Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 5, 2018

Revenue recognition standards were recently updated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board , and these updates will have an impact in the construction industry. Understand the Effect on Construction Accounting. As we’ve discussed, the changes will definitely affect contract accounting at your business.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Accountability: Clear communication protocols make tracking progress easy and identify areas needing attention. Enhanced Value Engineering Value engineering is a vital process that ensures projects achieve maximum functionality and aesthetic value within budgetary constraints.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It’s the integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology, working together to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes that is the “simple” solution to the endemic environmental and economic waste plaguing the AECOO sector (architecture, engineering, construction, owner, operator/operations).

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 2, 2025

Labor Cost Miscalculations: Failing to account for factors like overtime, labor productivity, and prevailing wage rates, significant variations if workers compensations, can result in inaccurate labor cost estimations. The 4BT OpenCOST TM Advantage Over 90,000+ detailed unit line items for renovation, repair, and construction.

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Construction Today

MAY 2, 2024

Engineered wood is rapidly gaining recognition as a pivotal material in modern construction, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional building materials like concrete and steel. This shift is crucial as the construction industry seeks to reduce its carbon footprint and embrace more eco-friendly practices.

Engineering 96

Engineering Industrial Materials Sustainability 96

Construction Dive

MAY 22, 2024

Cybercriminals used AI-generated video to pose as the AEC company's CFO and other employees, leading a staff member to transfer $25 million to Hong Kong bank accounts.

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Construction Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

As an industry, engineering is always about adaptability. Engineering in harsh environments poses a distinct set of challenges that call for innovative and robust design solutions. Engineers must account for various loads and stresses, such as wind, snow, seismic, and thermal loads, to prevent potential failure or collapse.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Achieving and Maintaining Excellence Requires – Collaboration, Team Alignment and Tracking, Accountability, Clarity of Goals, Problem Solving, Fiscal Transparency, Robust Process, Common/Shared Data Environment, Levelling Up Team Knowledge. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(1), 104–. Building Outcomes.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Expansion is often an excellent growth engine, allowing a firm to grow, obtain and retain top talent, and position new talent in strategic roles. Satellite locations also offer contractors the opportunity to protect key accounts and customer relationships, and growing with customers helps maintain strong, lasting relationships.

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Accounting Engineering Plans Contractors 187

HardHatChat

AUGUST 28, 2018

In a best-case scenario, a general contractor budgets a job based on thorough architectural and engineered drawings that encompass not only the client’s design intent, but also careful planning for everything from mechanical systems to cosmetic finishes. But in reality, the quality of plans we receive to work with at this stage varies widely.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 9, 2020

ccc, Developing Location Factors Using a Factoring Method, International Cost Engineering Council, ICEC International Cost Management Journal (ICMJ), 1998.). Problems within the methodology, unfortunately, will continue to arise as standardized estimation tools (CCI) simply cannot account for the unique characteristics of individual states.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 26, 2024

Concurrent planning, design, construction, and operation throughout the lifecycle of a built structure across disparate multidiscipline teams operating in a transparent and collaborative manner, in concert with real property owner leadership, commitment, and accountability are core requirements.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 26, 2025

Former chiefs of nine leading engineering and construction companies working in the U.S. and globally say the industry faces a more transactional environment that challenges ethical standards and could compromise their accountability.

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Engineering Accounting Construction Environment 68

HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By involving all stakeholders from the beginning, Englewood can identify potential challenges and work with architects, engineers, and clients to make adjustments before construction begins. This approach ensures that changes are essential, justified, and financially accounted for.

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The Constructor

MAY 3, 2020

Many considerations need to be accounted for while setting the layout of the construction site, for example, considerations for site access, offices.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 4, 2023

ccc, Developing Location Factors Using a Factoring Method, International Cost Engineering Council, ICEC International Cost Management Journal (ICMJ), 1998.) They often are applied to conceptual estimates for identifying “go/no-go” projects at an early stage.” Peitlock, B.A., Additionally, assembly costs for 0.1

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2022

accountability. The International Journal of Engineering Education, 19, 777-787. Paper presented at the The International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Nothingham, UK. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(2), 142-151. 61-70): American Society of Civil Engineers.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 25, 2024

Specifically, managing and leveraging the dependencies between various disciplines like planning, design, engineering, procurement, project management, builders, and other service providers remains the greatest challenge to most organizations and a common failure point. Owner leadership, capacity, commitment, and accountability #2.

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Procurement Plans CSI Renovating 246

BD+C

APRIL 21, 2023

The Role of Engineered Wood in Sustainable Structures 1 kcichowicz Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:23 Sustainability in construction is becoming more important as society moves towards a more sustainable future. Learn about engineered wood’s key role as a green building solution. and therefore less waste.

