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What Is a Change Order?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

What Is a Construction Change Order? According to some estimates, an average of 35% of projects experience at least one major change throughout the life of the project. As a contractor, change orders can leave you feeling like you’re trapped between a rock and a hard place. Key Takeaways.

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Plan markups made easier, improved Forms tab and Change Orders: Fieldwire’s Q4 product updates

Fieldwire

As we work to make construction management more efficient for construction teams all over the world , we continuously add new features and enhancements to our software. Learn more about Change Orders on our blog. Apply the selection of tasks and markups to multiple rooms or areas on the same plan sheet, and even across plans.

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5 Reasons to Use Mechanical Contractor Software

Pro Builder

5 Reasons to Use Mechanical Contractor Software. The construction industry has gone through an extensive transformation, and technology has completely changed the concept of how to drive more quality, productivity, and profit into projects. Here are five reasons to use mechanical contractor software: 1) Drawing & Design Planning.

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Payment Applications 101: A Guide to Pay Apps in Construction

Fieldwire

But a pay app is actually a collection of supporting documents that first and second tier contractors submit to request payment. The construction contract will typically define the process for submitting a pay app, the documents to include, and the deadline for submission. Contractors get paid for the work they document.

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Why It’s Time for Contractors to Adopt Collaborative BIM

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology Report , which covers topics such as software adoption and IT investment, reveals some interesting—and perhaps a little troubling—insights about BIM. Accessible, version-controlled documents —BIM software solutions simplify data management and expand accessibility of documents to the entire team.

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How The Cloud Is Enabling Smarter Project Management—Part 4 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Often, project managers work with information culled together in reports generated in software systems that cannot pull data until it is fully processed or individual phases of the project are completed. With more and more technologies moving to a true cloud platform it makes it much easier to integrate between software programs.

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Common challenges in construction quality control and how to overcome them

Lets Build

Not to mention the cost pressures that can result from miscommunication regarding change orders. You can use construction communication software to connect everyone and ensure better quality control processes with real-time collaboration that reduces mistakes and misunderstandings.