Cold Weather Conditions Test Northeast Ohio's Hot Building Market
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January 18, 2019
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By Stan Bullard, Crains Cleveland
Along with snowflakes, icicles and snowplows, huge plastic sheets forming enclosures attached to buildings under construction or undergoing restoration are becoming another sign of winter in Northeast Ohio.
The plastic shrouds on platforms with enough room for two to eight construction workers to labor inside them are typically called tents in the trade. Northeast Ohio building contractors use them in part to lengthen the construction season — sometimes referred to as the offseason for the business — but also to respond to evolving material technologies and even real estate market trends.