How to Make Better Quantity Takeoffs?
The Constructor
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Quantity takeoff in construction estimates the quantities for a contract from the drawings and construction plans to forecast the upcoming.
Bluebeam Tip: Improving Estimating (Take-off) Measurement Accuracy
Carol Hagen
JANUARY 23, 2014
Bluebeam Revu provides measurement tools ideally suited for construction estimating take-off. You can use the snap to content for your estimating department to work with plan sets and “hit” the exact corner or inside wall for a perfect measurement but the line weight might may impact your measurement accuracy.
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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust
HardHatChat
AUGUST 28, 2018
While we do our best to provide budget estimates that are as accurate as possible, there are inevitably times when projects bids come in higher than the client expected, or that unanticipated costs push the job over-budget. If the client ends up wanting something other than what is in the drawings, it results in a change order.
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Bluebeam Tip: Estimating and Layers
Carol Hagen
MAY 18, 2015
How many times during your estimating take-off do you right click and add an item to a layer? When using one drawing to take-off many trades, layers helps but adding an item to a layer each time you take-off an item in Revu is time-consuming. Estimating professionals take-off like items together. There’s a quicker way.
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FM & Cost Estimating Tools in the Cloud & Free – 2018 National Commercial Construction Cost Database
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Manage buildings, teams, projects, documents, drawings, estimates… anywhere, anytime. The post FM & Cost Estimating Tools in the Cloud & Free – 2018 National Commercial Construction Cost Database appeared first on 4BT. Construction Cost Database … both FREE! Also view link documents, add notes, etc.
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How to Estimate Construction Costs
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JUNE 7, 2023
Inaccurate estimates might not be the root of all evil, but they sure can derail a project. Far and away one of the most common reasons, however, is inaccurate budget estimates. When it comes to construction, estimating costs is a towering challenge. When it comes to construction, estimating costs is a towering challenge.
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The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment
Construction Business Owner
APRIL 5, 2021
For example, if each clash costs $3,500 per instance (PWC, 2018), it’s difficult for estimators and project managers to ensure each project is profitable during the planning phases of a project. At the end of the day, all construction firms want to stay in business, and preferably thriving over just surviving.
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Construction Estimating Software: The Complete Guide
Autodesk Construction Cloud
JUNE 24, 2022
New opportunities and challenges highlight the importance of producing accurate estimates. In an industry with razor-thin margins, incorrect estimates can lead to a major hit in profitability and wreak havoc on your company’s finances. One of the best ways to do this is to use construction estimating software. .
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What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan
Construction Marketing
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Before approving your loan, the lender must review your projected budget estimates, detailed construction plans, and construction timelines to decide on your loan amount. If the appraisers approve, the lender makes more draw payments to the contractor. How construction loans work. Construction loans entail more lender involvement.
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Autodesk Fully Releases Takeoff for 2D and 3D Estimating
Construction Junkie
MARCH 24, 2021
Autodesk Takeoff allows estimators to perform 2D and 3D takeoffs within Autodesk Construction Cloud, ensuring teams are using the most up-to-date set of drawings and allowing collaboration between team members.
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How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 18, 2021
Remember: Many owners that make decisions about the work to be completed are not construction professionals, meaning they are not accustomed to reading plans and 2D drawings. Using BIM, the team has: Increased estimator efficiency through iterative model-based quantification and estimating.
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LEAN Job Order Contracting – What Public Sector Facilities Professionals Need to Know
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 15, 2021
100% real-time view of all you JOC Programs, Contracts, Projects, Proposals, Estimates. Does your technical team (engineering/facilities management) and procurement team review detailed line-item estimate prepared by your JOC contractor(s)? Cam your JOC software view and access Revit drawings, images, documents, etc.?
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How Smart Subcontractors Spot Revisions on Plans
Carol Hagen
MAY 22, 2013
When estimating the financial impact of these changes, subcontractors are often pressed for time and need an efficient way of locating the differences between plan sets. More Bluebeam articles you might be interested in: Construction estimating manual counting ends with visual search. When conditions and ideas change, so do the plans.
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What Is Estimate | Types of Estimate |Requirement Data for Estimation |Advantage of Estimate | Disadvantage of Estimate | Types of Cost Estimation
CivilJungle
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
What Is Estimate? The estimated or anticipated cost of the project is an estimate that is commonly calculated well before the project is taken up. The main goal of estimation is to encourage us to always understand the cost of work prior. Appropriate estimation is planned by detailed estimation in specific item wise.
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Effective Marketing For Diverse Construction Job Categories
Construction Marketing
JANUARY 24, 2024
Estimators Analyze project blueprints and specifications to estimate labor, materials, and equipment costs. Through these tailored marketing strategies, the construction industry can continue to draw upon a diverse talent pool, ensuring its resilience and growth in the face of challenges and opportunities.
