Contractor Bookkeeping

MARCH 28, 2025

This involves clear communication, conflict resolution, and a collaborative team environment. A construction manager oversees the site's day-to-day operations and bears the weight of financial and legal obligations associated with the business. Responsibility is another key element.

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Construction Legal Regulation Management 104

Construction Business Owner

APRIL 5, 2021

The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment. Improving how you handle the preliminary stages of your construction projects will set you up for success on site. Perform 2D/3D takeoffs & BIM coordination in a single software solution. Greg Ragsdale.

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Modeling Environment Autodesk BIM 232

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 31, 2021

The question de riguer in commercial real estate transactions is if PFAS is included in a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment? PFAS has been manufactured and used in a variety of industries around the globe, including in the United States since the 1940s and have been the most extensively produced and studied of these chemicals.

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Site Commercial United States Regulation 156

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 5, 2019

Today’s jobsites are complex environments requiring multiple trade suppliers to coordinate across all project stages. Fortunately, in a historically low-tech industry, advanced technologies are starting to mature and add real value to construction site management.

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Environment Site Contractors Management 276

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Sustainability: Designing tools that consume less power while maintaining or improving performance, and how these developments benefit the environment. He is passionate about the electrification of the job site and its associated benefits.

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Sustainability Maryland Massachusetts Concrete 226

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Sustainable management of the built environment, buildings, utilities, transportation, site, whether public- and private-sector begins with a single source of truth, and great teams of owners and design-builders across disparate domains.

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CSI Construction Procurement Organization 195

Construction Marketing

JUNE 19, 2023

Crane certifications are crucial for construction site operations due to their critical role and potential risks. Promoting safety in construction sites involves ensuring operators understand standard procedures, equipment inspections, load calculations, and hazard identification.

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Certification Site Accidents OSHA 183

Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 30, 2024

While the IoT provides incredible opportunities for site monitoring, predictive maintenance, and supply chain optimization, data privacy and security regulations may impact implementation. Its a double-edged sword companies must become more digital to stay ahead of the competition, but more data and information hosted online increases risk.

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Construction Debt Organization Security 296

Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2022

From leaving on lights and fans to using energy-inefficient appliances, we waste significant energy as heat in our environment. Invest in materials like energy-efficient overhead cranes, and consider using a suitable on-site generator. Buildings must be energy efficient. Use Prefabricated Material. Avoid Paper Blueprints.

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Construction Environment Sustainability Software 240

HardHatChat

MARCH 27, 2018

Using prefabricated construction components (elements that are manufactured off-site and then delivered to the construction site for installation) or a modular construction model (where entire building sections are constructed in a plant facility and delivered for on-site assembly) certainly has the potential to improve efficiencies.

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Commercial Union Construction Site 328

Lets Build

JANUARY 20, 2023

Construction sites are chaotic. And even if it’s mostly controlled chaos, staying on top of everything is challenging for site managers. Let’s explore the importance of keeping construction and maintenance daily logs of every on-site activity.

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Site Construction Documentation Products 148

The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Construction sites are inherently hazardous workplace environments, with potential risks ranging from falling debris to dangerous machinery. As such, construction projects need to have effective hazard communication systems in place.

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Construction Risk Environment Safety 246

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 27, 2022

Common data environment, including current, detailed, locally researched unit price cost data. Global oversight with local, on-site empowerment. Fully defined processes, workflows, roles, responsibilities, and deliverables. Collaborative, real-time technology enabling team access to current documentation and information.

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Contract Renovating Budgeting Budget 260

HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

During this stage, the client/GC team collaboratively address site assessments, permit requirements, and scheduling, leveraging the GC’s practical experience in the field. These proactive safety measures reduced the risk of on-site incidents, minimized legal risks, and kept the project in line with OSHA requirements.

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Risk Commercial Budgeting Budget 156

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 29, 2024

With its latest annual Make It Real program, Autodesk is challenging high school students to imagine how to design and build a habitat for an extreme environment. For the Make It Resilient 2024 contest , any extreme environment such as a desert, rainforest, deep ocean site, areas prone to flooding, or even another planet can be chosen.

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Environment Autodesk Education Engineering 126

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Managing the flow of fuel in compressed, urban environments is a challenge that contractors working in cities face on a daily basis. On many metropolitan jobsites, fueling becomes a juggling act of servicing core heavy equipment, as well as generators, lighting structures and other on-site assets that require around-the-clock energy.

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Equipment Environment Site Management 215

Construction Business Owner

MAY 8, 2019

Your leadership team spends hundreds of hours agonizing over any one project's schedule—what workers should be hired for which phase of the project; what materials should be shipped to the site when; when and how often project owners should be brought in for a status update; and more.

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Insurance Schedule Environment Materials 235

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

10% are due to site related productivity issues, most of which could have been foreseen. All off the require tools and support services to create integrated environments, to address all of the above issues, and more, are readily available. The errors and poor processes result in change orders, project delays, and legal disputes.

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Schedule Management Procurement Construction 232

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 22, 2021

These environments, when properly deployed and managed, drive unparalleled levels of efficiency quality. A cohesive, efficient, and fully transparent set of principles, policies, procedures, workflows, and a corresponding common data environment (CDE) area foundational elements of both IPD and LEAN JOC. Sample Workflow. via 4bt.us.

