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Feb
15
2011

Commercial Construction Checklist on Beating the Next Chicago Blizzard

The Chicago blizzard of 2011 is a story we’ll be talking about for generations. While most businesses, including commercial construction projects, were closed on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2011, that didn’t mean the best Chicago contractors weren’t working. After all, shopping center landlords, restaurants and retailers couldn’t afford to be closed two days in a row.

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Jan
18
2011

Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

January is a great time to create a commercial construction checklist of resolutions to help improve your commercial real estate business in the coming year. I’m sure some of you don’t have the time to draft a list of resolutions, so I’ve done it for you – you can thank me later. Whether you’re looking [...]

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Oct
7
2010

Commercial Construction Building Material Costs: Buy Now or Later?

I heard a Home Depot ad on the radio recently targeted to commercial general contractors that made me pause. The spot is about the costs of commercial construction and how buying building materials in bulk can help GCs save money and bring down a construction project bid so they win the contract. On the surface, the [...]

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