Contractor Bookkeeping

AUGUST 1, 2013

Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and an Intuit QuickBooks ProAdvisor. His background provides a unique perspective which allows him to see the world through the eyes of a contractor, project manager and accountant and most important a construction accountant. QuickBooks Premier 2008 To Present Year.

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UK Construction Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Recently, UK interest rates have been rising, hitting their highest point since the 2008 financial crisis. Wage Increases Versus Efficiency Gains With increasing wages, the construction industry needs to counterbalance these higher labour costs with efficiency gains to manage construction expenses.

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Jonas Construction

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Before we get into strategies you can use to manage the shortage, it’s important we understand some of the history first (though we understand if you want to skip the history and go right to the strategies). Strategies You Can Use to Manage Skilled Labour Shortage 1. There are many reasons for this.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 20, 2021

As a Senior Project Manager, Jacob Freitas is one of those fearless champions, pushing innovation and productivity forward at Level 10 Construction. We recently spoke with Jacob about his experience with planning and construction, how the project manager role is evolving, and how Level 10 leverages technology to solve challenges.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 13, 2013

Developers and retailers needed to find a way to breathe new life into the shopping experience and re-imagine regional shopping centers; hence the change in design and the reason why traditional malls went by the way side. This is a retail construction trend that we have seen established since 2008. Be prepared.

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Construction Daily News

AUGUST 28, 2024

One-third of property managers provide promotions like free parking to attract tenants, according to Zillow. Construction employment was overestimated for three years during the 2008 crisis and pandemic. This is the largest downward change to the construction benchmark since March 2010. Rent in Virginia Beach rose 13.7%

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 25, 2012

Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules. Revit warns us that they have been deleted from the model but they are still listed in schedules. To really delete them we have to open a schedule view and delete them there. How about instead having a Rooms explorer, like you can explore Schedules, Sheets and Families? Whadya think?

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The Korte Company

MAY 5, 2020

In this resource, we review the benefits of completing construction ahead of schedule, explain the challenges many owners must overcome when projects are finished early and share pre-construction planning tactics that will help you make the most of an early completion. Postal Service projects that came in ahead of schedule and under budget.

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Gina Hewlett, Louisville Tile, Nashville, TN declared, “We will be scheduling tours for designers, who were unable to come today to visit with our design center team. is a publicly traded company, part of the Novo Mercado Bovespa since 2008, and was incorporated on December 22,1977. To learn more, visit www.portobelloamerica.com.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This is the schedule/agenda for the two day Revitganza. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Changing a Username. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35). ► September 2008. (49). ► August 2008. (34).

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Revit OpEd

MARCH 30, 2012

I don't have 2013 yet, will this work inside a schedule, say for door detail references? Sorry, not in schedules. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Can't Change a Parameter from Type to Instance. Scheduling Inequity for Ducts. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16).

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Revit OpEd

JULY 19, 2012

These adjustments change the 3D model, not just the 2D plan-view. Note the two “wall closure” parameters (shown below) need to be “locked” so they stay positive (in the correct direction) when the host wall thickness changes. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. ► 2008.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The essence of the warning is that something has changed in a way that Revit cant transfer the dimension reference to the new object. Edit: Btw, I wrote, and scheduled this to post ahead of time, in response to an question via email and a last night I read a post at RevitForum.org that asks why almost the same thing is happening.

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Revit OpEd

JULY 27, 2012

The problems are with autodesk's management of the software and of the paying client base, who are always secondary to the shareholders. How many revit 2013 changes (I can't call them all improvements) address AUGI wishlist items? I think we're just at the beginning of massive change in the industry. The soluton?

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Revit OpEd

MAY 15, 2012

Further, views can be tied to view templates and have changes to a view template take effect immediately in a view or many views. We can apply a view template like before, just to make a change or we can assign a view template to the view so that it will alter the view without the past extra step of applying the view template.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

It can be seen from within a project but not scheduled or tagged unless it is a built in parameter like those listed under the Identity group (and provided for us by Autodesk). Consider that a Project Parameter is part of a project and applied to categories of families so that it can be scheduled, but NOT tagged. Changing a Username.

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Revit OpEd

MARCH 30, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Can't Change a Parameter from Type to Instance. Scheduling Inequity for Ducts. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35). ► September 2008. (49). ► August 2008. (34).

