HardHatChat
DECEMBER 15, 2009
At the beginning of 2009, I don’t think anyone, including a national commercial general contractor like Englewood Construction, was prepared for the twists and turns that would face the commercial construction industry. As this year draws to a close, let’s look back on some of the highs and lows of what was a challenging year. High – Green building.
Constructonomics
DECEMBER 8, 2009
This was probably the best global warming cartoon I’ve seen. I caught it in yesterday’s USA today which I only read while I’m in the airport for some reason. There should be another guy asking, “But what if it’s true and we don’t do anything.” And then they’ll have a guy on the stage with a list of catastrophic events like ramped disease, hightened natural disasters, and cities under water.
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Carol Hagen
OCTOBER 30, 2009
Here we are 40 years after the Internet was first used to send a message and business is repeating history with their adoption rates to new technologies. . From a Robert Half Technology Survey and mentioned in Stowe Boyd’s blog post Enterprises Block Social Networks , 54% of US companies with over 100 employees have completely blocked sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
Cassell Construction Estimating
AUGUST 24, 2009
I’ve been asked by one of my industry software provider friends to write a piece on the current state of Building Information Modeling (BIM), as it relates to estimating in the here and now. The topic has become increasingly relevant as the software driving the standard is evolving quickly. (Or is it the demand that’s drving the software, fueling the growth?
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Construction Dive
AUGUST 29, 2009
We explain every GNU/Linux command by examples in this blog! Serialize INI configuration to python dictionary. August 30th, 2009 mysurface Posted in Uncategorized | Hits: 216294 | 10 Comments » A lots of configuration file is in the format of INI, if we manage to serialize INI configuration to python dictionary, we can write python scripts to analyse and generate back to INI files.
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Natural Building
NOVEMBER 23, 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.
Green Home Design Architect
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
We’re greening up our new office by replacing the incandescent light bulbs with Earthmate energy saving bulbs. By using Earthmate bulbs, we will use an average of 75% less electricity, help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For instance, we replaced our 45 watt overhead bulbs with Earthmate 8-watt Dimmable Reflector Bulbs, which will save us about $61 and last up to 7 times longer than our standard light bulbs.
PSMJ Resources
OCTOBER 10, 2009
Interesting thing happened this week at PSMJ.for the last several years we've used the same company to do our credit card transaction processing. Their services are behind the scenes and about as commoditized as you can get. Other than the transaction statements they send to our bank, we never hear from them. We were approached by another transaction processing outfit that is going to deliver this commodity service for lower fees and they demonstrated how they can save us a couple thousand dolla
Stok
MAY 1, 2009
We are starting this weekend off with a new series. 12 Steps to a Successful LEED Project. In an effort to get updated with LEED 2009 we are offering up a document we’ve compiled to educate building owners and developers on how to organize their LEED project. We’ll start with the basics and describe in [.].
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Revit Beginners
APRIL 17, 2009
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Friday, April 17, 2009. Revit 2010: New Synchonize with Central. You might notice a few things about the new Save To Central features. and if you havent. well, here are a few pointers. 1.
HardHatChat
DECEMBER 8, 2009
Have you seen the 2009 Green Building Survey? If not, take a look at the recent issue of National Real Estate Investor or Retail Traffic as each includes a special supplement called “Why sustainability endures in the face of recession.”. I found the section about embracing energy retrofits especially timely as Englewood Construction recently completed our latest commercial sustainable construction project at Sloan Valve, a plumbing systems manufacturer in Franklin Park, Ill.
Constructonomics
DECEMBER 20, 2009
I think about blogs kind of like that pain in the ass cousin that always wants to go out and throw the baseball, but while you’d rather sit inside and throw back a few stiff ones, you also don’t want to ignore the kid and look like a jerk. Blogs have gotten to the point where, as much as some would like to discard them as amateur and hokey, they cannot be ignored.
Carol Hagen
DECEMBER 8, 2009
I finally found a definitive study from Business.com that devotes a portion of their research to my niche…the construction industry. In the 2009 B2B Social Media Benchmarking study published in November discussed such things as ” What do people consider to be the most useful social media resources for business information?” and ” How do B2B companies judge social media success?
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Julian Construction
DECEMBER 28, 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 Offers House Leveling | Main. | 16 Year Anniversary of Northridge Earthquake - Preparing for the Future, Ensures a Safer Tomorrow » 12/28/2009.
Construction Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Find this. Tyler Oderkirk's Blog. "Scared money don't[sic] make money" Home. Creating a local mirror of Ubuntu’s most popular packages. Posted by Tyler. November 4, 2009. The problem. You want to create local mirrors of the apt repositories that you use but you don’t have enough hard drive space to mirror every package.
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?
Natural Building
OCTOBER 21, 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.
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Green Home Design Architect
MAY 18, 2009
One of our clients is building a lakefront cottage on their property in southern New Hampshire for their visiting children and grandchildren to use during the summer months. Some of their requirements included: Large porch for entertaining and to capture lake views Plenty of bedrooms for extended family A first-floor bedroom to address any future accessibility issues Plenty of storage for seasonal items Large enough common areas (including kitchen, dining, and living areas) for guests to feel co
PSMJ Resources
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
Media blogger Charles Warner wrote in today's Huffington Post that media content is no longer king. Among other things, the proliferation of content of all types of quality on the Web was key to arriving at this point. Warner goes on to assert that mystery of parsing out the good bits of content has been solved by Google, which has become the largest media company in the world by being an aggregator of content, not an originator, a creator of content.
CAD Shack
DECEMBER 24, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009. Add Structural Steel with Revit MEP. Not all Revit is equal. You know this if you have tried adding a ceiling grid with Revit Structure, duct with Revit Architecture, or structural steel with Revit MEP. You can load the families, but try and create an instance and you will get an error telling you "Cant create this kind of element in this view in the current mode".
Do
DECEMBER 23, 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. Wednesday, December 23, 2009. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. (Artwork by Krista). Posted by. alleycatbabe. at 12:41 PM. Reactions: 1 comment: dailyoccurrence. said. Hi! I've recently started my own blog. It's very new and much of it is a work in progress.
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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.
Carol Hagen
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
According to an MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research Study, the average firm spends 71% of their IT budget on running current systems and some blow as much as 80% of their budget keeping the status quo. What if you could reduce this to 50-60% of the IT budget? . That’s what can be achieved over time according to “ IT Savvy ” by Peter Weill & Jeanne W.
Julian Construction
DECEMBER 24, 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 Offers Foundation Underpinning | Main. | Julian Construction Offers House Leveling » 12/24/2009.
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Constructor Marketing that Works
DECEMBER 22, 2009
'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
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.
Natural Building
FEBRUARY 4, 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.
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