read a few books and then realized, like other “free” social networking sites that …things change rapidly in Twitter. I started bookmarking all the Twitter tweets I found valuable in Delicious, as these articles substantially enhanced my knowledge.

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SAB Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Sustainability is having far-reaching impacts on building standards, codes and specifications. It is being written into municipal by-laws and zoning, with most municipalities choosing LEED® as their green building standard. In the commercial sector, sustainable buildings have become the new benchmark for Class ‘A’ office space.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 8, 2010

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Green Home Design Architect

OCTOBER 22, 2010

One of our recently completed projects is the renovation of a lakefront cottage on Pleasant Lake, New London, New Hampshire. The property was subdivided and had originally had two cabins on it. A cabin on “The Point” was torn down to open up the lake view from the other cottage. Some of its materials were salvaged for use in the main cottage renovation.

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Construction Law Monitor

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Last week, we published an article identifying some Things That Can Go Wrong On A Green Building Project. To prepare for these potential problems (and others), here is a list of things you should keep in mind when contracting for a green building project: 1) Define Things: Terms like ‘sustainability,’ ‘green certification’ and ‘high performance building’ do not have any universal meanings.

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The Korte Company

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The Korte Company has recently been awarded two projects at Fort Carson, Colorado. The projects include an addition to the Soldier Family Care Clinic (SFCC) and a new Behavioral Health Clinic (BHC), both located at Fort Carson, Colorado. The $17.6 million contract includes the design and construction for both buildings. The Soldier Family Care Clinic will house purely administrative functions in support of the Evans Army Community Hospital and Clinics (EACH).

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Julian Construction

OCTOBER 22, 2010

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. « Checklist for Diagnosing Foundation Problems | Main. | Julian Construction Says Homeowners Need to Prepare for "The Big One" » 10/22/2010.

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Constructor Marketing that Works

OCTOBER 21, 2010

'Contractor Marketing That Works. HVAC Marketing, Plumbing marketing, Electrical contractor marketing can be tough. Your technical expertise tends to blur the importance of getting and keeping customers to actually PAY for that skill. Thats why weve assembled the best plumbing, electrical and hvac marketing strategies onto one site. Youll find info on Yellow Page ads, Customer Retention Newsletters, HVAC Marketing PowerPacks, Marketing Plans, plus sites for dozens of free contractor marketing re

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 26, 2010

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Green Home Design Architect

OCTOBER 13, 2010

One of our latest designs is a Lake Sunapee home for an older couple, their children, and grandchildren. The cottage style home fits in nicely with the architecture around the lake. Goals of the home are energy efficiency, one floor living for the parents, and well-designed common and private areas for each family. The project is in the design development stage, where we determine spatial requirements and accurate dimensions for rooms and areas, as well as outdoor space for entertaining.

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Construction Law Monitor

OCTOBER 26, 2010

While attending the Associated Owners & Developers 14th Annual Construction Industry Conference, entitled How Owners and Contractors Can Control Project Risk, here in New Orleans today, I sat in on a informative session regarding ConsensusDOCS. The session was moderated by John Orrison. David Hendrick , Daniel Lund , Jeff Paris and William Steinhardt were the featured panelists.

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Construction Cost Estimating

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Chitect Architect Software, a renowned developer and publisher of 3D Architectural home design software for builders, architects and designers, recently launched Architectural Home Designer 9.0. This software is ideal for renovating, reconstructing, remodeling, home designing, decks & landscaping, interior designing, site Planning & Estimating. The users can easily design in 2D or 3D and generate 3D models to visualize at any angle before the commencement of actual construction.

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Julian Construction

OCTOBER 22, 2010

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. « Broken Foundation Slabs Can Be Repaired Says Julian Construction | Main. | Julian Construction Expands Its Headquarters » 10/22/2010.

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The Korte Company

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The Korte Company, a Design-Build construction company headquartered in Highland, Illinois, has recently been recognized for its work on the Donnewald Distributing facility in Greenville, Illinois. The new facility combines three existing operations into one building.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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