Tags: Construction Manager, Contractor, Performance Bond, Risk
Nobody likes to feel stupid. Being the only clueless one in a meeting can make you feel smaller than a flea on a Saint Bernard. Save yourself the pain of sweating through the learning curve. Get the clarification you need right here in just a matter of minutes to communicate intelligently about the construction process. [...]
Tags: Bad Apples, commercial construction, Interest Rates, Real Estate
You can picture it clearly in your mind. The new flagship facility your company needs to create a distinctive image and make business more efficient and profitable is so close you can almost taste it. However, the lagging economy may have convinced you to put your building plans on hold. Despite the current mood, you [...]
Tags: higher productivity, insurance, lower overhead, Safe contractors
As a conscientious business owner, you want to keep control of safety issues on the site of your construction project. Naturally, you want all workers to be alive and well at the end of the day and return home with all their pieces and parts intact. You may also recognize that safe contractors help you [...]
Tags: consumption, facilities, retrofits, Sustainable, washroom
Being in the industry, I tend to notice the small things in facilities that I never noticed before. Things like if facility owners are embracing sustainability. Which is why when I enter a bathroom in a building that has paper towels, old faucets and toilets, I can’t help but notice wasted opportunity to go green. [...]
Tags: Construction, Cost Savings, Green, LEED, Sustainable
Do you envy the green? The environmentally friendly kind of green, that is. If you’re anticipating a new construction project, and you are environmentally conscious, you may consider the LEED program. LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a program operated by the U.S. Green Building Council; it provides building owners and operators with [...]
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