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Learn how commercial interior painting can be phased around employees, tenants, customers, business hours and occupied work areas.

Learn how commercial interior painting can be phased around employees, tenants, customers, business hours and occupied work areas.

Offices, retail stores, warehouses and apartment properties all need different painting plans. See what changes from one property type to another.

A low bid isn't automatically a good bid. Use this commercial painting contractor checklist to compare scope, risk and execution before award.

A good painting trade partner needs more than painting skill. Learn what to evaluate before putting the same contractor on your next client project.

A professional painter costs more than DIY. Here's what you're paying for—and which projects actually justify bringing in a professional.

A commercial painting company should make the project easier to control from the first bid through the final walkthrough. Here is what that should look like.

This guide walks through the commercial painting process from the owner or manager’s perspective so the project can be planned before the crew arrives.

This guide explains what property owners, facility managers and commercial decision-makers should look for before selecting a painting company.

Managing painting for a commercial property is not the same as calling someone to repaint a bedroom. A facility or property manager has to think about much more than just color. We break down all the other stuff you have to think about.

You need to understand scope, preparation, coatings, project management, scheduling, access, communication and how the contractor intends to protect the property while the work is underway. This guide will show you how.

Commercial painting is not simply residential painting on a larger building. The larger surfaces matter, but the real complexity comes from access, occupants, equipment, weather, preparation, coating compatibility, work hours, phasing, safety and maintaining normal building operations. Join us as we walk through a commercial painting project.