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How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business

Construction Business Owner

How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business. One technology in particular—building information modeling (BIM)—is leading the way. BIM is an intelligent, 3D model-based process that helps general contractors become more accurate and efficient. Why BIM Is the Key to Staying Competitive With Owners. Greg Ragsdale.

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BIM and the Estimator

Cassell Construction Estimating

I’ve been asked by one of my industry software provider friends to write a piece on the current state of Building Information Modeling (BIM), as it relates to estimating in the here and now. BIM is fully useful now. In the building sector, BIM is largely confined to the design-build arena. Why Design-Build?

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The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment

Construction Business Owner

Perform 2D/3D takeoffs & BIM coordination in a single software solution. For example, if each clash costs $3,500 per instance (PWC, 2018), it’s difficult for estimators and project managers to ensure each project is profitable during the planning phases of a project. Introducing Autodesk BIM Collaborate & Autodesk Takeoff.

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Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 1 – Estimating Takeoff

Carol Hagen

To help change that I’ll share some best practices and features that contractors, architects and estimators perhaps weren’t aware of. This includes: Calibrate the drawing or set the scale, use measurement annotations for area, length, volume and counts, and perform further calculation with your takeoff data.

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FM & Cost Estimating Tools in the Cloud & Free – 2018 National Commercial Construction Cost Database

Job Order Contracting

Manage buildings, teams, projects, documents, drawings, estimates… anywhere, anytime. to BIM files. The post FM & Cost Estimating Tools in the Cloud & Free – 2018 National Commercial Construction Cost Database appeared first on 4BT. Construction Cost Database … both FREE! Learn more… Sign up.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud Releases 3 New Products: Build, Quantify, & BIM Collaborate

Construction Junkie

Announced today at AU Virtual, Autodesk will be expanding the Construction Cloud to include 3 new products: Build , Quantify , and BIM Collaborate. Each of the 3 new products (Build, Quantify, and BIM Collaborate) will also include Autodesk Docs, Insights, and Administration to help users manage data and project administrative tasks.

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JOC Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Contractor prepares/updates Detailed Scope of Work referencing any sketches, drawings, photographs, and specifications required to document accurately the work to be accomplished and prepares a detailed line-item proposal of the planned work activity using the current unit price book (UPB).