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308 Technology Matters for Job Order Contracting
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Furthermore, I am not just taking about a estimating program with a unit price book. I am taking about technology that supports JOC Program, Projec t, Estimate , Documen t, Issu e, Task , Contractor , and Subcontractor Management … at a minimum! Why is technology so important? Let’s take a “basic” example.
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Types of Drawings used in House Construction Industry
Construction Cost Estimating
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Various sorts of drawings are utilized in development, for example, architectural drawings, auxiliary, electrical, plumbing and finishing drawings. These drawings give design plans and subtleties to development of every single piece of the structure. Each of them are briefly described below.
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JOC Procedures
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Contractor prepares/updates Detailed Scope of Work referencing any sketches, drawings, photographs, and specifications required to document accurately the work to be accomplished and prepares a detailed line-item proposal of the planned work activity using the current unit price book (UPB).
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Difference Between Sketching and Drawing | What Are Conceptual Sketches | Architecture Concept Drawing | Types of Drawings for Building Design
CivilJungle
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Concept drawing can also be used to explore more technical aspects of a design providing an initial response and possible solutions to problems, constraints and opportunities such as service layout, structure, method of construction, paths and shading, patterns and calculations, the relationship between aspects of size etc. Scale Drawing.
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REINFORCEMENT COVER AND PRE-CONCRETE CHECKS
The Constructor
MARCH 20, 2012
The required amount of cover will always be specified on the design drawings, but no time should the cover be less than the maximum size of aggregate plus 5mm. The second part is carried out by a surveyor, who will check the steel levels against the required levels from the design drawings.
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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building
Wolgast Corporation
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Three-Phases to Design-Build Construction: Preliminary Design and Estimating Detailed Construction Drawings and Bidding Construction Step One/Phase I – Preliminary Design and Estimating In this First Step or Phase our Architect develops plans based on a needs analysis meeting with the building owner and representatives for a nominal fee.
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Integrated Project Delivery Software and Support Services
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2020
Instant access to drawings using Building in Cloud built-in DWG viewer. Common Data Environment. Upload and share documents and make them available to your whole team – including PDF, Word and Excel files, images and videos.
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Job Order Contracting – Cloud-based Solution
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Project, Estimate, & Document Management. Everything you need is at your fingertips, just click, drag & drop, set quantities, and build a detailed unit price JOC estimate! JOC Project Managers, estimators, technical and non-technical teams can access and review activities real-time.
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The Construction Office Imperative: Digitize, Go Paperless and Mobile
Carol Hagen
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Correspondence, contracts and RFIs, change orders, and drawings are frequently emailed. 70% estimate an improvement of at least 3x, and 29% see an improvement of 10x or more. 70% estimate an improvement of at least 3x, and 29% see an improvement of 10x or more.” Many documents in construction also are forms-based.
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What Is Estimation of Residential Building | Types of Estimation for Residential Building
CivilJungle
MARCH 4, 2022
What Is Estimation of Residential Building? Estimation of a residential building is basically a “ Bottoms Up” or “Prime Cost” which performed an analysis in detail and finally produce a product. Estimation actually calculates all the necessary values with a lower rate and higher amount, this method helps the owner.
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How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step
CivilJungle
AUGUST 5, 2022
How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step? You should know the right process to draw a house plan before you start drawing a plan on paper. Drawing a house plan takes much more effort and patience than doing other things. Basics: Before preparing a perfect plan to draw some decisions need to be taken.
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FORMWORK AND GOOD FORMWORK PROPERTIES
The Constructor
MARCH 19, 2012
For anything other than most smallest of concreting jobs e.g. walls over 1m in height, a drawing should be provided, showing what formwork is required. This need not be an intricate design drawing, a simple sketch is usually sufficient. The below picture shows part of a concrete structure soon after the formwork has been struck.
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Construction blueprints 101: What you need to know
Lets Build
APRIL 3, 2020
Construction blueprints (also known as construction plans or construction drawings) are two-dimensional drawings that contain all the details that are needed for a project. Historically, blueprints were literally blueprints and were made to reproduce technical drawings through a contact print process on light-sensitive paper.
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Tech Tools for Builders: Mobile Apps
Pro Builder
JANUARY 6, 2021
The app also can make pricing estimates based on its measurements, the developer says. . . . Using the PlanGrid mobile app enables you to publish amended versions of construction drawings to a cloud server and share them. Estimate and invoice tracker. JobFlex is an easy-to-navigate app for estimating and invoicing.
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Construction Estimating: 4 Winning Tips to Improve
Autodesk Construction Cloud
DECEMBER 17, 2021
In an era of rising costs and new technology, here’s how to bring more accuracy to construction estimating. . When it comes time to kick off a new construction job, an accurate estimate is the first step toward project success. What is a Construction Estimate? Usually, an accurate estimate is set before you place a bid.
