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store last May. “Basically, anything that gets posted to our eBay store also gets posted to our web store, and vice versa,” she noted. “But we’ve expanded the types of stuff that people can buy online. You can buy cabinets online now. You
can buy a door online and ship it. We’ve got an extremely large chandelier we’re selling to some- one from Texas, waiting to be shipped. We’ve sold and shipped to every state, as well as places like Italy, Australia, and Japan.”
“Yes, you’re reducing your carbon footprint and helping us with
our mission, but you’ll also find something you won’t be able to find anywhere else.”
That’s a boon for people searching for very specific, hard-to-find items, and now don’t have to travel to Massachusetts for them. “Maybe it’s faucets you can’t find or brass hardware or an Anderson window sash that’s very specific to a certain model or a Velux skylight kit or a mid- century-modern Legomatic chair. We get into reclaimed items that are very specific. A customer who knows the exact model number can go online and type it in, and if we have it, we’re going to come up.”
An online store made even more sense during the pandemic, said Emily Gaylord, CET’s direc-
tor of Communications and Engagement. “One, we wanted a safe way for customers to shop. Two, there was all this renewed interest in home spaces, and a lot of people had to make a home office out of nothing. Subsequently, we saw a lot of supply- chain issues. Honestly, I think, with the direction retail is going, online stores are inevitable.”
EcoBuilding Bargains also launched virtual shopping appointments for far-flung shoppers.
“That was a really cool,
important piece,” Gaylord
said. “If you’re searching
for a cabinet set, you can
book a virtual appoint-
ment, send the mea-
surements ahead of time, and we can walk you through them in a video call. Looking for a new front door? Here are six doors with the finish and size you want. Virtual shopping experiences are a huge time saver.”
Two Ways to Save Green
The clientele at EcoBuilding Bargains, both in person and online, has been broad, Gaylord told BusinessWest.
“We definitely get people who say, ‘I just need a window, something affordable; what do you have?’ And there are some people making sus-
Both at the Springfield store and online, EcoBuilding Bargains promotes itself as a way to save money and keep items out of landfills.
tainable choices, people who really care about their environmental impact and carbon footprint; they’re shopping with us as well. Then, over the last few years, the DIY space exploded, and we have trendy and unique materials for your space. We serve all those people.”
She noted that buying secondhand items has a sort of double environmental impact, keep- ing materials out of landfills while reducing the
Raymond R. Houle Construction is committed to every detail.
These photos depict a typical “containment door” attached to a RHC job site.
This temporary door is one of the many safety/infectious control measures which RHC employs in order to ensure the safety and health of the employees and patients within a healthcare setting, while construction is being carried out.
In addition to the Building Permit, healthcare
facilities require general contractors to post several other documents in plain view at the entrance to every job site.
These include:
•Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM) Assessment Tool •Interim Life Safety Measures Daily Checklist/Report •Infection Control (IC) Program Manual: IC75 •Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA)
•IC Preventative Measures Daily Checklist/Report
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We take the necessary precautions,
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