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

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Embrace your contractor’s project management technology. Today, all sophisticated construction firms use some type of project management software to run their jobs. Ultimately, a project management portal can result in fewer bottlenecks in the construction schedule due to waiting for feedback or resolution on questions.

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Commercial Construction Project Management: Managing What You Don’t Control

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I wouldn’t go so far as to call myself a control freak, but as a national general contractor, it’s part of the job description to be the one calling the shots and telling everyone what to do on a complex commercial construction project. For some of our clients, OFIs and owner vendors make good sense.

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Key Factors for Choosing a National Commercial Construction General Contractor

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Over the past 20+ years, with 2500 completed commercial construction projects, we have learned that it takes more than a great price to win a bid. Our national retail, restaurant, hospitality, senior living, industrial, and automotive clients are very clear about what factors they look for when it comes time to award a project.

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Customer Relationship Management: Why Good Relationships Are Good Business in Commercial Construction

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Here are three examples of great customer relationship management practices: Opening New Doors: Growing a business often entails thinking outside the box about where and how to mine opportunities, so having an extensive network of relationships to tap into is incredibly important in making new connections that lead to new business.

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

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There’s no magic bullet that will resolve this issue, but I am certainly optimistic when I see the number of young workers entering the field at all levels – from laborers up to a new crop of building construction management graduates. Reshaping the Retail Landscape. Let’s Talk About Commercial Construction Tech.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

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management. Journal of Management in Engineering, 10(6), 26-29. management in the UK construction industry. Management, 6(3), 159-168. International Journal of Project Management, 25(4), 386-393. Project: Empirical Evidence of Collaborative Problem-Solving Benefits. Management Institute.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Nate Schuetz, Construction Manager at Saltbox

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Being a jack of all trades is something that Nate Schuetz, Construction Manager at Saltbox , knows something about. We recently had an opportunity to hear his insight on what it takes to be a construction manager at a startup. Walk us through your career and what led you to become Construction Manager. It happened by chance.