HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Updates to common areas and amenities are a smart investment for senior community improvement and facility budgets, since these spaces have such high impact with residents and their families. Still, with good planning, there’s a lot that can be done to add or improve an amenity efficiently.

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Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It takes extensive preparation and planning to complete your construction project successfully. However, with the following six approaches, you will streamline your construction projects to ensure you do everything efficiently within the stipulated time and budget.

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Lets Build

MARCH 3, 2023

If you answered staying on schedule, you’re not alone. Less than one-third of contractors finish their tasks on time and on budget. So if you don’t want your next project to end up as another statistic for missed deadlines, you need to improve your construction schedule. Are on-site activities matching up with your schedule?

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This document outlines A Solid Construction Project Delivery Framework to better address the complex problems of planning, procurement, and new builds. Cost and schedule overruns, accidents, less than expected quality and inadequate functionality are the norm in the publics sector at federal, state, county, and local levels.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 31, 2021

Technology alone won’t solve your stream of late, over-budget, and poorly completed repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build projects. Beginning with the commitment of senior management, the next step is to develop a plan and your desired goals for integrating your Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery activities.

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Lets Build

APRIL 28, 2023

Location-based planning and scheduling (LBS) is a methodology used by construction project managers to optimise their planning and scheduling processes by taking into account the physical location and space of their projects. Maybe we need to think about construction planning and scheduling a little differently.

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

From financial overruns to project delays, unexpected risks can impact budgets, timelines, and overall project success. Yet, with strategic planning, collaboration, and communication, we have learned how to collaborate to proactively manage these risks, ensuring smoother project delivery and protecting investments.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 19, 2017

When a job is behind schedule, it impacts everybody on the project, and likely the next scheduled project or build. Keep your construction project from hitting a standstill with the right software and planning. Stay on top of schedules and budgets to avoid delays. Subcontractor schedules.

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Viewpoint Construction Schedule Estimating 239

Wolgast Corporation

MARCH 19, 2024

When K-12 School Leaders do reach a point where their District’s need for improvements is beyond what their operating budget can cover, they need to organize a team of professionals to set them up for building success. The AE/CM team then assists the District to identify the full scope, budget, and financial resources for their needs.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 18, 2016

In Rio, completing commercial construction projects on schedule was a matter of national pride and having the city ready to be put on the world stage. An important aspect of this is planning for important construction milestones that must happen in order to meet the opening date.

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Lets Build

MAY 12, 2021

Construction surveys show that if you get to deliver small tasks at least 80% on schedule and up to quality, you will eventually manage to deliver the entire project on time and without going over budget. At the same time Matt Ghinn, Project Director at VolkerFitzpatrick, strongly believed that planning is king.

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Wolgast Corporation

JULY 29, 2024

Business owners may think they need to be overly prepared before they talk to their Architect or Builder about commercial construction planning. What is your maximum budget? With Design-Build, an owner will pay for their building through a scheduled payment plan. When would you like your building to be operable?

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HardHatChat

MARCH 27, 2018

can have a positive impact on a construction project’s schedule and budget. Scheduling: Anything that can be pre-built and brought to the job site is always going to help the overall commercial construction schedule.

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Lets Build

JUNE 2, 2023

The success of any construction project hinges on multiple factors, including budgeting and scheduling, which impact the project’s completion. In fact, most contractors usually add a 10% margin error into their budgets and timelines as a contingency.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 22, 2020

Adaptive Lean Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery tools and services are readily available to assure the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. Recognition and leverage of the expertise of those actually doing the work is the norm.

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Procurement Plans Construction Bidding 147

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 4, 2024

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.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 18, 2022

Robust processes and tools are readily available to assure the delivery of quality projects on time and on budget. Achieving project delivery success requires the consistent application of robust programmatic processes that integrate teams and associated planning, procurement, and project delivery activities. Tools and Services.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 22, 2021

The consistent achievement of best value quality, cost, and schedule outcomes requires the strategic and tactical integration of planning, procurement, and project delivery in concert with the core organizational mission.

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Lets Build

AUGUST 24, 2020

What is a lookahead schedule? It doesn’t take much to understand that this can lead many projects over budget and generate serious legal conflicts between the different stakeholders. This is where the importance of delivering on your 3-6 week planning without any problems becomes visible. 3-6 week planning: The key pain points.

