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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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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and team. The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., Shorter construction schedules than planned. management.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

First and foremost is important to understand that all projects are exercises in managing change. The fact that variation is going to occur (relative to planned activities and outcomes) during the project is a given. As people naturally resist change, it is up to leadership to embrace and support change management.

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Revit OpEd: Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules

Revit OpEd

Delete Sheets In Browser or Schedules. Rooms and areas can be deleted in model views like floor plans and ceiling plans. 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. Site Information.

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Practical Marketing Considerations for Construction Brands FREE Webcast

Construction Marketing

The free webcast for members and non-members is scheduled for Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 1 pm CST. Panelists include Carrie Halle, Product Strategy Manager for Sloan and CMA board member, and CMA Chairman Neil M. Carrie Halle, Product Planning and Strategy Manager for Sloan Valve Corporation, manages product strategy for Sloan.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 - View Types

Revit OpEd

It is now possible to create new view types for all views except for area plans and sheet. This means you can create your own versions of floor plans according to discipline or perhaps design phase. Tip: Theyve added View Template to the available fields in View Lists (schedule) so it can be managed there too. at 1:58 PM.

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Revit OpEd: RTC has a Blog Now!

Revit OpEd

I begged and pleaded with Bo to get it up and running before the planned website update work that is under way so we can use it to keep people in the loop right on the conference site itself. Site Information. Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. Search This Blog and Others Listed on this site.