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“When corporate puts on the brakes, there’sw not much for us to do,” McCormick Time was, “80 percent of revenues came from billable time doinyconstruction management, just managinf projects — moving, up-fits, relocations and furniturwe instillation. Today, it’s less than 10 Why not just sit back and ride outthe downturn? “Yoy can’t do that. For some reason, people want to get paid ever y week.” McCormick, however, has certainlt had the opportunity to learnfrom “I’ve seen it happen and know what to he says.
“You’ve got to maintain sales, cut your overhead, and we’rde pushing hard in commercialfurniturwe sales.” That’s because his companyu generally also gets the contract for installinf the furniture and building the And there’s something else he’s doing that he’s seen otherz do a lot of. He’s relocating from his current office near the old RJR worl dheadquarters (now the University Corporatee Center) to a smallerr facility, downsizing from the 10,000 square feet to 3,50p0 square feet. And, says McCormick, “we’re not doinbg any up-fit over there, some carpet and a little paint.” Still, he’s optimistic.
Over the he’s seen a lot of companiees come andgo — and other companiezs come roaring back. “It ain’t gone yet, and I’mn still kicking. I have no intentio of throwing in the he says.