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Beware of Using Assemblies for Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Each aspect, such as materials, labor, equipment, and overhead, should be itemized separately. Overhead and Profit: Factor in overhead costs and profit margins using the establish/accepted coefficient. Unit Costs: Assign a unit cost to each line item. This could be the cost per unit of measurement (e.g.,

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Estimate Your Way in STACK

Construction Business Owner

After calculating material quantities with your takeoff, estimating adds costs to all facets of the project, from materials and labor to overhead and markup. Waste and overhead can also be added to arrive at the project cost. Estimating is the backbone of a construction project, and it’s essential to get it right to win bids.

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10 Essential Types of Construction Documents

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction documents help keep your projects organized and guide the construction process from start to finish. Having access to these construction documents puts information into the hands of the right people at the right time, so decisions can be made quickly and action can be taken to finish projects on time and within scope. .

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Rethinking Job Order Contracts

Job Order Contracting

Both the maximum individual project size and type, as well as the maximum overall annual size of the JOC Program are typically stated in the contract documents. The coefficient generally must include all project general conditions as described in the contract, including but not limited to supervision, overhead and profit.

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Construction Project Managers Go Mobile

Carol Hagen

Update: Project Manager uses iPhone to access construction documentation. Documentation. Over the next few days we’ll be showcasing more than screen shots with actual video of just how easy it is to access, create, update and share these documents from the device of your choice. What’s missing? Contact Management.

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Make Crane Safety Priority One!

Constructonomics

This post was written by SPANCO, an industry leader in overhead cranes since 1979. Overhead and gantry cranes have three axes of directional travel: vertically in the direction of the hoist and load hook, laterally along the path of the trolley, and forward and back along the path of the bridge. THE EQUIPMENT.

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5 Reasons our New HR Management Solution Has Construction Pros Swooning

Viewpoint Construction Technology

From managing time off to streamlining recruiting and on-boarding to providing a robust employee self-service portal for HR documents, pay statements and more, Viewpoint HR Management is the tool that improves HR processes, resulting in time and cost savings. Research reveals that an overwhelming majority (73%) of full-time U.S. virtual only.