Author Archives: Bridget Willard

About Bridget Willard

Bridget Willard is the Office Manager, Content Writer, and Social Media Manager for Riggins Construction & Management, Inc. CSLB 335720

Construction Chat 5/15/2014 – Project Problems

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This week's #ConstChat topic is how to deal with project challenges.Are you in construction? Do you want to build up your following? Are you looking to connect with the A/E/C community?

You’re in luck!

Joining our weekly Twitter Chat may just be the right thing for you.

Construction Chat is a new chat hosted by us on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

How to Join a Chat:

1. Follow the hashtag on Twitter (but don’t forget to add #ConstChat manually after your tweet or we won’t see your tweet).

2. Use Hootsuite or TweetDeck and make a column for #ConstChat (but don’t forget to put #ConstChat manually after your tweet).

3. Go to the Twubs page for #ConstChat.

4. My preferred method is using TweetChat. Just go here and log in with your Twitter account. You can even highlight the moderator so you don’t miss questions. Continue reading →

Digital Influence Panel – Relationships are the ROI

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Bridget Willard and Darrel Cole of Parsons Brinckerhoff

Bridget Willard and Darrel Cole of Parsons Brinckerhoff

I was honored to be invited again this year by Darrel Cole of Parsons Brinckerhoff join his “Digital Influence” panel at the ACEC California annual conference 4/8/14.

One of the organizers asked us,

“How long have you two worked together?”

Bridget replied,
“We don’t; we met on Twitter.”

The look of surprise on her face was a testiment to the fact that relationships built on social media are, in fact, real.

Building relationships should be the goal on social media. When it isn’t, people often blame social media for their own failure.

Highlights:

Tweet: “You’re the product; we’re selling you.” @RigginsConst http://ctt.ec/27wGt+

Tweet: “But if you don’t have a connection with them, all of your influence stops right there…” @RigginsConst http://ctt.ec/n0ba4+

I mention how I met Allen C. Buchanan, Principal, Lee and Associates. Complete commercial real estate location advice for owners and occupants of manufacturing, flex, and distribution buildings in Southern California.

You can read the story here.

Check out his blog: http://allencbuchanan.blogspot.com

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Anne Street - Before and After - Tilt-Up Panel Replacement

Project Profile: Anne Street Fire Damage Repairs

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We are proud to announce the completion of the design-build restoration to a building recently damaged by a neighbor’s fire.

The client took the opportunity, since much of the roof structure was damaged, to replace the entire roof with four-ply built-up roof system. Six skylights were replaced and two were added, increasing the natural light throughout the warehouse. Additionally, a self-flashing galvanized steel roof access hatch was installed.

A 3-ton heat pump unit was replaced and it was relocated onto a factory curb to minimize leak potential.

During reroofing is the best time for a volunteer seismic retrofit of the building and that is precisely what our client opted for. We also replaced the tilt-up panel that had been compromised structurally (it bowed outward) with two new concrete tilt-up panels.

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The Anatomy of a Trash Enclosure

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So, you think fancy-pants design-build construction is just needed for warehouses and offices?

I’m here to dispel that myth.

In our project for Newport Medial Center LLC we were the owner’s yin contractor to the tenant’s yang. Many times in lease negotiations owners perform some improvements while the sandwich chain, in this case, had their own contractor.

Which brings us to the trash enclosure suite. Why do I use the term suite? Because it was much more than just a place to hide your bin, like something you would be ashamed of.

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The Anatomy of a Stormwater Retention System

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Stormwater RetentionThe purpose of a stormwater retention system is just that – to retain as much of the rainwater in the native soil as possible while facilitating proper filtration of any excess runoff during storm events.

The retention system allows any excess runoff from the site’s parking lots during rain events to be filtered then directed to the city’s storm drain. At the recently completed project for RBC Transport Dynamics, the city storm drain empties into the Pacific Ocean.

This project has a bio-swale and permeable concrete. Permeable concrete is often referred to as “magic concrete” in viral video stories, like this one.

In the video below, 1,500 gallons of water is dissipated in 5 minutes. It’s not magic – it’s engineering!

What is this system, you ask?

Let’s break it down.

You may want to click over to our Facebook Page to see all of the photos and detailed captions or just click through on this SlideShare.

Have you ever seen this type of parking lot?

There’s a lot more to a parking lot than meets the eye!