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Sustainability Engineering Green Materials 97

Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 13, 2023

SQUARE Engineering firm was founded in 1992. Partnering for success Kemet Corporation specialises in supplying architectural, civil, mechanical and electrical engineering software to organisations looking to modernise. Step two for the team was to prepare a budget and to identify and account for all costs associated with the project.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 16, 2023

R&W Civil Engineering has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. Latest accounts for R&W Civil Engineering for the year to March 31 2022 show a turnover of £31.8m Latest accounts for R&W Civil Engineering for the year to March 31 2022 show a turnover of £31.8m to trade creditors.

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Engineering Debt Accounting Profitability 84

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The real area of befuddlement is why real property owners have not changed the decades old legacy of rampant economic and environmental waste plaguing the AECCO sector (AECOO – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner, Operator). Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice Mir, F. Y., & Bui, T.

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Construction Marketing

APRIL 22, 2013

Referrals accounted for only 7% of achieved benefits. Respondents reported the top benefit achieved from advertising as to build awareness (59%).

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Construction Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2012

Why on earth would an architecture, engineering or construction firm consider it? They have a board for each of their employees to pin projects and ideas to and also have a completely different account located to their Canada division ! Who says B2B companies can’t use Pinterest ? Additional Reading.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 10, 2022

[contact-form] Most common Facilities Management and AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation) failure points: No real property owner leadership, commitment, and/or competency. Lack of transparency and accountability in the public sector. Zero verifiable cost information.

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Procurement Construction BIM Change Orders 264

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Until information is shared in the above manner there can be no significant improvement of the extreme levels of waste associated with architecture, engineering, construction, or operations of the build environment. It is a social responsibility that demands accountability for all public sector real property owners. NEXT STEPS.

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Procurement Construction Environment Renovating 263

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 28, 2024

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management Kim, Y., References: AIA (2007). Starting from Scratch: A New Project Delivery Paradigm.”, Research Report 271, Construction Industry Institute, Austin, Tx. and Becerik-Gerber B. Understanding Construction Industry Experience and Attitudes toward Integrated Project Delivery.” and Dossick, C.

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Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Such tools also make assigning duties to your team members and tracking execution easy, enhancing accountability. As the contractor or project engineer, ensure you have experienced workers in your team to whom you can delegate various tasks and trust them to deliver quality work without close supervision.

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Construction Budgeting Budget Materials 337

ENR Construction

MARCH 26, 2025

and globally say the industry faces a more transactional environment that challenges ethical standards and could compromise corporate and practitioner accountability. Former chiefs of nine leading companies working in the U.S.

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Viewpoint Engineering Accounting Environment 68

Construction Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A higher ranking means more people can find your site using a search engine. Many contractors use social media, and most of them use Facebook as a primary account. Use a Blog. Adding a blog to your website can help your site rank higher for construction-relevant search terms. Use Social Media. Don’t be left behind.

Construction 284

Construction Mobility Site Accounting 284

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 31, 2022

Real property owners, architects, engineers, builders, and other stakeholders have long realized the construction industry and the life-cycle management of built environment have proven wasteful. Lack of accountability and poor training of public sector procurement professionals. #3. The procurement model is broken.

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Procurement Modeling Renovating Life Cycle 258

Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 22, 2018

Highlighting those trends is the Australian Construction Industry Forum’s (ACIF) newly released Australian Construction Market Report, which offers an outlook for residential, non-residential and engineering construction across the country over the next 10 years. Australian Construction Market Report: A Brief Overview.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 26, 2022

The role of LEAN Construction Delivery (through its key players: architects, engineers, surveyors, builders, managers, owners) is to support communication and cooperation, and drive optimal project outcomes on a consistent based using a robust, core programmatic process. mutually beneficial goals.

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Building Radar

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Establishing a culture of accountability is essential for achieving operational excellence and ensuring project success. A strong accountability framework encourages employees to take ownership of their responsibilities, fostering an environment where teamwork and collaboration thrive.

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Accounting Construction Organization Environment 52

Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 19, 2018

Construction organizations are relying on modern software for accounting, field management, project management, bid management, design and more. The good news, though, is that more and more contractors are looking for ways to improve productivity with technology, and many are seeing quite a bit of success.

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Viewpoint Project Management Software Software 221

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The FM mismanagement problem defined simply is the lack of leadership among real property owners and the associated lack of robust, programmatic processes across the AECOO sector (AECOO-Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner, Operator). million in rework alone, accounting for 14 percent of all rework performed in 2020.

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