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Plans Project Management Schedule Management 145

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Tech has turned a corner during the planning stage of projects, but more work remains to meet schedule and budget constraints.

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Budgeting Budget Schedule Plans 156

Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2024

That said, this article will unravel strategies that resonate with professionals, from those who meticulously plan projects to those who wield the tools on-site. Project Managers Responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and completion of construction projects.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 12, 2022

LEAN Capital Project Delivery (LEAN CPD) creates a dynamic, collaborative environment in which repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds requirements can consistently be achieved in a quality manner, on-time, on-budget, and in full compliance. Significantly improve your traditional planning, procurement, and project delivery methods.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2020

Consistent on-time, on-budget delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects is possible only when owners have the requisite levels of leadership and competency. Robust LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery tools and services are readily available.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 6, 2020

Ensuring COLLABORATION from Planning, through Procurement, through Project Delivery, and Beyond for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction requires an integrated outcome-focused process. The post IPD – Ensuring Construction COLLABORATION from Planning, through Procurement, through Project Delivery, and Beyond!

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Construction Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

These tools enable construction professionals to rethink every aspect of project planning, execution, and collaboration, whether it be through the use of project management software, virtual reality (VR), or building information modeling (BIM).

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 14, 2019

Staying proactive during projects by recognizing pitfalls and taking appropriate steps to avoid them limits accidents, ensures budgets and timelines remain on schedule and creates a more positive work environment. Improperly Estimating Costs and Poorly Planning Projects. Speaking of what could come, plan ahead.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2023

. #1 Define estimate’s purpose ■ Who will use the estimate and how. Required level of detail, and overall scope. #2 Monte Carlo simulation) to develop a confidence interval around the point estimate. ■ Monte Carlo simulation) to develop a confidence interval around the point estimate. ■

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Lets Build

AUGUST 19, 2020

What does collaborative planning mean for construction? A huge number of stakeholders need to come together and work towards the same goal with full respect for both the short and long-term planning of the project. It doesn’t take much then to understand the importance of collaborative planning for construction.

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Plans Project Management Construction Management 148

Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Construction schedules: they are highly complex, sometimes consisting of thousands and thousands of scheduled activities. This leaves you, the scheduler, to deal with tracking all the moving pieces to ensure projects stay on time and within budget. . But First, What is the Schedule Tool in Autodesk Build? .

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Whether a Federal, State, County, or Local Government, most public sector organizations underperform when it comes to planning, procuring, and executing facilities repair, renovation, or new builds. Supporting robust processes, tools, and training are readily available to assure on-time, on-budget, and quality outcomes 90%+ of the time.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Detailed reports and summaries that outline actual expenditures compared to budgeted costs allow for educated decisions as to where adjustments are needed. Scheduling, planning, and collaboration optimization. Scheduling, planning, and collaboration optimization.

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Risk Schedule Profitability Viewpoint 217

Lets Build

MAY 5, 2023

Planning is key for every construction project, no matter the size. A single design flaw, drafting mistake, or other oversight can result in significant cost and schedule overruns. Preconstruction planning: Keeps everyone aligned. So how do we avoid this?

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 5, 2021

JOC, when properly used, is an integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery method in which the owner provides leadership and oversight within a collaborative, mutually beneficial relationship with design/builders. JOC can consistently delivery quality projects, on-time, and on-budget.

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HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Plan for Extra Permitting Hoops. Prior to the usual municipality review and approval of construction plans, the project must already have sign-off from the appropriate landmark authority. Here are three key takeaways from our experiences over the years: 1. Anticipate Impact on Non-Landmark Elements.

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Lets Build

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Cost and schedule deviations are some of the greatest challenges project managers face—they stem from inefficient scheduling, timeline alterations, and high waste rates. The solution is lean construction scheduling processes, like the Last Planner® System (LPS) and Scrum. Master scheduling. Phase scheduling.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 30, 2024

It includes regularly scheduled adjustments and inspections, preventive maintenance tasks, and emergency response and service calls for minor repairs. PEOPLE Focus Significant change management is needed to shift from archaic and waste planning, procurement, and project delivery methods and practices.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 9, 2023

If we don’t plan for that and have to continually stop and start a project because of the unavailability of materials or owner-furnished equipment, it will cause delays that will lead to cost overruns, such as subcontractors asking for remobilization fees to get them back online if a project is halted.

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