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.

Estimating 40

Estimating Bidding Negotiation Contract 40

Construction Cost Estimating

JANUARY 18, 2015

It also (preferably) particulars the terms and conditions of the construction or patch up contract and itemizes all work to enable a contractor to price the work for which he or she is bidding. The process of estimation is making: Architects, Structural Engineers , and other building consultants drawings.

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Structural Engineering 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. construction consultants.

Estimating 40

Estimating Bidding Organization Construction 40

GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 7, 2018

GCP’s Design Advantage team works closely with project architects, specifiers, structural engineers, building owners and general contractors to guide the design process, review design specifications , ensure product compatibility , provide installation best practices and provide manufacturer technical support.

Products 60

Products Design Structural Engineering Washington 60

Stok

JANUARY 22, 2019

Everyone in the room, whether an architect, structural engineer, general contractor, subcontractor, investor, potential tenant, or community member, has an equal voice and is asked to share their opinion regardless of discipline.

Change Orders 75

Change Orders IDEA Budgeting Budget 75

GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 7, 2018

GCP’s Design Advantage team works closely with project architects, specifiers, structural engineers, building owners and general contractors to guide the design process, review design specifications , ensure product compatibility , provide installation best practices and provide manufacturer technical support.

Products 60

Products Design Structural Engineering Washington 60

Construction Law Monitor

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Kevin Van De Wege, (D-Sequim) (D) on February 3, 2011, to require the state or a municipality to award a contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid after a resident contractor preference of seven percent has been applied. House Bill 1853 (Regarding structural engineers). Introduced by Rep.

Washington 44

Washington Construction Permits Structural Engineering 44

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.

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Engineering Structural Engineering 40

ProcurementExpress.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

What to do when you can’t afford a QS and you heedlessly bid less than a project ends up costing you? A proven way to find good contractors to add to your bid list, is to ask design consultants to refer contractors with whom they have worked with on successful projects. The project is almost completed and just figured that out.

Risk 52

Risk Construction Plans Structural Engineering 52

Rory Woolsey

MARCH 20, 2012

Architects and engineers define scope in plans and specifications but for construction estimating this scope is incomplete. Successful "hard bid" contractors know very well that scoping construction goes well beyond the AE scope and must include field specific scope. He is also affiliated with The Wool-Zee Company, Inc.,

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.

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Engineering Structural Engineering 40

Contractor Connection

APRIL 18, 2019

Many of the decisions that go into a home remodel or addition are not just design choices; they are structural engineering problems to solve. No need to get multiple bids. A garage can easily be converted for all those uses, plus so many more, and different choices will need to be made for each. No blindly choosing a company.

Remodeling 40

Remodeling Modeling Contractors IDEA 40

Rory Woolsey

APRIL 4, 2012

The first crisis will occur when the contractor bids are greater than the budget estimate. Published construction cost data is also very helpful for budgetary estimating and for checks and balances in bidding. It is here that you can ask the customer to cut scope or return to the funding source and ask for more money. Woolsey, MBA.

Estimating 45

Estimating Construction Overhead Software 45

ProcurementExpress.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

What to do when you can’t afford a QS and you heedlessly bid less than a project ends up costing you? A proven way to find good contractors to add to your bid list, is to ask design consultants to refer contractors with whom they have worked with on successful projects. The project is almost completed and just figured that out.

Risk 40

Risk Construction Plans Structural Engineering 40

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Double Check Phase: All good cost estimates are checked and double checked prior to establishing it as the project budget or bid price for a project. 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 Cash Flow Budgeting Budget 40

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

CivilJungle

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The company attempted to make a construction call as construction project and construction projects in structural engineering and builder renovate to placing a building unitedly. WBM Road | Material Required for Construction of WBM Road | Construction Procedure of WBM Road | Advantages & Disadvantages of WBM Road.

Construction 52

Construction Commercial Residential Infrastructure 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 6, 2022

The large majority of contracts, especially if teams are working from traditional delivery methods like the design-bid-build method, define how to work on individual segments of the job, but don’t showcase how it all ties together. Now, architects and structural engineers are working side by side with the general contractor.

Construction 52

Construction Estimating Design Budgeting 52

Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2012

Life-cycle information exchanges have previously been identified in the structural steel domain—an analysis model, a design model, and a detailed model. The analysis model reflects the needs of structural engineers to evaluate the requirements of the building and size the system to meet the facility’s requirements.

Documentation 40

Documentation Equipment Modeling Design 40

Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2012

Life-cycle information exchanges have previously been identified in the structural steel domain—an analysis model, a design model, and a detailed model. The analysis model reflects the needs of structural engineers to evaluate the requirements of the building and size the system to meet the facility’s requirements.

Documentation 40

Documentation Equipment Modeling Design 40

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Giana started her career in civil and structural engineering, working on both domestic and international programs. For ten years she delivered significant projects, proving her construction prowess and gaining experience across the engineering and construction industry.

Construction 52

Construction BIM San Francisco Management 52

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. Mr. Woolsey has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil/ Structural Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Administration.

Negotiation 45

Negotiation Estimating Contract Construction 45

Construction Specifier

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Wind loads are quantified using ASCE/SEI 7, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI). Criteria should be listed on the first sheet of the structural drawings.

Design 52

Design Commercial Architecture Engineering 52