Nothing says you completed a successful education construction job more than thank-you cards from these Bright Horizons kids…
Cupcake restaurants are hot right now in restaurant construction trends. In fact, Chicago cupcake restaurants and food trucks are popping up all over the place. However, the best Chicago cupcakes Englewood Construction ever had were the ones from our latest Chicago education construction job.
After we completed a school construction project for a Bright Horizons pre-school, the teachers and students threw our construction team a thank-you party with decorated cupcakes and hand-made cards. Cute, right? Well, it’s more than that.
I don’t know if the cupcakes were made from scratch or out of a box, but they were the best damn cupcakes for one simple reason – they reminded us how important our jobs are and that commercial construction projects touch the lives of everyone big and small.
There we were, face-to-face with our client’s end-users. If we had skimped on commercial construction costs and used cheap construction materials, or decided to cut corners to speed up the construction schedule, these were the people who would have suffered due to faulty construction.
Don’t worry, I won’t get sappy on you. But commercial construction developers, owners and landlords should never lose sight of how a commercial construction general contractor’s work affects the public and their safety.
…unless it's awesome cupcakes from the teacher. Check out the construction tools on top!
The commercial construction industry is a business and whether you’re a commercial property manager, shopping center landlord or restaurant owner, it’s about the bottom line. Trust me, we provide the best retail/restaurant/office construction budgets we can, but there are additional factors to consider when reviewing your commercial construction bid. Does your GC provide you with an industrial construction preventive-maintenance checklist? What about satisfied commercial construction client testimonials? Also keep in mind that there’s no line item for honesty, work ethic and construction site safety.
All I’m saying, is do the right thing. Whether you’re budgeting a new restaurant construction job, or hiring the best Chicago retail construction firm you can, always keep safety and integrity top of mind because you never know who might be making you cupcakes.
For the record, the Bright Horizons cupcakes were awesome.
Chuck TaylorDirector of Operations
Tel: 847-233-9200 x712
Questions? Comments? You can reach me at chuck.taylor@englewoodconstruction.comwww.EnglewoodConstruction.com
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These cupcakes are too much! So cute and creative from the teacher. The attention to detail is impressive. I’m sure your team was really proud of this job.
Chuck,
We are a carpentry sub out here on the West coast so our service area doesn’t coincide with your territory and unfortunately I wont be bidding any jobs in Chicago but I can say that the attitude of integrity and best practices that you preach is refreshing to hear.
Does this attitude extend to your relationship with your subs? The big nation-wide retail GC’s are notorious for sub busting so much that we tend give the smaller local area GC’s better pricing just because we don’t want to work for the larger (slow paying) ones. If honestly and integrity is important then another big piece of the puzzle that should be of concern is the relationship that GC’s have with their subs. Honestly, we jump through hoops for any GC that can keep their word to us.
As the subcontractors are our life’s blood the attitude should certainly follow to the subs! What most subs forget to realize is that even the best General Contractor can only pay as fast as the client does.
Looks like its safe to say at least from the end user stand point (teachers and students) that current customer satisfaction with that project is very high! Well done! It sure is nice when folks go the extra little bit to say Thank You. The cupcakes look great! Way to go! Dave
Dave,
Thanks for reading. It is always great to know when the effort is appreciated.
Chuck
Dave,
Thanks for reading. It is always great to know when the effort is appreciated.
Chuck