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Bringing your programme to the site: How to know everything and build better

Lets Build

siloed MS Project schedules. Many project and site managers tell us that they have to spend up to 50% of their time each week on planning. So it all boils down to this idea: if you know what is happening on site you build better and faster. Move your schedule to the cloud and say goodbye to silos. unnecessary phone calls.

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Mortenson Tops Out U.S. Bank Stadium

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Bank Stadium on the downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota construction site. Bank Stadium roof, including the 989 foot-long, 1,700 ton ridge truss, which stands 214 feet above the playing field. Today’s milestone comes 21 months from groundbreaking and on the date it was scheduled more than two years ago.

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Residential projects: 5 mistakes project managers don’t know they are making

Lets Build

The reason is that they lack a clear, real-time connection both to the master schedule and the 3-6 week lookaheads. To make that happen, you need to plan ahead and strategically schedule tasks in manageable chunks. All team members will then have access and be able to see when is the right time for them to show up on the site.

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How to track progress and communicate problems from the field

Lets Build

Staying on track with each team’s progress at every stage is a never-ending mission for every project manager and site foreman out there. Regardless of the type or size of your project, you always need to have a full overview of the progress made on site and communicate critical issues in an efficient and effective way.

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5 reasons project managers don’t want to digitalise. And why they are wrong.

Lets Build

Many project managers, like you, choose to rely on these tools to manage their project schedules. People on site won’t use it. Another concern many project managers have is that their teams on site won’t use the new app. Like that, he increased on-site completion from 60% to 85%. That’s not true.

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Enhance Your Mobile Tech Strategy with the ACC App (Previously PlanGrid Build) 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Meanwhile, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimates that around $1.7 Get BIM model and data in the hands of the field Use Autodesk Construction Cloud mobile app to interact with 2D design files and 3D models , take accurate measurements, and review BIM dat a such as project costs, installation materials, schedules, and more.

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Can the Fed Successfully Cool a Strong Labor Market?

Pro Builder

The Federal Reserve’s next rate decision is scheduled for Nov. 2, and officials have emphasized that the central bank is watching the jobs data closely as they determine how aggressive to be. It’s slowing down but still moving very, very quickly.”. Labor + Trade Relations. Labor + Trade Relations.