Construction Insights

Every commercial project in Kelowna reaches a point where the drawings are done, the budget is set, and nothing can start until the City…

Renovating an existing commercial building is a different kind of challenge from building a new one, because the structure already has a history that…

Every multi-family project in Kelowna begins with a question that has nothing to do with design or price: what is this land legally allowed…

Owners planning a commercial building in the Okanagan quickly run into two terms that sound similar and are often confused: construction manager and general…

When the first frost arrives in the Okanagan, many owners assume that building has to stop until spring. In reality, winter construction is a…

Before a single drawing is finished, an owner has to decide how the design team and the builder will work together, and that decision…

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…

Every owner who pays a contractor in British Columbia carries a legal duty that is easy to overlook until a dispute lands on the…

A tenant improvement is the interior construction that turns an empty commercial shell into a space a business can actually operate in. For landlords,…

Every owner wants the building they designed at a price they can finance, and value engineering is the discipline that makes those two goals…

Every construction budget carries a line that looks like padding but is actually protection, and that line is the construction contingency. A construction contingency…

Before a single footing is poured, the ground has to be understood, and that is the job of a geotechnical investigation. A geotechnical investigation…