Becoming effective and efficient at bidding on projects can mean more jobs landed for your company. While the types of bidding strategies in construction may differ depending on your company, your communication style and your clients, the bidding process follows roughly the same steps regardless of the residential project.
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We’re thrilled to announce another successful Do What You Can Day, our annual companywide event dedicated to giving back to our communities. This year, we’re especially excited about our partnership with the ACE Mentor Program of America, which aligns perfectly with our commitment to supporting the construction industry and inspiring the next generation of professionals.
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Recently, for a Kansas City golf event, Simpson Strong-Tie engineer Nehal Patel teamed with territory sales representative Thomas Haight to DIY two arcade-style games featuring Simpson Strong-Tie products in a backyard-friendly setup. Their ski-ball chip game and Plinko board are easy builds that anyone can recreate for outdoor fun.
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Lacy Patino, our CRM Strategy Manager, is focused on using Salesforce to help grow our business. Alongside her role, she has given her family cabin a facelift with a brand-new deck. She used our Deck Planner Software to plan, design, and print out plans for her contractor, making the deck-building process easy and efficient. Learn more about her experience in her role and how she’s enjoying her deck.
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Simpson Strong-Tie Viet Nam (SST-VN) team intern Nghi Chau shares her experience working with our HR Total Rewards team. Her internship provided valuable real-world experience and a chance to build meaningful relationships with supportive colleagues at SST-VN.
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Summer is the perfect time to unlock the potential of your outdoor spaces. Whether you’re looking to add a touch of elegance to your garden or enhance the functionality of your backyard, DIY projects using Outdoor Accents hardware from Simpson Strong-Tie offer endless possibilities. Check out projects from our partners and Simpson Strong-Tie employees to get inspired.
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As a contractor, you know your business depends on lead generation, so understanding how to get leads can help you sustain and grow your business as a builder.
Developing a construction lead-generation strategy means three things:
If you decide that you’d like to perform the lead generation yourself, understanding how to create a proper lead-generation strategy will help you build a list of previous, current and future clients and establish long-term success.
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Mass timber construction is taking the construction industry by storm, and there are no signs of it slowing down. Leading forecasts from Polaris Market Research project the global CLT market to triple from USD 1.1B to 3.7B by 2030. Innovations promoting cost reduction and efficiency are helping widen the mass timber market. In the following article, it discusses a few examples of how Simpson Strong-Tie is helping in this effort. Continue reading “Mass Timber for the Masses — How Simpson Strong-Tie Innovation Is Enabling More Efficient Construction”
As part of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Converging Design project, Simpson Strong-Tie collaborated with several universities to perform a series of outdoor shake table tests on a six-story hybrid structural steel and mass timber structure at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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Fostering natural outdoor spaces that can double as living areas encourages spending more time outside and expands the usable areas of the home. Homeowners may have grand visions for designing outdoor spaces, but making them all work together can be quite a feat.
Understanding the current trends in deck, pergola and fence design can help you construct a space that incorporates all the necessary elements to give clients the backyard of their dreams.
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