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How General Contractors Work with Commercial Architects to Mitigate Risks and Deliver Superior Commercial Construction Projects

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Ensure Realistic Budgeting and Scheduling: Combining the architects design vision with the GCs knowledge of materials, labor, and logistics allows for more accurate cost estimates and timelines. Improved Design Feasibility and Cost Alignment Architects bring creativity and innovation to projects, while GCs focus on execution.

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Living in a Materials World

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Effectively managing the materials on jobsites with modern software can have a significant impact on contractors bottom lines. Every built environment turns raw materials into polished projects. But along the way, those material costs can start to add up, especially if the materials aren’t procured and managed properly.

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Validate a Construction Takt Plan

Job Order Contracting

How to validate a construction takt plan: Validating an “optimized” TAKT plan is challenging, if not impossible, without access to an objective and granular local market database of construction tasks that includes labor, material, and equipment requirements. Here’s why this database is critical: 1.

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Early Collaboration: The Key to Commercial Construction Risk Mitigation

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Early Engagement for Improved Decision-Making Engaging GCs early provides Directors with critical insights that enhance the project’s overall design and feasibility. During this stage, the client/GC team collaboratively address site assessments, permit requirements, and scheduling, leveraging the GC’s practical experience in the field.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

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Technically, the Project Management Institute (PMI) defines project management as “the art of directing and coordinating human and material resources throughout the life of a project by using modern management techniques to achieve predetermined objectives of scope, cost, time, quality, and participating objectives.” Initiation.

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Improper or Deficient Site Investigation Can Cause Problems

Best Practices Construction Law

It should be noted that the fewer the number of soil borings taken, the less likely that those taken will indicate properly the site conditions. Deficient Site Investigation. One common example of deficient site investigation is the failure to discover a conflicting underground utility in planning the location of new utilities.

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Property Development And Marketing Tips To Maximize Your ROI

Construction Marketing

You should also know which materials are ideal for building commercial properties that attract your target customers. Therefore, consider performing a feasibility study for a property development project. That’s because high-quality rubber tracks improve traction and maneuverability, thus boosting productivity at the site.

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