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November 11, 2026
Every commercial project in Kelowna reaches a point where the drawings are done, the budget is set, and nothing can start until the City…
November 10, 2026
Renovating an existing commercial building is a different kind of challenge from building a new one, because the structure already has a history that…
November 8, 2026
Owners planning a commercial building in the Okanagan quickly run into two terms that sound similar and are often confused: construction manager and general…
November 6, 2026
Before a single drawing is finished, an owner has to decide how the design team and the builder will work together, and that decision…
November 5, 2026
Before a developer can pull a building permit in British Columbia, the municipality typically asks for a payment that surprises many first-time owners. Development…
November 4, 2026
Every owner who pays a contractor in British Columbia carries a legal duty that is easy to overlook until a dispute lands on the…
November 3, 2026
A tenant improvement is the interior construction that turns an empty commercial shell into a space a business can actually operate in. For landlords,…
November 2, 2026
Every owner wants the building they designed at a price they can finance, and value engineering is the discipline that makes those two goals…
November 1, 2026
Every construction budget carries a line that looks like padding but is actually protection, and that line is the construction contingency. A construction contingency…
October 31, 2026
Before a single footing is poured, the ground has to be understood, and that is the job of a geotechnical investigation. A geotechnical investigation…