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Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

ENR Construction

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The Rise of Business Intelligence in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Bringing in historical data from other projects will help more accurately identify efficiencies that can be gained in current projects — pointing managers to the suppliers who have provided the highest-quality materials in the past or letting firms map out more effective and efficient building phase schedules in the field.

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Getting the basics right (for residential contractors): It isn’t complicated

Construction Marketing Ideas

Adams Hudson reminds us his Contractors’ Sales and Marketing Inside r , that the basics behind AEC marketing — at least for the business-to-consumer residential sector — are quite simple. If you have excessive overhead and business costs, you’ll also fail.

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The Future of the New-Home Design Studio

Pro Builder

What we’ve learned from the recent past is not really anything shockingly new, but rather an “anchoring in” of what customers have been telling us for a long time. With that, consider adding a part-time or full-time support person to increase Design Consultant efficiency. Going Forward Post-Pandemic: Consumer Demand.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” Beyond this, the installing contractor’s overhead(s) and profit will need to be added. Overhead: Overhead is the markup for the general contractor’s home office overhead.

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OSHA Safety

Safety Services Company

If an OSHA funded consultation visit is in progress, or if the facility is pursuing or received an inspection exemption through a consultation program, the inspection may be limited or stopped. Routine and periodic scheduled maintenance. Material handling schedules, stacking schedules, overhead hoisting and material deliveries.

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Five Tips To Help Contractors Stop Losing Money On Change Orders

Contractor Bookkeeping

3% of your customers are "Grinders" and will try to take all your profit by telling you too "Sharpen Your Pencil" which means do the job for just over your hard cost for material and whatever you pay your employees in gross wages with no allowance for overhead costs. 3 Consult Your Employees. 3 Consult Your Subcontractors.