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Building Solutions

The Building Solutions team at CRH is a group of construction industry veterans with diverse backgrounds — from general contractors, architects, and engineers to business owners, developers, and urban planners. We've seen first-hand how technology, the economy, and politics can affect the construction industry. Through our blog and articles on our website, we provide you with our insights to help you understand these influencing factors and plan for the road ahead.

February 11, 2015 Building a Case for Social Media “Social media, really?” That’s not an uncommon reaction when I speak to others inside and outside the construction industry about the importance of having a ...Keep Reading
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February 10, 2015 Upfront Work for a Project: How to Handle Unbilled Hours No one who owns or operates a business wants to be in the position of asking themselves: Where did the money go? This sobering reality is often linked to the ...Keep Reading
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February 2, 2015 Project Budget Overruns: Value Engineering Options Construction projects occasionally require changes at the design stage to achieve a workable solution. A reduction in the available budget, stakeholder ...Keep Reading
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February 2, 2015 How Proper Schedule Management Saves Money Owners of most construction projects, ultimately bound to a fixed budget, consistently raise concerns about delays and disputes over costs caused by time ...Keep Reading
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February 2, 2015 Public Private Partnerships - Benefits of the Integrated Approach in Construction Faced with the challenge of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure in a challenging fiscal environment, governments and policy makers at every level have been ...Keep Reading
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January 27, 2015 Advances in Above Ground Pre-fab It’s no surprise that pre-fab is catching on. Last year, Mortenson Construction finished construction of the $623 million St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. The ...Keep Reading
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January 27, 2015 The Top 7 Ways to Grow Your Business Without Spending a Lot of Money While every business is different there are some basic principles you can apply that can give you a solid foundation for business growth. The following tips ...Keep Reading
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January 27, 2015 The Importance of Your Brand in Creating Customer Preference So let’s start at a common misconception. A brand is not your logo. A logo is part of your brand but your brand is much more. Your brand is the summation of ...Keep Reading
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January 27, 2015 Reduce the Finger Pointing: Build Smarter with Precast In the years 70-80 AD, the Romans built the Coliseum using vaulted arches made of precast concrete to add strength to the building without adding excessive ...Keep Reading
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January 27, 2015 Mitigate Scheduling Risk: Pre-Fab BIM Adopting Building Information Modeling (BIM) takes time, energy, and resources, creating an unavoidable learning curve. Design decisions must be made early and ...Keep Reading
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January 8, 2015 2015, A Great Year of Building Solutions 2015 was an exciting year for the construction industry! Millennials are driving multifamily housing and changing how we hire; permeable concrete is more ...Keep Reading
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