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8 Important Items To Include in Your Winter Protection Plan

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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.

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Beating the Construction Labour Shortage

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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.

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Coffered Ceilings – An Infographic

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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.

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Interior Finishes – Designing With Use In Mind

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The finishes in a building are what your end users will see. The construction of a building is funny, we spend all this effort and time in coordinating electrical, mechanical, structure just to make sure the finishes line up.

I’ve noticed in my time within this industry that sometimes there isn’t a lot of forethought that goes into the finish selection based on the end users. Today I have included some guidelines on finishes to use depending on the end users.

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Renovation in Construction – Tips and Suggestions for a Successful Project

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The construction industry is changing and a higher percentage of construction companies work is related to renovations instead of new builds. Renovations are often more complex than green-field projects because the work you are performing can impact existing occupants or negatively impact the building itself.

Today’s article will help to outline some of the common challenges found in renovation work and how to overcome those challenges.

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