Civil + Structural Engineer
APRIL 14, 2023
. – After a long, stormy winter, drivers are faced with dodging potholes or suffering the consequences of damage to their vehicles, but a first-of its-kind quality control tool may help increase the quality of pavement and keep those potholes, ruts and cracks from forming. In some cases, the entire road may have to be rebuilt.
Field Wire
APRIL 4, 2023
Since 2016, UK contractor Speller Metcalfe has used Fieldwire to manage quality assurance and snagging, as well as tracking progress and task reporting with their subcontractors. The company estimates they’ve saved £100.000 in rework using our construction management app. In the construction industry, efficiency is key.
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Job Order Contracting
APRIL 15, 2018
Additionally, traditional low bid/design-bid-build procurement produced low quality results. From these early beginnings, the multiple Army projects were piloted in the U.S. JOC contractors strive for: • Fast Delivery • High Quality • No Change Orders • No Warranty Hassles • Maximize budgets. and Linda T. Quantities?
UK Construction Blog
MAY 25, 2023
DCO rulings were mostly on time or early from 2012 to 2016, resulting in a 509-day total delay at the end of 2016. However, given the current economic climate, a speedier and cheaper planning process might provide earlier assurance. Construction is well behind other industries in gender balance, despite sluggish progress.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 21, 2022
Should Areas Cost Factors be used for Construction Cost Estimating? As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the federal government is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) variances.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 26, 2016
to 1.20, that is multiplied times the total of the construction costs estimate as developed using the UPB. Each individual project/work order is authorized based upon a lump sum cost that is not to be exceeded, using the estimate based upon the UPB. ” -Long Beach Post, 2016. million took more than 90 days to initiate.
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the Department of Defense (and the Federal Government in general) is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) and/or time-based cost variances.
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