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How to Do a Takeoff in Construction: A Step-by-Step Guide
Autodesk Construction Cloud
MAY 23, 2022
With rising material costs and razor-thin margins, construction professionals must ensure that project costs and materials are precisely estimated so they can make accurate projections and optimize their bids. . While each project is unique, estimators often rely on years of knowledge of what materials are required to complete the project.
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LEAN Job Order Contracting – What Public Sector Facilities Professionals Need to Know
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Does your technical team (engineering/facilities management) and procurement team review detailed line-item estimate prepared by your JOC contractor(s)? Can you automatically compare two estimates (government and contractor) and show differences in seconds? Cam your JOC software view and access Revit drawings, images, documents, etc.?
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COMMON STRUCTURAL FAILURE CAUSES
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 19, 2011
8) inadequate preparation and review of contract and shop drawings. (9) Other common causes of structural failure are: (5) lack of appropriate professional design and construction experience, especially when novel structures are needed. (6) 6) complexity of codes and specifications leading to misinterpretation and misapplication. (7)
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Six Ways to Control Rising Commercial Construction Costs
HardHatChat
JULY 11, 2013
If there is one aspect of a commercial construction job worth extra investment, it is the planning and drawing stage. When estimating commercial construction costs, it is always good to evaluate the current condition of major building systems rather than simply ordering new. Don’t skimp on architects.
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INSPECTION OF A BRIDGE STRUCTURE - The Constructor
The Constructor
MAY 29, 2012
Here the data is fed into the agency’s database such that it can gain an overall picture of the state of the bridge and calculate an estimate of likely future expenditure. The information collected in a bridge inspection reports is sent to the highways agency. Not all the components of a bridge is deteriorate at the same rate.
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203 Job Order Contract Unit Price Book Basics
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 15, 2017
Detailed Line Item Unit Cost Construction Estimating, & Unit Price Books, UPB (Unit Price Guides-UPG). Definition: detailed cost estimate: “a forecast of construction cost prepared on the basis of a detailed analysis of materials and labor for all items of work.” – 13th edition of the Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice.
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Bluebeam Revu Tip: Complementing CAD
Carol Hagen
AUGUST 21, 2014
“Nowadays, I draw in Bluebeam equal amounts to sketching or CAD.” Nathan draws in the soffits with the polygon tool that he’s customized with a fill color. I am available and travel the United States providing in-house customized training for your Project Managers, Estimators and supporting office staff.
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JOC TASK ORDER Process Overview – USACE
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
The government will not provide the contractor with detailed Task Order drawings for projects that do not require a design. For Projects that require actual design, the government will provide the contractor with the minimum design documents and drawings considered necessary to estimate, propose and construct these projects.
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Hard Construction Costs
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 20, 2017
They are quantifiable and best determined by an experienced construction cost estimator with at least a decade of line item construction cost estimating under his/her belt. Unless stipulated otherwise by the owner/facilities manager, the contractor(s) /subcontractor(s) generally provide estimates in their own formats and terms.
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Autodesk to Acquire Cloud Based Estimating Company ProEst
Autodesk Construction Cloud
DECEMBER 16, 2021
NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it is acquiring ProEst , a cloud-based estimating solution that enables construction teams to create estimates, perform digital takeoffs, generate detailed reports and proposals and manage bid-day processes. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 16, 2021 – Autodesk, Inc.
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52 PRE-CONCRETE CHECKS FOR FORMWORK & RELEASE AGENTS
The Constructor
MARCH 19, 2012
Below are the checks that should be verified before pouring begins: Is the formwork erected in accordance with the approved drawings? The cost of remedial work due to formwork deflection will usually exceed the original cost of doing the job properly. Is the formwork restrained against movement in all directions?
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Writing a Job Order Contract Task Order
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 27, 2017
. #2 Develop a more generalized scope of work without full A/E requirements, but with sufficient detail (potentially including an internal line item cost estimate) to enable the awarded JOC construction contractor to create an accurate and detailed construction cost estimate. The new ceiling height shall be 8 feet above finished floor.
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Year in Review: Construction Firms Share How Autodesk Takeoff Transformed Their Workflows
Autodesk Construction Cloud
MAY 6, 2022
Estimating teams play a critical role in successful planning. Through a streamlined quantity takeoff process, estimators can accurately determine what materials to source and the quantities required for a project. Autodesk Takeoff allowed the firm to have a common data environment where VDC and estimating teams could collaborate.
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Preconstruction Professionals: You Won’t Want to Miss Autodesk University 2022
Autodesk Construction Cloud
AUGUST 23, 2022
Over the course of three days, we’ll provide a treasure trove of information for preconstruction professionals like yourselves, including new trends and strategies for improving processes like estimating, bidding, and coordination. Meet ProEst: Construction Estimating in the Cloud | CS502710. REGISTER NOW .
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