Bay Area Construction Pulse: June 2025
Bay Area construction is cooling in some sectors but heating up in school bonds and office-to-residential conversions—discover how these shifts impact commercial door projects and the proactive steps E&A Door recommends.
What Commercial Door Installation Pros Do — A GC’s Field Guide
Door specialists carefully orchestrate airtight tolerances, strict life-safety codes, and precise sequencing, all of which can make or break a project’s successful close-out. This attention to detail and expertise is exactly how we provide reliable support to our general contractors.
Subcontractor Synergy: Why the GC Is Our Command Center
Subcontractor Synergy: Why the GC Is Our Command Center explains how a project’s general contractor functions as the hub for every decision, schedule change, and risk-management call. The post outlines E&A Door’s commitment to a single GC point-of-contact, 24-hour RFI responses, proactive material tracking, and lean job-site collaboration—showing that tight, respectful communication is the fastest path to on-time, code-compliant door installations.
Tariffs & Thresholds: How 2025 Steel/Aluminum Duties Hit Door Budgets
Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum have jumped to 50 %, pushing up Bay Area door package costs and stretching lead-times. Our latest Knowledge Hub article breaks down the price hikes, supply-chain bottlenecks, and three proven strategies GCs and door contractors can use to keep projects—and budgets—on track.