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Is Your Vertical Retail Construction Project a Mess or a Success?

blog_4_water_tower_place_chicago Some may disagree, but we at Englewood Construction think the challenges commercial developers face in opening a store in a vertical mall are more complex than any other type of retail store construction.

Why? Because a vertical shopping center can be made of many floors within a tight city block foot print that has only one opening (and if best two elevators) where all goods, materials, and debris can enter and exit. Coordinating traffic and usage between retailers, building operators and construction personnel can make or break the project.

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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 09/24/2009

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 09/22/2009

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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