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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

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Budget is always a major consideration for our commercial construction clients, and as a general contractor we devote significant time to the budgeting process. Here are a few signs that, in our experience, indicate your project budget is more likely to bust: Skimping on Professional Services. Competitively Bidding the Project.

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Commercial Construction Best Practices: Debunking Construction Change Order Myths

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Commercial construction change order myths. If I had a dollar for every time I had to set the record straight on commercial construction costs and change orders… I would still have this job. There’s a misconception that general construction contractors love change orders. But, I would also be a lot richer.

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Change Orders in Construction – 101 Guide

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Change orders are common to construction projects. Whatever is the case, it is important to know how you can more effectively handle a change order as it can change your project both time and money. What is a change order in construction? What causes a change order.

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What To Do With All These Change Orders

Constructonomics

It’s hard to describe how owners feel about change orders. Sometimes I think they would rather be forced to eat a bucket full of glass or perhaps permantly lose feeling in all extremities before accepting a change order that increases their project cost by.01%. Why is this? However, they do. . What should you do?

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Is Tech Adoption Worth the Pain?

Construction Business Owner

Today’s robust platforms provide employees companywide with “anytime, anywhere” information ranging from budgeting detail, permits, invoices and billing statements, to change orders, time sheets and blueprints from just about any mobile device or PC.

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Construction Project Metrics

Job Order Contracting

Please submit yours… # of Projects Completed / Value of Project Completed % of # of Projects Completed (number) versus # of Projects Planned (same for Value) % of # of Projects Completed (number) versus # of Projects Budgeted (same for Value) % of # of Projects Completed (number) Completed On-Budget (same for Value) % of # of Projects Completed (..)

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Early Contractor Involvement & Improved Sustainment / Construction Cost Management

Job Order Contracting

Early Contractor Involvement is a mandatory component in any real property owner process designed to ensure consistent delivery of quaility repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on-time and on-budget. The issues associated with Traditional Construction * Project Delivery (DB, DBB, CMAR…) are clear.