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How Paying Closer Attention to Contracts Can Mean More Successful Bids

Construction Business Owner

How Paying Closer Attention to Contracts Can Mean More Successful Bids. Submitting a competitively priced bid is key for a bidder to be selected and awarded a contract to build an owner’s project. Complying with the bidding documents and providing all requested information are the other parts. Alex Headley.

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Bidding Wars: What Bidding Practices Say About Your Construction Company

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The answers ranged from finding quality employees to wanting more control over project documents. Intense bidding competition is driving prices so low that contractors cannot both make a profit and perform quality work. One theme, however, seemed to dominate the thread.

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Types of Documents for Heavy Civil Construction Projects

The Constructor

Types of design and construction documents for heavy civil projects such as engineering design documents, bid documents, construction documents are.

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New Sustainable Projects Exhibit in 2017 AIA Contract Documents

Green Building Law Update

Last week the American Institute of Architects released the 2017 edition of the A201 family of contract documents, including updated versions of the AIA’s documents developed for the design-bid-build delivery model. The previous version of the design-bid-build contract documents included a Sustainable Project version.

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Pre-Bid Documents and Estimates Can’t Be Hidden Behind the Curtain in Disputed Delay Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

The contractor claimed that the City breached its contract by supplying incomplete and inaccurate contract documents, which allegedly caused delays and a two-year extension to the project completion. ” My littlest chuckled. The contractor’s $15.7 million delay claim included approximately $2.3

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Overcoming Regulatory Barriers When Bidding in a New State

Viewpoint Construction Technology

But contractors don’t have to move at the speed of state bureaucracy when pursuing new opportunities, and they shouldn’t have to miss a bidding opportunity over government licenses and permits. Regulatory Requirements Before Bidding. Hazards of Unlicensed Bidding. Compliance in the Cloud.

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Commercial Construction Delivery Methods: 3 Times To Go With A Negotiated Bid

HardHatChat

Any long-time readers of Hard Hat Chat have probably picked up on the fact that I’m a big fan of the negotiated bid. While there are valid reasons a client might go the competitive bid route, there are many more scenarios where the negotiated delivery method is better for all parties. It’s A Multi-Phase Project.