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January 2010

Jan
26
2010

Successful Restaurant Construction and Development; Getting Started

I thought it would be interesting to start this blog post with a question to test your restaurant construction IQ. What’s the difference between building the back of the house of a TGI Fridays and a McCormick and Schmick’s? Nothing. That’s right, when it comes to restaurant kitchen construction, it doesn’t matter if you’re building [...]

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Jan
19
2010

Secrets to a Successful Commercial Construction Subcontractor Relationship

Martin and Lewis. Simon and Garfunkel. Jordan and Pippen. While each half of these duos has been an independent success, there’s no denying two is often better than one. The same can be said of the relationship between commercial  general contractor and subcontractor. We GCs may think we’re the star, but we all know the [...]

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Jan
12
2010

Commercial Construction Lessons Learned from the Sephora Fire at The Shops at North Bridge

When the news broke before the holidays about a fire at The Shops at North Bridge on Michigan Ave., I had to hold my breath. As a national retail construction contractor, Englewood Construction has completed a number of retail construction projects in that mall. Was anyone hurt? Was it one of our stores?  Thankfully, the [...]

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