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Successful Commercial Construction Strategies and Operations: Tip #2

Chuck Taylor Chicago, Commercial Construction, Construction Bids, construction management, englewood construction, general contractors, Retail Construction, Strategies September 24, 2009

Key Steps Commercial Developers Can Take to Ensure Their Contractors are Financially Stable

In today’s market there’s no such thing as too much due diligence – especially when it comes to checking the financial stability of your contractors. Whether you’re hiring a general contractor, architect, engineer or some other consultant, their ability to pay their subs directly and on time affects the success of your commercial construction project.

blog_3 For example, if your general contractor falls behind on paying their sub contractors, or they don’t pay them at all, then those subs have lien rights that you as the developer or your tenant will have to pay the sub contractor or defend your rights as a property owner.

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Successful Commercial Construction Strategies and Operations: Tip #1

Bill Di Santo Chicago, Commercial Construction, Construction Bids, construction management, englewood construction, general contracting, general contractors, hospitality contruction, industrial contruction, property development, Restaurant Construction, Retail Construction, Strategies September 22, 2009

How Developers Can Decrease Operating Costs by Thousands of Dollars

blog_2 How would you like to “find” thousands of dollars in your operating budget?

All you need to do is answer a couple questions. How did you file the documents for your last commercial construction project? Did your general contractor give you a big fat binder of information including your warranty letters, operating manuals, as-built drawings, etc? If so, you probably put those documents in a banker’s box or two and then stored them in your office. Or maybe you paid to have the documents stored in a warehouse.

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Retail Development and Construction: Getting Started

Bill Di Santo Chicago, Commercial Construction, Construction Bids, construction news, englewood construction, general contracting, general contractors, Retail Construction September 10, 2009

What Every Developer Should Ask General Contractors During the Retail Construction Bid Process

blog_1_zara_kids_old_orchard_skokie_il For my first blog post, a lot of people at Englewood Construction suggested I write about how to choose a retail construction company. But one person said that would be “boiling the ocean.” After she explained to me what that meant, I agreed – it’s a topic too ambitious for me to conquer in one post. Instead, I decided to write a series on the topic, starting with where to find a reputable contractor and what questions to ask.

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