For nearly 60 years, Edison, N.J.-based Forest Electric Corp. has served the commercial electrical contracting needs of corporate and service organizations throughout New York and New Jersey. Nowhere was their expertise more...

I was eating a salad (I really do like a big salad with a lot of protein) when my grandson appeared at my elbow as “Silent,” his superhero persona. He is called Silent because no one ever hears him coming. He asked me to...

Once considered an out-of-the-box process for construction projects, design/build is becoming the preferred delivery method for a growing number of public and private owners, according to FMI Corp.’s Design-Build Utilization...

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” When automaker Henry Ford said these words, he could have been describing the intended outcome of collaborating on construction...

It is generally accepted that design/build (DB) projects represent a source of lucrative work for electrical contractors (ECs). In fact, ECs cite this discipline as one that will contribute to future growth.At the beginning...

Electrical contractors’ participation in design/build (D/B) projects continues to increase annually, with 36 percent of the respondents to Electrical ­Contractor’s 2012 Profile of the Electrical Contractor study stating that...

The federal government’s many agencies commonly accept the design/build project delivery method advantages, but it’s still a select number of contractors that win these projects. The trend may change as federal agencies...