Renovating 264

Renovating Management Procurement Life Cycle 264

BD+C

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Trends in scientific research environments: Q&A with Flad's Matt McCord 0 dbarista Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:54 Laboratories As part of an ongoing series, Matt McCord, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Principal with Flad Architects, discusses the future of the scientific workplace. The idea is generalizing space. This can be a challenge.

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Environment AIA Plans Idaho 98

Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2024

That said, this article will unravel strategies that resonate with professionals, from those who meticulously plan projects to those who wield the tools on-site. Surveyors Measure and map construction sites, providing critical data for project planning and design. Ensure accurate boundaries, elevations, and dimensions are maintained.

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Construction Project Management Electrical Safety 332

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2022

Request a joint site visit to enable the development of detailed SOW and to provide sufficient information for the design builder to develop a detailed line-item proposals. Require initial and ongoing training for ALL participants to assure adequate knowledge to operate withing a dynamic interactive environment.

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Contract Management Procurement Life Cycle 260

HardHatChat

APRIL 20, 2017

Erosion control measures, such silt fencing on the site of this Goodwill store Englewood built in Romeoville, Ill., This is a great example of a practice that is not only good for the environment, but also makes good business sense as it mitigates shipping costs, keeping construction budgets in line. Construction Site Recycling.

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Commercial Green Construction Materials 275

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 24, 2021

Define and discuss issues as a group, beginning with a joint site walk, and continuing through project completion. A common data environment supports collaboration. The environment retains sufficient flexibility to enable local/on-site decision-making within global parameters.

Renovating 252

Renovating Life Cycle Visualization Environment 252

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 22, 2024

Granularity and Specificity : Locally researched cost data offers detailed, project-specific information, capturing variations in costs within specific locals, regions, or even specific sites. Curret actionable cost is is critical in an economic environment where costs can fluctuate rapidly.

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Construction CSI Equipment Procurement 217

Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

There are many benefits to reducing energy on construction sites. This article unveils ten powerful strategies to revolutionize energy efficiency on construction sites. Have an Energy Management Plan Setting up an energy management plan is a sure way to ensure that energy is saved on-site.

Construction 283

Construction Site Materials Equipment 283

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2020

IPD software and support services provide an environment with a collaborative focus upon requirements definition and successful repair, renovation, and new construction project completion. Defined common data environment. Common Data Environment. Key performance indicators. Sample High-level Workflow.

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Software Software CSI Life Cycle 179

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2020

While owners provide leadership, builders and other “on-site” service providers are relied upon to provide localized, domain-specific expertise to drive better outcomes. This is an environment within with risks and rewards are shared. It integrates internal and external resources within a process-centric environment.

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Procurement Plans Construction Environment 191

Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 27, 2023

6 Benefits of Maintaining a Clean Machine ccapoccia Sun, 08/27/2023 - 12:46 Construction sites are often bustling with a variety of equipment, such as crawler excavators, dozers and wheel loaders. These hardworking machines are exposed to the harshest environments, accumulating layers of dirt, mud and debris day after day.

Environment 156

Environment Equipment Site Construction 156

Construction Marketing

JUNE 13, 2022

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a certification that aids in improving building performance and reduces the impact on the environment. It provides guidelines to create an efficient and sustainable built environment that encourages market competitiveness and public health improvement. Sustainable Sites.

Certification 156

Certification Design Environment Sustainability 156

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Public and private sector real property owners and facilities management professionals can leverage LEAN JOC to achieve more efficient use of existing capital resources in a full transparent and compliant planning and operating environment. It is not simply a LEAN “philosophy”, but a robust operating environment.

Contract 205

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 205

Pro Builder

JUNE 22, 2023

but one that needs to take place if home builders want to successfully transition from on-site stick-building to an off-site or factory-built model for the bulk of their structural needs. For The Cove , a new community of for-sale detached and attached homes in Sacramento, Calif., Photo: Jeff A. . Photo: Jeff A.

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Site Housing Design Industrial 92

Learn Civil Engineering

JANUARY 4, 2025

Dewatering is the process of removing groundwater or surface water from a construction site to create a safe and stable working environment. It is quite important in construction, especially for projects that include deep excavations, foundations, and construction in areas with high water tables.

Foundation 52

Foundation Risk Environment Site 52

Construction Business Owner

JUNE 27, 2023

Enhancing Safety & Efficiency on the Jobsite ccapoccia Tue, 06/27/2023 - 19:26 Construction sites can be hazardous places, with heavy equipment, machinery and workers constantly operating in close proximity. In this complex environment, any misstep or error can result in severe accidents or injuries.

Safety 156

Safety Accidents Injury Equipment 156

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Among the most misunderstood term in a Phase I environmental site assessment is the Historical Recognized Environmental Condition. By way of background, a Phase I environmental site assessment is the process of evaluating a property’s environmental conditions and assessing potential liability for contamination.

Liability 156

Liability Site Environment Commercial 156

HardHatChat

JUNE 20, 2017

Back in the 1960s and 70s, it was pretty common for car dealerships to be located in a shopping center environment. It’s not enough to have a mall filled with specific brands and storefronts to draw in shoppers – developers know they also have to create a unique destination that offers a great experience to attract consumers.

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Retail IDEA Las Vegas Spirit 288

BD+C

MARCH 14, 2023

Meet Spot: A robot that’s being tested to keep construction sites clean 0 qpurcell Tue, 03/14/2023 - 07:57 AEC Tech What if we could increase consistency and efficiency with housekeeping by automating this process with a robot? Skanska was then given a six-month research and testing period to utilize Spot in a controlled environment.

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Site Boston Autodesk Construction 98