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Virgin Islands 285

Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Samoa Rhode Island 285

Cassell Construction Estimating

JUNE 4, 2009

The trends of the last quarter are continuing – decreasing profit margins, more bidders on every job, and at times companies bidding what appears to be downright foolishly. Now they’re taking the time to go back and re-tool, to maintain the sharp edge on their estimating and project management systems. We’re staying busy.

Montana 100

Montana Hawaii Bidding Cash Flow 100

HardHatChat

AUGUST 21, 2012

Like many of you, we spent the summer enjoying our country’s beautiful landscapes – from the badlands in the Dakotas to the mountains of Montana. Office construction, shopping center development and commercial landlord work are disciplines where it makes sense to seek bids from local construction firms. What’s your project?

Commercial 214

Commercial Contractors Retail Construction 214

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Ed Carrigan asked: “Do you believe there is a savings between JOC program and a bidding process (design-bid-build)?” For multi-trade repair and improvement type projects, Job Order Contracting will win out on a savings analysis over design-bid-build. ” Thanks for the question, Ed.

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Estimating Bidding Negotiation Contract 40

Rory Woolsey

MARCH 10, 2012

Low Bid; Best Bid: Historically facility managers have had their hands tied with acquisition regulations that required the award of projects to the lowest bidding contractor. Too often the low bid winner would prove to be the contractor that made the most mistakes in their bid. Follow by Email. The WAG Way!!

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Estimating Bidding Organization Construction 40

Rory Woolsey

JANUARY 30, 2012

All contractors have faced this at one time or another where they were low bid on a project and learn as the job unfolds why they were low bid. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. The WAG Way!!

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Estimating Construction Engineering Structural Engineering 40

Rory Woolsey

MARCH 20, 2012

Successful "hard bid" contractors know very well that scoping construction goes well beyond the AE scope and must include field specific scope. Competitive bidding contractors will get their unit costs from subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, and their own cost records. He is known nationally for his expertise in estimating.

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Overhead Structural Engineering 40

Rory Woolsey

APRIL 24, 2012

All contractors have faced this at one time or another where they were low bid on a project and learn as the job unfolds why they were low bid. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. The WAG Way!!

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Engineering Structural Engineering 40

Rory Woolsey

APRIL 4, 2012

” The facilities manager is already strapped for time with another demanding tenant, tight timelines, on-going operations, and emergency fixes. The first crisis will occur when the contractor bids are greater than the budget estimate. We are always looking for shortcuts in our “means” to get to an “end.”

Estimating 45

Estimating Construction Overhead Budgeting 45

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

I heard the Critical Path Method (CPM) defined once as a management technique for losing your shirt under perfect control! Not so funny if you have ever been at the management end of a tight timeline, in an old facility, around on-going operations with the concrete truck on its way and the formwork delayed because the backhoe is out of fuel!!

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Estimating Cash Flow Budgeting Budget 40

ENR Construction

JULY 23, 2012

Bids/Contracts/Proposals. Bid/Proposal Dates. Montana 7/31 The U.S. Keywords: contract award ; bid ; project ; proposal. -- Advertising --. Manage Subscription. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates.

Alabama 28

Alabama Bidding Union Plans 28

Rory Woolsey

MAY 31, 2012

Estimate Contingency: Defining and capturing the scope of work is the key to accuracy in estimating (and bidding) projects (particularly with renovation projects). Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972.

Estimating 40

Estimating Overhead Profitability Remodeling 40

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

This week the blog topic is on “Negotiating” unit price line items taken from national estimating guides on competitively bid contracts that are publically funded and subject to audits. He is an adjunct professor in the construction management program at the Bellingham Technical College. You read it right. Follow by Email.

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Negotiation Estimating Contract Construction 45