As a construction professional, being a good salesman will help you to stay ahead of the curve. If you are good at your job, most of your clients won’t need you again for decades to come. While word of mouth will help to increase your customer base, here are some pro-active tips that will help you to grow your business.
Read on for more tips on how to cut costs and streamline your procedures to make your construction enterprises as efficient as possible!
Over the next couple of weeks we will be bringing you a series of Ol Sage posts that help you to cut costs and improve profitability.
Energy efficient home design relies on effective building envelopes and as these get tighter, some concerns are being raised about poor indoor air quality. This has led many construction professionals to add mechanical ventilation to their designs.
When is a floor not a floor? When it’s a roof of course. Have you ever been curious if you can use sub-floor panels like TRUFLOR for a roof application? Read on for the answer!
Employee owned and operated since 1963, Alpine Lumber is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Their secret to success? Exceptional, unparalleled customer service and the pride that comes from employee ownership. “What’s important to us is to be the best supplier and resource to our customers. Although we have grown our company over the years to meet the needs of the relationships we have with our customers, our desire is not to be the biggest, it is to be the best,” says Hamid Taha, President.
Because glass is a poor insulator, the large amounts of energy that are wasted trying to keep the interior of office buildings and schools comfortable make glass unviable for those who wish to create an effective building envelope. Designers are torn between form and function, having to compromise either their vision or sustainability goals. Now phase change windows offer a new evolution in energy efficient window systems that will enable designers to let the light shine in.
Since its inception in 1993, Hann Builders has set the standard in custom home building in the greater Houston area. “We have fairly unique weather in Texas and we have to build to keep moisture out while ensuring that each home is as energy efficient as possible,” says founder and president Stephen Hann. With 98 days over 90°F and an average relative humidity of 77.0, effective cooling and accounting for moisture require careful planning and unique design in the Houston climate.
Thinking about drilling some holes in your TruFlor to allow for drainage of rain water? Better consult the Ol’ Sage Builder for the ‘hole’ truth on the matter!
The Ferrier family has a long history in the construction industry. Don Ferrier, president of Ferrier Custom Homes, is the third generation of Ferriers to explore groundbreaking construction techniques. Ferrier Inc. pride themselves on the exemplary energy efficiency of their buildings and constantly adopt new techniques that help them to build above and beyond code requirements.
