Are you in construction? Do you want to build up your following? Are you looking to connect with the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) community?

You’re in luck!

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

Construction Chat is 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.

Let’s Talk Kitchens!

Courtney Moore from Fabuwood Cabinetry has volunteered to co-host this week’s chat.

There are a lot of questions but we’ll give it our best try.

Questions:

Q1. Okay fellow contractors let’s get personal. What’s in your kitchen?

Q2. How do you keep the cost down when you’re doing a kitchen? Continue reading →

Construction Chat is a weekly chat on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. If you’re free, we’d love you to join us.

With the coming predictions of El Niño here on the west coast, Carol Stephen suggested we talk about Storm Preparation.

@RigginsConst How to prep for el nino? (That's one I'd really like!)

— Carol Stephen (@Carol_Stephen) July 20, 2015

You can read about areas to check (not just your roof) to see if your building is watertight here.

But first, some humor.

This is also El Nino. 😉 https://t.co/jVKWdTZhPX #constchat

— JorgMaterialHandling (@MaterialHndling) July 23, 2015

Questions & Answers

Q1. What can you do to prepare for a storm?

A1 batten down the hatches #constchat

— BlueSteele Solutions (@BlueSteeleTX) July 23, 2015

A1. Talk to neighbors about emergency plans. #constchat

— Window Works CA (@WindowWorksCA) July 23, 2015

Continue reading →