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8 Important Items To Include in Your Winter Protection Plan

In the words of everyone’s favourite HBO character John Snow “Winter is coming”. For those of you in warm climates, consider yourself lucky, for those of you like us that live in colder climates, it’s time to start planning if you haven’t already. Each year we have a season that demands the most of our construction projects. From making logistics more difficult, freezing liquids, making certain surfaces incompatible winter is a challenging time to work.

Before winter comes you should already have a plan in place on how to deal with the change in conditions. This week we’re running you through eight things that need to be part of your winter protection plan.

Beating the Construction Labour Shortage

It doesn’t matter where you look nowadays there are headlines in the news daily telling us about the labour shortage. It’s a real problem and one that likely won’t be going away anytime soon. Since this is the case, we thought we’d help you out with an article on ways you can help to combat the industry labour shortage.

Coffered Ceilings – An Infographic

A few weeks back we were browsing the different websites we regularly check into and found a great infographic on coffered ceilings. For those of you that don’t know, coffered ceilings are those fancy looking ceilings you see in fancy houses that get framed up into a pocket. They can be used on commercial construction as well – with great success.

Five Ways to Make Your Building More Efficient

The environment matters and a lot of building owners are taking steps to ensure their property operates more efficiently. There are a lot of recommendations out there, but, after working in the industry for several years we’ve been able to see where the most bang for your buck exists. These are some of the simplest solutions which will help to improve your property: