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Maximize Your Construction Estimating Efficiency

Construction Business Owner

mhodges Thu, 07/06/2023 - 10:23 Prior to a new construction build or renovation, cost estimates are used to evaluate information and determine project feasibility, funding, logistics and other required resources. Maximize Your Construction Estimating Efficiency Tools, tips and insights you can use right now to make use of your valuable time.

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Top 5 Construction Strategies to Consider Before Purchasing an Underperforming Shopping Mall

HardHatChat

Perhaps the most important aspect in this process will be engaging a national retail commercial contractor for advice and feasibility studies. It’s best to know the status and potential lifespan of main mechanical, electrical and HVAC systems. It would be a waste to purchase a shopping mall only to see top tenants leave.

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Arup USA Inc. Awarded $1.5M Contract to Study Boston's North-South Rail Link

ENR Construction

to conduct a feasibility study of Boston’s so-called North-South Rail Link, a proposed project to build a tunnel that would connect the city’s two main rail stations, North and South stations. The Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation has awarded a $1.5 million contract to Arup USA Inc.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

By way of demonstration, a recent study found the cost to operate the same multi family building in Portland, Maine, if Passive House Institute certified was $20,806 per year versus if certified to Passive House US was $26,781 per year, so the two standards are definitely not the same.

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Subbie failures plunge Seddon to £15m loss

Construction Enquirer

” He said that turnover was down 10% to £150m over the year mainly driven by delayed or cancelled project commencements as the rising cost base affected their feasibility. . “This secondary cause of inflation increases our costs further due to disruption and increased cost of securing alternate subcontractors.”

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The Art of Earth Architecture

Natural Building

As we face the dangerous and deep crisis related to climate change, we absolutely and urgently need feasible alternatives,” Dethier writes. This book is both an informative global survey of buildings—from ancient Egypt to today—and a call to action. “As Recently, it was transformed into a public library. James Wang.

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Tackle Any Schedule Change with Autodesk Build 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The manual process of the past — comparing line item by line item on paper print outs or switching between two monitors — is just not a feasible solution when it comes to schedules that involve thousands of activities. . One of our main challenges in construction projects today is handling unexpected schedule changes.

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