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What is lean construction, and what does it mean for you?
When it comes to the construction industry, lean principles are creating meaningful change that stand to significantly improve the customer experience.
Building Security: Head It Off When Designing, Building Your New Commercial Construction Project
When you’re imagining the next chapter in the legacy of your business, chances are you aren’t giving much thought to the dangers that could emerge over time. Yet now, more than ever, security is a concern for businesses and one that should be considered during the early stages of the commercial construction process.
Manufacturing construction looks promising for 2018
Growth in manufacturing construction has been stagnant in 2017, but that’s expected to change in 2018. Watch for robotics, 3D printing, nearsharing and sustainability to trend. For currents trends in other market sectors, download our2017 Commercial Construction Trend Report.
Three Things You Need to Know About Offsite Construction
As the construction industry rises to meet changing trends and ever-present challenges, a movement toward offsite construction is gaining steam. With offsite construction methods, components of a project are prefabricated elsewhere and shipped to the building site, then assembled.
Most Common Obstacles in Commercial Construction Projects
As with any large-scale commercial construction project, you may encounter obstacles along the way toward achieving your final vision.
How to Design Your Workspace Construction for Maximum Productivity (Hint: Design-Build can help!)
When designing your workspace construction, one of the most important considerations—if not THE most important consideration—is making sure it allows your staff to maximize their productivity.
What’s trending in warehousing?
Online shopping is booming, which means more retailers need a lot more space to house their goods. That just about says it all when looking at warehouse design-build contractor trends. Here are the details.
Life After Dark: Tips for Commercial Property Owners to Repurpose Dark Retail
For commercial property developers, dark retail can be a source of frustration, blight & erosion of property value. Tips for Commercial property owners.
Experts Warn Canadian Lumber Tariffs Could Affect Residential, Commercial Construction
Just a few months ago, the U.S. Department of Commerce put into place a duty rate of approximately 20 percent on Canadian softwood lumber exports to the U.S., a tariff that was retroactive for 90 days.
What’s trending in senior housing?
Senior housing is expected to boom in coming years. If you’re a developer, baby boomer or are in the senior housing industry, this is for you. For currents trends in other market sectors, download our 2017 Commercial Construction Trend Report.