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LeFrois Made RBJ’s Sq. Footage Top 5 List
Recently, LeFrois made Rochester Business Journal’s Real Estate Developers List for local non-residential square footage. We ranked 4th for our existing local non-residential square footage. And number TWO for our 72,500 sq.ft. of development underway! Check out RBJ’s graph below!
3 Ways to Minimize Maintenance Costs on Your Building This Winter
[updated January 2018] When Winter Meets Construction Winter can be a brutal time for your building. If you’re a tenant of one of our Rochester area projects, the heavy snow and icy aftermath can snowball into some costly maintenance. Take
So You Want to Build a Building: Where to Begin?
Congratulations! You’ve decided you want a building! Now comes the fun part: getting it built! But let’s not jump the gun quite yet. A lot of work goes into every building project before a shovel can even enter the ground.
“What Construction Process Should I Choose?”: Hard Bid Versus Design/Build
When you’re determining which route to take to construct your building, you may wonder if it’s better to go with a Hard Bid set of plans or to contract a company that will design and build your project. While either
Building “Green” for I-Square
LeFrois Helps Irondequoit Decrease Pollution to Lake Ontario IRONDEQUOIT – Lifelong resident, Mike Nolan, set out to build Irondequoit its own town center, “I-Square”. Nolan chose LeFrois as construction manager because “LeFrois is like a friend.” Nolan claims, “I’m not
What Is Revit?
Revit is a type of architectural software that is changing the entire building and design business. It is changing the way plans are transformed from one person’s vision to being a reality for everyone involved in the project. Revit brings
What is BIM (Building Information Modeling)?
Thanks to modern technology and innovations in design and architecture, there are ways for all parties involved in a project to see exactly what will be brought to life. That technology is Building Information Modeling, or BIM. BIM allows for
The Difficulties of Not Being Able to Visualize Your Building Before Construction
When you know exactly what you want in a building, but can’t fully express that vision clearly, it can be extremely difficult to feel confident in the building process. If you or the team you have secured to bring that
GPS Construction Technology Changes Construction Industry
The time and energy spent surveying, estimating, and relying on old technologies can really add up. Whenever inefficient methods are used and machinery is being utilized more than it needs to be, the costs go up and days are lost.
