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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Education, key performance indicators, common terms and definitions, collaborative construction delivery methods, and current, objective, local market granular cost data as well as supporting technology can to be leveraged to enable significant cost savings via signifincant improvements in cost visibility, cost management, and productivity.

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The Best Tool for Reaching Net-Zero in Construction? Improved Communication

In Eight

According to InEight’s Global Capital Projects Outlook, 2023 Edition, the largest organisations with the most capital projects consistently fell behind, nearly half (44%) consistently delivering past schedule and 46% delivering over budget. Proposed in 2009, HS2 was initially estimated to cost $45.6 billion and be completed by 2016.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Shorter construction schedules than planned. management. Journal of Management in Engineering, 10(6), 26-29. management in the UK construction industry. Management, 6(3), 159-168. International Journal of Project Management, 25(4), 386-393. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(3), 225-234.

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Trending Construction Disputes: Best Practices for Mitigation

CCR Magazine

How to manage capital projects more efficiently | McKinsey. LINK] The construction industry experienced significant turmoil in the last major economic downturn of The Great Recession (2007-2009), with many aspects of construction demand not returning until 2012 or 2013. design/build) and pricing methodology (lump sum v.

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Visibility Post Summary

Revit OpEd

They are either literally about visibility issues and features or somehow related to "seeing" things. They are either literally about visibility issues and features or somehow related to "seeing" things.

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An Active Solar Greenhouse in Minnesota

Natural Building

In 2009 two farmers in Milan, Minnesota, published “The Northlands Winter Greenhouse Manual,” complete with plans, growing schedules and pest and disease management techniques. At night, the fans move the warm air up from the rock, and during the day, they keep the greenhouse from getting too warm.

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Don’t Waste a Good Recession

Viewpoint Construction Technology

We are pleased he took time out of his busy schedule to share his expertise during one of our recent podcast episodes, Construction Economics and the State of the Industry. Having the ability to predict an economic downtown can help contractors manage cash and make appropriate decisions during a recession. Technology to the Rescue.