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Should you be your own general contractor?
2008-06-09 01:22:00 Should you be your own general contractor next time you do a major construction project around the house? Will being your own general contractor save you money? Will being your own general contractor save you time? Will being your own general contractor get you the best products for less money?These are questions I hear from home owners all the time. Those are questions I asked myself years ago when my wife and I bought our first home while I was still working as a consulting engineer. In fact, I tried out that role when we completely renovated our 1950's ranch. Today I manage a large division of a construction company that provides both general contracting services and full design build construction management services. This short informational post will give you my thoughts on those questions.Should you be your own general contractor?This is a hard question to answer in my opinion. I'm writing this post today because last night my wife and I were watching the TV show Flip This ...
Quality, Versatility And Design Are Key To Denver Custom Home Success
2008-03-13 23:54:00 Broker IPTV: Today we are talking with Jon Crabtree from Frontgate Development Group and Jon you are medium to small builder, what would you say? Jon Crabtree: I would say pretty smaller actually. We try to only do a few...
Frontgate Development Proves "Over The Top" Features Get Homes Sold
2008-03-13 23:36:00 Broker IPTV: Today we are talking with Jon Crabtree from the Frontgate Developing Group and Jon thanks for being with us. Always like to talk the builders when we can? Jon Crabtree: Sure. Broker IPTV: Where are you building, what...
Tilt-up Construction: A General Contractor's Approach to Innovative Commerc
2007-11-02 16:38:00 Have you ever driven past a construction site and seen massive cranes lifting huge panels of concrete in the air? Have you watched with amazement as a new commercial building seems to spring into place, almost overnight? What you have witnessed is tilt-up construction, an innovative method for building office buildings, retail centers, warehouses, distribution centers, call centers, manufacturing facilities and other commercial / industrial structures with amazing speed, safety, and cost benefits. So what is the difference between tilt-up and other types of construction? In traditional forms of wall construction, the walls can be built with CMU blocks or blocks faced with brick. For some types of buildings, the exterior wall is made up of structural steel columns with heavy gauge metal studs covered with gyp sheathing, which is then faced with brick or stucco. Regardless which traditional approach is used, building the exterior walls is a time-consuming, multi-stepped p...
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Pinnacle Las Vegas Luxury Condos Names Dick Corp General Contractor
2007-09-05 17:05:00 Pinnacle Las Vegas luxury condos names Dick Corp. as general contractor. Pinnacle real estate, is a $740 million condo resort development with 1,100 units near the Orleans hotel. Dick Pacific Construction is the Honolulu, HI subsidiary of the Pittsburgh contractor who will oversee the daily construction of the real estate. Some notable construction ... Tags: Las Vegas Real Estate, Las Vegas Condos, Pinnacle Las Vegas, Las Vegas Construction News, pinnacle las vegas, las vegas condos, pinnacle las vegas condos, dick pacific construction, las vegas luxury condos, las vegas high rise (Comments)
George W. Bush: General Contractor
2007-07-04 07:24:00 [From: The Specious Report.] Imagine that you have bought your dream house. There are repairs to be made, so you hire a contractor. “You have termites,” the contractor says. “I have to bomb your house.” “Shouldn’t we wait to see if we have evidence of termites?” you ask. “No, the termites are a clear and present danger. We need ...
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