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Solutions to Survive — and Thrive — During
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Major street, bridge and
streetscape construction projects can threaten the livelihood of
downtown and commercial business districts.
DPN’s
Surviving Construction technical assistance and services offer examples
and insight on practical solutions and tools for communities, business
districts and businesses to overcome threats and challenges posed by construction
projects. For more than ten years, national, state and local organizations
throughout the United States have employed DPN’s Surviving Construction
technical service to help communities and businesses successfully plan
and prepare for major construction projects.
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Getting Started |
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Our
popular Surviving Construction Tech Visit helps mobilize communities and
organizations to plan and prepare. The tech visit is orchestrated to engage stakeholders and to
focus local resources on solutions and tools to effectively address
project-related issues and concerns. Subjects addressed as part of the
tech visit typically include: |
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Pre-construction planning:
Stakeholders must work together to identify and address logistical
issues and business concerns – and work proactively to
“troubleshoot” the project and to develop and implement solutions in
advance. |
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Business Assistance:
Local project leaders and representatives must engage businesses and
work together to overcome challenges and enact strategies to
survive – and even thrive – during the construction project. |
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Project Communications:
Communication will be critical to the project’s effective staging
and management. Systems must be put in place to maintain ongoing
communications with the community and, especially, with businesses
located in the construction project’s impact zone. |
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Marketing and Promotion:
Efforts to focus positive attention on the business district must be
elevated. Marketing and promotion strategies to promote the
business district before, during and after the project can be
critical to maintaining the district’s livelihood. |
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Click here for a sample site visit itinerary |
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Get Help
Contact us now to learn more about Surviving Construction technical assistance and services, and how
our experience can help you survive
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even thrive
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during construction.
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If backhoes and bulldozers are on your horizon, are
you ready? |
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Do
you have a plan to maintain vehicular and pedestrian access to the
district and businesses?
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Do
you have a parking plan to adequately accommodate customers,
employees, residents and construction workers during the project? |
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Are
you prepared to deal with construction and building issues such as
vaulted sidewalks, buried windows and doorways, unique architectural
features, and other underground “surprises?” |
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Do
you have a strategic and comprehensive communications plan that can
be readily updated at a moment’s notice and as conditions change? |
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Do
you have a plan for deliveries to businesses located within the
construction zone? |
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Are
you prepared to deal with construction problems, including
unexpected problems that will inevitably arise during the project? |
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Does,
or will,
your construction contract contain workable incentive & penalty
clauses and provisions to maintain necessary access to businesses? |
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Do
you have a solid plan to market and promote the district during the
project? |
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