This month, "Smart Business" addresses ways to minimize problems when working with people around.
Renovations, both residential and commercial, present special challenges that you don't have to deal with on new construction jobsites. In new construction, you're working in isolated locations surrounded only by fellow hardhats. That creates an entirely different culture than when homeowners or business patrons occupy space just a few feet away. Different behaviors and work practices are called for - vastly different. It's comparable to the different ways you behave at a church service versus hanging around with buddies at a local saloon. Here are some of those differences, along with tips to minimize disruptions.