Hard Hat Chat

Observations and Conversations about Commercial Construction, Development and Management

Displaying posts filed under

Green Commercial Construction

Commercial Construction Best Practices: How Not to be the Class Dunce

As I recently watched my kids head back in school, it got me thinking that if I could do it all over again, I would have applied myself a little bit more in school—as I think most of would. Luckily, there are all kinds of opportunities for us in the industry to go back to “school” and beef up our commercial construction education, enhance our construction services and learn about the latest commercial construction trends and design build best practices.

Commercial real estate developers, shopping center landlords and restaurant owners should also take advantage of this slow time in the market to attend the various commercial real estate networking events and shopping center conferences to gain insights on the industry or better yet, to sit on a panel to showcase their expertise and highlight their projects.

Share

Sustainable Commercial Construction: Embracing Energy Retrofits

Have you seen the 2009 Green Building Survey? If not, take a look at the recent issue of National Real Estate Investor or Retail Traffic as each includes a special supplement called “Why sustainability endures in the face of recession.” I found the section about embracing energy retrofits especially timely as Englewood Construction recently completed [...]

Share