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Zweig Group releases 2024 Fee & Billing Report of AEC Firms

Civil + Structural Engineer

This comprehensive report offers insights into fees, billing rates, chargeability/utilization rates, project contracts, and billing practices. Chargeability changes. With strong backlogs and a continued strain on capacity, we saw the gap between actual and projected staff chargeability decline again this year.

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BIM 2015 Reader Survey - Standard Form Documents, Execution Plans and COBie - What's Your Experience?

Construction Dive

Have you encountered or used building information modeling (BIM) on any of your projects? Owners cite facility management benefits in addition to lower costs. Contractors are finding benefits in improved coordination and scheduling with less claims and change orders. Have you considered its use but backed off?

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A Visit to the Cairo Monorail

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Luke Carothers Cairo and its surrounding metropolitan area has seen a significant amount of change over the last two decades. Places like the New Administrative Capital–which has been under construction since 2015–are being rapidly built and expanded. Largest span on the EoN line under construction.

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Fee and billing trends

Civil + Structural Engineer

Zweig Group’s 2024 Fee & Billing Report of AEC Firms offers insights into fees, billing rates, chargeability/utilization rates, project contracts, and billing practices. Chargeability changes. percent in 2015 to 2.5 percent this year, indicating both enhanced project budgeting practices and consistent workloads.

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UFGS “Cost Loaded Network Analysis Schedules (NAS)” Specification Section

Construction Dive

A construction schedule provides the contractor with an analytical tool to help plan and manage the work, and gives the owner a method of tracking its contractor’s progress. It is also the tool of choice to help determine the cause and extent of time extensions, as noted in today’s lead article.

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Say Goodbye to Cost Overruns: Rabbet Reduces Cost Overruns by 87%

Rabbet

According to KPMGs 2015 Global Construction Survey , a staggering 69% of projects experienced cost overruns of 10% or more. These overruns not only erode profit margins but also strain relationships between stakeholders and jeopardize project timelines. on projects completed using its platforman 87% improvement.

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Manage Changes, Don’t Let Them Manage You

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to be inundated with information highlighting the importance of collaboration and communication in design and construction projects. However, it is also common for architecture and engineering, as well as general contracting firms, to struggle with precise and timely communication of changes.