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Materials, selection & how we build
Notes from the field on how we build: project guidance, material comparisons, and the occasional how-to for the trade.
End-of-year construction planning: budgeting for next year's project
The fourth quarter is when a lot of commercial construction planning actually happens, even for projects that will not break ground until well into the followi…
Read the article →Winter weather delays: what to expect on a Texas construction schedule
Texas winters are usually mild enough that owners planning a project rarely think about cold weather the way they think about summer heat or hurricane season…
Read the article →5 ways to accelerate a construction schedule
Most schedule conversations focus on avoiding delay. Fewer focus on actually pulling a finish date forward when the business need calls for it, an early openin…
Read the article →How to prepare your business for a construction project
Most construction planning focuses on the building: the design, the permits, the schedule. Far less attention usually goes to preparing the business that actua…
Read the article →6 signs a construction schedule is already in trouble
By the time a missed completion date actually shows up on the calendar, a construction schedule has usually been in trouble for weeks, sometimes months. The ow…
Read the article →How labor availability affects a construction schedule in a growing market
In a fast-growing construction market, the constraint on a project's schedule is often not permitting, not design, and not even materials. It is the availabili…
Read the article →How rising material costs affect a construction budget
Material costs do not move evenly across a construction budget. Some materials swing sharply and quickly, others stay comparatively stable, and understanding w…
Read the article →Fitness and gym build-out costs
A fitness or gym build-out's cost depends less on square footage and more on what kind of fitness concept is going into the space, since a boutique studio, a f…
Read the article →Auto dealership construction and renovation costs
Auto dealership construction carries a cost structure most other retail categories do not, largely because a dealership almost always has to build to a specifi…
Read the article →Self-storage facility construction cost per square foot
Self-storage is often described as one of the more affordable commercial building types to construct per square foot, and in its simplest form, that is general…
Read the article →Church and religious facility construction costs
Every church or religious facility project comes with a cost question early, usually before the design is far enough along to answer it accurately. The honest…
Read the article →Hotel renovation and PIP compliance explained
Most branded hotel renovations do not start with an owner deciding it is time to update the property. They start with a Property Improvement Plan, commonly cal…
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