Archive for July, 2010
Design/Build Tenant Improvements
When it comes to tenant improvements, two classic models are the design/bid/ build method and the design/build method. The design/build method of making tenant improvements is a little more collaborative than the design/bid/build method, which is more linear, each party having their own separate role. Since the design/bid/build method is more common in construction, today’s [...]
Office Build-outs: What’s Involved, Exactly?
Turn-key commercial space is only as good as its ability to meet your every changing needs. You recognize that. You feel it every day, in fact. And it’s time for a change. So you’re interested in office build-outs. But you’re asking yourself, what exactly would the process be? What’s the magic number of steps involved [...]
Impact Resistant Windows: You Never You Know What Might Hit You
Impact resistant windows aren’t just important in hurricane season. Once, when I was a kid, my cousin drove his car right through the picture window of the neighbor’s house. Another time, a bird flew directly into our sliding glass doors on the patio. I saw the whole thing, to my dismay. I was reading the [...]
Along The Gulf, Hurricane Windows Face Hurricane Alex
If you live in the Gulf Coast region, you probably have hurricane windows on your home. You’ve seen your share of bad weather in the past few years–and it isn’t stopping, either. Hurricane Alex is the latest troublemaker, causing turbulent seas that are disrupting the BP oil spill clean-up. As a resident of the region, [...]