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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. 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.

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Project Management Technology Tools Helping Contractors Modernize, Streamline Operations—Part 3 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Effective project management means controlling the data flow and staying on top of transmittals, submittals, RFIs, email communications, change orders, materials, inventory, job cost and WIP reports, labor hours and wages, union rules, safety regulations, insurance and bonding, compliance data and a whole lot more.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. 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. STRATEGY |.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. 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. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. EQUIPMENT |. General Management. Software & Technology.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. 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.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. 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. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. 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. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. EQUIPMENT |. General Management. August 2008.