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 3, 2012

That was done purposely so they dont show up in door or window category schedules. As for other subtle library changes we will now find some categories separated by Internal and External, interesting language choice versus Interior and Exterior. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. ► 2008.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Youve just downloaded some content from a manufacturers site and realize that none (or many) of its most interesting parameters are not going to show up in your schedule. Now you can schedule their component along side your own, even tag if necessary. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Changing a Username.

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Revit OpEd

JUNE 12, 2012

I can then produce a mass floor schedule to view the floor area. In addition, I can use the grips of the mass to adjust the perimeter if I need to and the floor area dynamically changes. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17).

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 9, 2012

Change the scale of the view to make it easier to constrain, select geometry. Dont include parameters in families that dont change geometry, instead put them in project templates and apply them to the categories they affect. On a somewhat related note, is there a way to change or get rid of added object styles in a parent family?

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 19, 2012

If changed I suspect people would have less trouble deciding which function is appropriate. It cannot be that difficult of change to make for Autodesk either. What you are suggesting is a much bigger change. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules. ► 2008.

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Revit OpEd

MARCH 30, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Can't Change a Parameter from Type to Instance. Scheduling Inequity for Ducts. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35). ► September 2008. (49). ► August 2008. (34).

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Revit OpEd

AUGUST 28, 2012

These days I can select the desk, click Type Properties and, assuming the person who made the family provided a parameter to manage its material, I can click on the material value, which exposes the sneaky "Browse" button. The "front door" for materials is really on the Manage tab, the checkered globe button. ► 2008.

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Revit OpEd

JULY 20, 2012

A few changes have been made this year as to how the updates are accessed. Improves consistency of unit formatting within Panel Schedules. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Panel Schedule and Load Calculation Addition. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17).

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The success of the import is not dependent on additional Revit families because Revit assigns the imported pipe objects to its stock pipe families, in this case Schedule 40 PVC along with the correct type diameter, elbow bend, etc. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Changing a Username. ► 2008.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 17, 2012

However, as fast as some design solutions change a single solution family might get built quicker than the one we make trying to anticipate how it might change. If the family is rendered irrelevant as soon as the design changes then investing a lot of time in making it parametric may not make sense. stimmo520 said.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 23, 2012

The problem with pinning it down is that as soon as I think Ive got it, I change it a little and then Revit doesnt complain about importing the file. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17).

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Cassell Construction Estimating

JANUARY 7, 2014

With that in mind, I took a look back to see that I’ve been writing this blog post for over five years now, the first one back in October of 2008. Times have changed. Some things haven’t changed. Add a time-lapse scheduling model. We are resolved however to add to our toolkit in this fast-growing arena.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 18, 2012

FFE NIC (by owner that may be easier to manage alone). There is a little known technique for managing these using worksets when dealing with linked files and their levels and grids. If you reach for a workset to manage element visibilty you owe it to yourself to consider a deeper look at Filters. Floors Condos. Floors Rental.

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Revit OpEd

MARCH 31, 2012

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Can't Change a Parameter from Type to Instance. Scheduling Inequity for Ducts. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35). ► September 2008. (49). ► August 2008. (34).

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 2, 2012

They are a panel because Revit needs to keep their width and height flexible, to accommodate any changes we might make. To make matters a bit more confusing Revit treats this curtain wall panel, pretending to be a door, as a door in schedules and in Visibility/Graphics. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 12, 2012

99 that they say will never change. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules. ► 2008. ► December 2008. (16). ► November 2008. (17). ► October 2008. (35). ► September 2008. (49). ► August 2008. (34).

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 6, 2022

As a result, electricians don’t know what plumbers are doing, who don’t know what welders are doing–and none of them have substantial intel when an expectation changes either within one of the other niches or from the top down. As such, the owner manages only one contract with a single point of responsibility. Train Your Team.

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Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In 2008 it was revised as COBie to ensure that it was relevant to facilities worldwide and was fully compatible with international standards for data and classification. Parties including the client can use the COBie format as a primary document for managing the asset. COBie data is accumulated throughout the life cycle.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The fundamental day-to-day business processes of the Engineering, Construction, Owner, and Operations sector are changing. That said, major cultural change must occur in order to make significant progress. The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

AUGUST 25, 2014

The Good News Is Everything Is About To Change For The Better! The past several years starting in late 2008 have been anything but normal and frankly, we are having a tough time with the economic forecasts models we follow including our own internal ones. Business Process Management (BPM) For Contractors. Need Help Now?

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