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Harnessing the Power of RPA

Construction Business Owner

Common expenses for operating a construction business include labor, materials, insurance, permits, office space, vehicles, trailers and other incidentals. Furthermore, some company expenses are not negotiable and are often the largest portion of mandatory expenses, such as labor costs.

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Restaurant Construction Franchise on the Rise – Where do you start?

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Franchise restaurants are the rise, like this new Mrs. Fields that Englewood Construction built in Orland Park Mall. As suggested in my 2011 commercial construction trends blog post, there seems to be a rise in new restaurant construction, particularly among franchise restaurants. Each franchise is different. Bill Di Santo.

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Lessons from BP: The Ultimate Checklist for Commercial Construction Preventive Maintenance

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Commercial construction preventive maintenance. Granted the explosion and resulting oil spill is a worst case scenario, but it begs the question: Do you have the appropriate commercial construction preventive maintenance checklist in place? For a more detailed preventive maintenance construction punch list you can email me.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price. Army Job Order Contracts fail to meet critical AFARS requirements most of the time. 5117.9001 Definitions.

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Englewood Commercial Construction News: Two of the Best Words in Business…We’re Hiring

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As commercial construction news reports say business continues to pick up, we are happy to see some new faces around the office at Englewood Construction. I’m proud to say that after several flat years in the commercial construction industry, Englewood has fought through and is heading in the right direction.

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JOC TASK ORDER Process Overview – USACE

Job Order Contracting

Entities/people involved in a JOC Program at a Project or Task Order levels include: client/building user, project managers, awarded JOC contractor, contracting officer/contracting officer representative, others as required. Only the contracting officer can negotiate/approve non pre-priced item(s) in the task order.

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Preparing Independent Government Estimates – IGEs , IGCEs

Job Order Contracting

The usefulness of an IGE to a contracting officer and other Government interest depends largely upon its supporting documentation. The best source of information for “construction” IGEs is a locally researched detailed unit price book. FAR 36.203. Owner Leadership.