The notorious change order – an often-inevitable disruption to budgets, schedules, and all predictability as we know it. Even with the best intentions of a complication-free job, any industry expert understands the rarity that represents. Sometimes COs are the product...
The pandemic shaping consumer habits has been an undeniable force, however much of the retail repositioning in 2021 has been in motion for some time – even before COVID. Following an ICSC discussion reflecting on big retail trends, there were some common threads worth...
Commercial contractors continue to battle various shortages brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Many claim the difficulty in procurement of some construction materials and the cost associated with shortages won’t go away anytime soon. From Old Forge’s experience,...
I tuned into an episode of the AIA’s NJ Post Pandemic Webinar Series that highlighted day care spaces and the facility design changes anticipated in a post-pandemic world. When the COVID-19 outbreak began, architects were forced to research and quickly establish best...
Yesterday I sat in on a panel discussion covering the evolution of warehouse and distribution real estate that revealed some compelling findings of a recent NAIOP Research Foundation report. There were three immediate themes noticed by industry researchers: Fully...