Design Build Construction

Posted on the: May 24, 2018

Why Design-Build Firms Need Quick-Line Linear Lighting

When it comes to linear lighting, there’s a new game in town: Quick-Line by Amerlux. This linear LED lighting solution combines the easiest installation process with the industry’s fastest delivery in a spec-grade product available at a commodity-grade price point. Designed specifically to address all the problems design-build contractors typically[...]

Posted on the: May 23, 2018

Quick, Easy Linear Lighting: The Design-Build Contractor’s Checklist

With every project, design-build contractors have to balance time, speed and quality when they select building materials. High-quality items are nice, but not if they come with high costs and/or long delivery times. High-quality items that have accompanying high costs and take months to be delivered to the jobsite punch[...]

Posted on the: May 17, 2018

Amerlux Listens to Innovate; Solves Design, Availability, Install Issues

New Linear LED Saves Time, Money for Design-Build Firms, Architects, Contractors OAKLAND, N.J. – May 17, 2018 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it has launched a linear lighting product that essentially eliminates availability and installation headaches for contractors, designers and end users. Amerlux’s new Quick-Line is[...]

Posted on the: May 2, 2018

7 Reasons Why Contractors Fail at Installing Linear Lighting

LEDs make for very attractive and efficient linear lighting options in commercial and retail spaces for building owners and users. But there’s a lot that can go wrong when installing linear lighting. Installation presents all kinds of headaches for the builders, from inaccurate architectural drawings to the fixtures bending during[...]

Posted on the: April 17, 2018

Linear Lighting: A Checklist for Design-Build Firms

Design-build firms provide value to clients in the form of lower-priced building projects developed on a shorter timeline than traditional construction models. A design-build contractor will compress construction timelines by incorporating the design and construction teams together and beginning some construction during the design phase. To deliver projects on-time and[...]

Posted on the: March 27, 2018

How Design-Build Firms Find More Value for Clients

The design-build construction model offers customers a faster and lower-cost means of building, compared to the traditional design-bid-build model. Design-build firms accomplish this feat by merging the design and construction teams together, centralizing accountability and facilitating more efficient information-sharing. Commercial building projects are focused on ROI and design-build firms help[...]

Posted on the: December 8, 2017

How Contractors Reduce Costly Call-Backs

Electrical contractors are extremely busy these days, as more organizations rush to upgrade their lighting to take advantage of tax credits before they expire. Because the clock is ticking, contractors don’t have time for lighting fixtures that are difficult to install or skimp on quality. Their customers demand high-performing, energy-efficient[...]

Posted on the: November 15, 2017

Avista Receives U.S. Patent Protection for Game-Changing Pedestrian Lights

Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it has been granted U.S. patent protection for intellectual property incorporated into its game-changing Avista pedestrian light engine. Avista’s breakthrough IP66 sealed LED optical chamber prevents water intrusion, which is the No. 1 cause of light failure. In addition, Avista was designed[...]

Posted on the: November 3, 2017

How Dim Parking Garage Lights Increase Liability

Parking garage developers need to fully understand the challenges that their clients—ranging from municipal managers to university facility managers—face when they become responsible for operating a dark, glare-filled venue. While the nation’s estimated 40,000 parking garage facilities are intended to provide visitors with a safe, secure, and convenient place to[...]