As a business owner or manager, your building is an investment that you’d like to protect from harsh weather; therefore, here are a few tips on how to prepare your building and grounds for cooler temperatures, ice, and snow.
Cory Sursely
Environmental Choices That Should Save Money for Your Office
(Updated 11/18/20) You may or may not have ever thought about what your company could do to save the environment, but I bet that you’ve thought a lot about how your company can cut costs. The Florida Green Building Coalition has a list of simple actions that a company can take to save energy and water and just be a little greener in general. Here are the 7 highlights from the Florida Green Building Coalition's list:
- Get Educated – designate a staff member to do research or subscribe to a newsletter.
Why Convert a House into a Dental Office?
Especially When Commercial Space Is So Efficient
How Wolgast Selects the Best Subcontractors
The science of selecting the best subcontractor (sub) for a construction project is based on finding the right balance of price and value among the entire pool of contractors available. Looking at price alone is a gamble the purchaser takes with the potential of surprises and unmet expectations. If you mix the price with good value, you’re likely to get exactly what you expect at the price you were quoted and with the customer service to back it up.
Could a Facility Study Save Your School/Community?
Taking on Today's Challenges to Improve Outdated School Buildings
Many Michigan school boards and schools districts are facing the same problem, outdated buildings with fewer students and a community that already feels burdened by taxes. Asking tax payers to take on a bond to make school improvements seems like it would be a big challenge. Without the right information and resources, it is a much bigger challenge.
Take Caution When Hiring the Low Bidder
What Can Happen When You Pick the Low Bid?
Part Two about the Professional Contractor
What Makes a "Professional" General Contractor?
Customer Service is the Key
Construction Safety on School Grounds
We’ve all heard that with great power comes great responsibility, but it’s especially true with the power equipment and tools used on school construction sites. Student safety becomes a big deal as School Districts continue to make updates and renovate their existing/occupied buildings. It’s a big deal also due to the increase of “strangers” who enter the school grounds to work on a construction project. This is demonstrated by the increasing efforts of schools to qualify visitors before they’re allowed to enter school buildings.
3 Important Reasons for a General Contractor to Be Bondable
Protecting Yourself during Construction
Is a Systemized Approach Better for Your Construction Project?
There may be a few wacky business owners out there that like surprises and unpredictability. When planning their construction project they don’t care how their new building turns out, how much it costs, or whenever it gets completed. If those business owners exist, we wouldn’t know.
Predictable & Organized
A systemized approach to a construction project is the best way to eliminate surprises and unknowns. The obvious benefit to this systemized construction process is that the look of an un-built building, cost to construct, and project schedule are accurately forecasted and guaranteed before a shovel ever meets the ground.