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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.
Planning a construction project around hurricane season on the Gulf Coast
Building on the Gulf Coast means building on a schedule that has to account for hurricane season, whether or not a storm ever actually threatens a specific pro…
Read the article →What a hotel renovation costs and what shapes the number
A hotel renovation budget is set less by square footage than by a document most owners did not write themselves: the brand's Property Improvement Plan. The PIP…
Read the article →Retail build-out costs in Texas: what to budget
Retail build-out budgets swing more than almost any other commercial project type, because two spaces with the same square footage can start from completely di…
Read the article →Distribution center construction
A distribution center is a warehouse in the sense that both are large, open industrial buildings, but the similarities mostly end there. A distribution center…
Read the article →What preconstruction actually saves you
Every project that breaks ground before the budget, scope, and constructability are actually settled ends up paying for that gap later, in change orders, sched…
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