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How technology can help you maintain your profit margins at residential projects

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Setbacks like supply chain disruptions and rising energy prices are putting pressure on residential construction profit margins. We’ll explore three ways this technology is keeping the residential construction industry profitable. More to read: Common challenges of residential construction projects.

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Dept. of Energy issues model energy code determinations for commercial, residential buildings

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Department of Energy has issued pre-publication Federal Register notice regarding updated model building energy codes. 2019 will increase energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings, the notice says. The IECC will increase efficiency in residential buildings by 9.4%, DOE says.

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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions

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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions FitzGerald completed renovations on Millennium on LaSalle, a 14-story building in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. Originally built in 1902, the former office building now comprises 211 apartment units and marks LaSalle Street’s first complete office-to-residential conversion.

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California is a Model for PACE Loan Reform

Green Building Law Update

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007. 2693 and Assembly Bill No.

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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this

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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this 0 dbarista Tue, 07/11/2023 - 10:44 Multifamily Housing Is the office-to-residential conversion really what’s best for our downtowns from a cultural, urban, economic perspective? Or is this silver bullet really a poison pill?

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International Code Council Seeks Proposals for Energy Conservation Model Code Update

ENR Construction

The International Code Council, the developer of “International” family of model building codes, is accepting code change proposals through Oct. 12 for the update of the ICC’s 2024 International Energy Conservation Code and Chapter 11 of the International Residential Code,

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Rethinking the residential contractor sales model: The “Valve Stem” sales strategy

Construction Marketing Ideas

Corey Philip of HomeProSuccess suggests a timing adjustment about when to present the price/offer when you are conducting a residential sales call can bring about big differences in the closing rate and relationship quality. He calls it the “valve stem strategy” and the concept is quite simple.