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Preparing Independent Government Estimates – IGEs , IGCEs

Job Order Contracting

Unfortunately, the process is largely done inappropriately and without cost transparency or visibility, and rarely is verifiable. Most Independent Government Cost Estimates are Not Well Documented. This has lead to the vast major of construction cost estimates (80% or more) being inaccurate. FAR 36.203.

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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

and Steven Gaynor, MBA Photo courtesy Tenmat New York City recently became the first jurisdiction in the country to reject and rewrite major sections of the International Building Code’s ( IBC ’s) language around fire protection in exterior facades. For decades, buildings have relied on intumescent materials for fire control.

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Achieving compliance with ANSI/ESD S20.20

Construction Specifier

As electronics continue to infiltrate the workplace, the applications for electrostatic discharge (ESD) control flooring are expanding. For example, the automated guided vehicles and robots being deployed in e-commerce warehouses can generate large amounts of static electricity when used on standard flooring. ANSI/ESD S20.20

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Trending Construction Disputes: Best Practices for Mitigation

CCR Magazine

New Report Shows Construction Workforce Shortage Will Top Half a Million in 2023 – Condustrial When the construction industry rebounded with a vengeance, especially from 2014/2015 and beyond Total Construction Spending: Total Construction in the United States (TTLCONS) | FRED | St. design/build) and pricing methodology (lump sum v.

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Anvil Agrinomics and the change cannabis game

CCR Magazine

Jim Megerson believes every building should be designed, built and operated sustainably. Today, AnvilAg's efforts to balance design, construction cost, operations and maintenance to achieve the best return on the owner’s HVACD investment continues to make strides. We focus exclusively on controlled environments for agriculture.

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What’s Really Needed to Make BIM Work.

Building Information Management

Building Information Management (that’s right forget the “modeling” distraction), BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. in order to define the scope, schedule, cost/budget (initial and life-cycle) budget, performance, value of a project or potential project.

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#81:  Women-Owned Small Businesses

NH Construction Law

There are also limitations on how much work a WOSB can subcontract out to non-WOSB entities – for general construction contracts, it’s no more than 85% exclusive of the cost of materials. In general, The company must be “small” in its primary industry in accordance with SBA’s size standards for that industry.