Building For The FutureThe future is always uncertain, but to succeed a business must plan for it. The planning should take all possibilities and contingencies into account and develop a business plan that is flexible and quick to react to changing market conditions. Although most executives do not realize this, the same kind of planning should go into their construction projects. A business can never be static - it must grow or fall back. To grow, it needs space - space to operate from, space to manufacture and space to store.
Flexibility in building design and construction that allows for space to be reconfigured in the most cost effective manner to accommodate new business demands is not something that is easily done. Another factor that must be taken into account is the rapid advances in green technology that will reduce a business's carbon footprint and eventually reduce energy costs. These are not among the core competencies of most organizations. The problem with being flexible and attempting to future proof a building is that the various agencies involved in the construction - the client, the designer and the builder - all have their own imperatives. The client is concerned with costs, space utilization, and construction timeframes and so on. The architect tries to incorporate these needs to an architectural concept but must often affect compromises for technical, aesthetic or regulatory reasons. The builder also has cost, technical and feasibility limitations. Because there are three main parties involved, discussions and finding the optimum solutions can be a complex and time consuming job; and often one that leaves one or more of the parties dissatisfied.
Design-build construction offers an effective solution to this problem. In design-build, one agency does both the design and the construction. There are thus only two parties involved - the client and the design-build contractor. This makes communications much more effective as it is now direct between only the client and the contractor with no third party interjections. Finding solutions and reaching a consensus on a course of action is simplified. And once a decision has been agreed to, it is up to the contractor to implement them.
Building for the future is not easy - it can never be an exact science because the future is an unknown quantity. But, if the design, project management and construction expertise is ideally placed to understand client needs, projections for the future and budgetary issues and delivery is not an issue and the client gets what he wants. This is what the company calls its "Concierge Service." If your business is thinking of construction and wants a building that will meet your operating requirements as well as cater to what you project for the future, 'Platinum Builders Inc. is the design-build contractor that will deliver it.
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Contact us to see how simple it is to get the building you need. Contact details are available on our website - www.platinumbuildersinc.com. As a client, you can be as involved or as hands off as you want. Either way, you can be sure that you will be delivered the building you want, at the cost you want and within the timeframe you need. That's the benefit of dealing with a professional construction management company.
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"Quick turnaround is what makes our tenants and future clients respond. I call on Platinum because I know it will get done both quickly and efficiently." - S.C.
"Platinum does a great job on all of our tenant improvement projects......big or small, they execute the same." - P.S.
"Communication is critical to the success of a seamless construction project. Platinum really excels in articulating deliverables." - M.D.
"As a broker, I need to add value to my clients to win business in this highly competitive market. Platinum Builders has given me the strategic advantage on a number of deals." - M.C.
"Between the sales support and field supervision, Platinum Builders in the best G.C group that I have dealt with in years." - T.J.
"Professionalism and proactive thinking is what sets them apart from the pack." - M.M. |     Industry News Cities with the Most New Construction
Thanks to the housing bubble, Phoenix garnered a reputation for dusty abandoned homes and half-built tracts of retail sprawl. Arizona's biggest city suffered a 55% drop in home prices since the 2006 peak and it consistently ranks among the country's 20 worst cities in terms of foreclosures. Yet a recent rebound in home sales — and more modestly in home prices — has spurred talk of a recovery there.
Turns out that budding rebound extends out into overall construction, too. In 2011, the Phoenix metro area welcomed a 41% increase in new construction, totaling $5.3 billion in new starts for both residential and non-residential building projects. "In the case of markets that were categorized by the housing boom and bust, that [construction] correction has already occurred," explains Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs at McGraw-Hill Construction, a New York City-based construction data firm. "Now areas like Phoenix are in the process of seeing an upturn in new structures - that aren't even necessarily housing. "In Phoenix, that construction spending jump comes in part from a new $5 billion Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility for which $1.5 billion worth of building began last year. The up-and-coming facility, located outside of city limits in nearby Chandler, Ariz., helped thrust the Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area into the No. 8 spot on Forbes' list of the American Cities with the Most New Construction.
To compile our list, the folks at McGraw-Hill Construction sorted through building data for the nation's Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) to find the 20 places where the most money was spent on new construction in 2011. MSAs, geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, include the cities for which they are named as well as the surrounding suburbs. We looked at the dollar amount of new construction starts, or projects where ground has been broken and work begun, for structures that fall under the "Total Building" umbrella. Total Building includes single-family home construction, multi-family home construction, office space, retail space, warehouses, healthcare facilities, educational buildings, manufacturing plants and research facilities. read more...
Courtesy: www.forbes.com
Green Building Voice
DOE launches Zero-Net Energy
Commercial Building Initiative
 With the aim of drastically reducing the amount of energy that buildings consume by 2025, the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a new program called the Zero-Net Energy Commercial Building Initiative (CBI). The program's objective is to make new commercial buildings capable of generating as much energy as they consume available by using advanced energy efficiency technologies and on-site renewable energy generation systems, such as solar power and geothermal energy. In 2005, commercial buildings used 18 percent of energy in the United States, accounting for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
DOE's Building Technologies Program aims to support High Performance Green Building activities in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) including: technology research and development; provision of technical assistance to encourage widespread technology adoption; development of a means for measurement and verification of energy savings; work with code-setting bodies to ensure technologies are properly deployed; and analysis of incentives for builders, landlords, and tenants to ensure that cost-effective investments are made on a life-cycle basis.
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