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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

HardHatChat

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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7 ways to improve your construction schedule

Lets Build

If you answered staying on schedule, you’re not alone. So if you don’t want your next project to end up as another statistic for missed deadlines, you need to improve your construction schedule. We’ll discuss five techniques you can use to create a construction schedule that keeps your project on track. using site drawings.

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BIM and the Estimator

Cassell Construction Estimating

I’ve been asked by one of my industry software provider friends to write a piece on the current state of Building Information Modeling (BIM), as it relates to estimating in the here and now. Additionally, built-in clash-detection attributes prohibit drawing ducts through windows, or electrical lines through ducts. Why Design-Build?

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LEAN Job Order Contracting – What Public Sector Facilities Professionals Need to Know

Job Order Contracting

100% real-time view of all you JOC Programs, Contracts, Projects, Proposals, Estimates. Schedule a 15-minute introductory call , or visit www.4bt.us. Does your technical team (engineering/facilities management) and procurement team review detailed line-item estimate prepared by your JOC contractor(s)? Quantification of impacts.

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How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business

Construction Business Owner

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. The result?

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Bar Bending Schedule - Importance | advantages | Preparation

Civil Lead

What is Bar Bending Schedule (BBS)? Bar bending schedule is a list of reinforcement bars in a tabular form giving the particulars of bars, the shape of bending with sketches, length of each, total length and total weight. Usually, for each type of RCC work a schedule of bars is usually prepared. Lintel, Slab - 0.7 Beams - 1.0

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The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment

Construction Business Owner

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. Automating Team Productivity.

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