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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Meet with them before every project to discuss not only the contractual provisions for scope of work and change orders, but also what you bid and why. Owners need your help to meet their goals, and they may be more amenable to approving change orders while you’re still on the job. change orders. August 2008.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Drawings have been used by designers for centuries to communicate ideas to the construction trades. Until recently, those drawings were produced by hand, but in the last 25 years or so, computers have become the primary tool people use to produce construction documents. change orders. Project Collaboration. January 2009.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

But, with a variety of systems, drawing types, documents, forms, and data in a variety of electronic formats, efficiently communicating project information is difficult. change orders. A lot of this communication revolves around the project documentation. Technology makes efficiently sharing and using this information possible.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

These did not show up on the drawings. In addition to the initial question, there is usually additional correspondence, drawings, sketches, submittals, email discussions, sub and vendor input, design team input, owner input, pricing and other information, which, can be quite a pile of “stuff” to keep track of. change orders.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

To begin a discussion of cloud computing, let’s draw some analogies from the world of public utilities. To draw an analogy, imagine a situation in which individuals connected their own personal power generators to create a shared power grid. change orders. Power Stations & The Grid. January 2009. December 2008.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Common repetitive tasks such as time entry, drawing logs, punch lists, safety records – I could go on – lend themselves to the ease-of-use and intuitive interfaces provided by the app. change orders. However, as we’ve all experienced, complex software applications can do a great job taking simple tasks and making them complex.

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5 Reasons to Use Mechanical Contractor Software

Pro Builder

For practices like estimates, time tracking, project management, change order management, accounting, and other key processes, mechanical contractor software has helped complete jobs more efficiently and effectively. Here are five reasons to use mechanical contractor software: 1) Drawing & Design Planning. Building Software.