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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Product Spotlight. Some Advice on Change Orders » A Change (Order) for the Better? When clients ask me about change orders, I’m reminded of a well-circulated photo. The yacht is named “Change Order.” Yes, change orders are nearly inevitable.

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Data Scientists Reveal 5 Surprising Construction Insights to Manage RiskĀ 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

An example of a data point might be the number of overhead mechanical racks installed on the job that day, or logging the root cause of a safety incident. This information eventually translates into knowledge , like figuring out the average time it takes to install an overhead rack based on information collected from multiple jobs.

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Electrical Estimating Methods (RSMeans) - an exclusive estimating book for electrical estimators & contractors

Construction Cost Estimating

With this book the electrical contractors will be able to provide the total cost for materials, labor , overhead and profit precisely. This edition is aimed at revealing recent laborā€“hour productivities and practices for procuring material prices compliant with legitimate industry standards and most excellent practices.

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Worldwide Need for Construction Collaboration

Building Information Management

Enhanced productivity. Contract/Project/Document Management. Average project timeline. %/#/$ Change orders. are: shorter procurement times, fewer change orders, virtual elimination of legal disputes, and more projects completed on-time and on-budget. Consistent deployment. Enables Collaboration.

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets ā€“ State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

While accurate, timely, and transparent cost estimating is critical to the success of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project, most construction cost estimators (over 55%) continue to rely primarily upon manual methods, hard copy documents, or electronic spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel. Christofferson, Jay.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings ā€“ Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

Consolidation of procurement – lower overhead cost and procurement cost. Virtual elimination of legal disputes, claims and mitigation of change orders. Long Term Facility Relationship increases productivity and enables reiterative process improvements. Contract, Project, Estimating, Document Management.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings ā€“ Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

Consolidation of procurement – lower overhead cost and procurement cost. Virtual elimination of legal disputes, claims and mitigation of change orders. Long Term Facility Relationship increases productivity and enables reiterative process improvements. Contract, Project, Estimating, Document Management.