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What Is a Change Order?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

What Is a Construction Change Order? According to some estimates, an average of 35% of projects experience at least one major change throughout the life of the project. As a contractor, change orders can leave you feeling like you’re trapped between a rock and a hard place. Key Takeaways.

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5 Reasons to Use Mechanical Contractor Software

Pro Builder

5 Reasons to Use Mechanical Contractor Software. The construction industry has gone through an extensive transformation, and technology has completely changed the concept of how to drive more quality, productivity, and profit into projects. Here are five reasons to use mechanical contractor software: 1) Drawing & Design Planning.

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How The Cloud Is Enabling Smarter Project Management—Part 4 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Often, project managers work with information culled together in reports generated in software systems that cannot pull data until it is fully processed or individual phases of the project are completed. With more and more technologies moving to a true cloud platform it makes it much easier to integrate between software programs.

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How technology can help you maintain your profit margins at residential projects

Lets Build

Companies worldwide are investing in digital construction technology, like construction management software , to protect their profit margins. to make project changes, track progress, and answer questions. Today, with mobile apps and cloud-based software, construction professionals can collaborate and communicate much more efficiently.

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Getting buy-in from the field for digital project management

Fieldwire

Switching from paper blueprints to shared digital drawings unlocks incredible opportunities to digitize our workflows. Not only does it greatly simplify drawing and revision management, it enables the ability to use greatly improved digital workflows for things like submittals , requests for information , change orders , and task management.

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Top ten software for estimating and bidding

Construction Cost Estimating

As soon as the project is procured, estimate details flow automatically into Sage business management software, removing unnecessary tasks and data entry errors. Download Candy It is a superb Construction Project Management Software to manage projects efficiently in the construction & engineering industry.

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Commercial Construction Project Management Trends: How to Survive the Incredible Shrinking Timeline

HardHatChat

One of the biggest challenges for commercial construction firms today is the tighter project timelines that have become the norm at every phase of a project – from shorter deadlines for submitting initial bids and budgets, to quicker resolution on addendums and change orders, to compressed schedules for construction and delivery.