UK Construction Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A facility manager within a company possesses a comprehensive understanding of the intricacies involved in maintaining their building and operations. However, the role of a facilities management company extends far beyond mere building repairs and equipment maintenance.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Managing the procurement process and properly tracking costs with international suppliers is critical to help mitigate risk. With the release of Multi-Currency in Autodesk Build and BIM 360 Cost Management, teams can now easily manage supplier contracts, change orders, payment applications, and expenses in different currencies. .

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Building Radar

JULY 15, 2024

Common Types of Construction Insurance General Liability Insurance (CGL) Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance is essential for both general and trade contractors. It’s essential to clearly outline these endorsements in contracts and obtain proper documentation.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

JUNE 10, 2024

Fabric building companies offer several services to help ensure successful facility projects. By Eric Donnay, Legacy Building Solutions Decades ago, acquiring a tension fabric structure didn’t require much of a process. Today, users can procure a tension fabric building where every detail is developed with optimal utilization in mind.

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Building Radar

AUGUST 5, 2024

With rising material costs and tighter schedules, optimizing construction procurement strategies is essential for enhancing efficiency and reducing costs. Understanding Construction Procurement Construction procurement involves acquiring goods, services, and contracts necessary for completing a construction project.

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Building Radar

JULY 30, 2024

Improved Efficiency : Smart contracts on the blockchain automate various processes, such as payments and deliveries, reducing delays and administrative costs. This automation leads to faster project completion and lower overall costs. For more information, visit Building Radar.

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Construction Law

APRIL 2, 2024

Editor’s comment Government go-slow on infrastructure investment shows no signs of abating Editor Nick Barrett asks with a general election looming, if there is any prospect of a reversal in years of underinvestment in the UK’s infrastructure. Permission to appeal has already been granted.

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Wolgast Corporation

JUNE 28, 2022

The cost and availability of building materials can presently be described as highly unpredictable, so the pre-planning phase has become the key to Restaurant Construction more than ever before! We have strategies to share to get your restaurant or business operating quicker and generate income faster.

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Roads Online

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Rich River Asphalt General Manager Darren Wilson explains how the machines have revolutionised the company’s offerings. As Rich River Asphalt General Manager Darren Wilson recalls, after a thorough search, Quality Fabrication & Engineering’s offerings caught the company’s eye. “We

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Jonas Construction

MARCH 20, 2024

Imagine overseeing a construction project where you’re unsure about the cost of materials, labor, and other overhead costs. From tracking costs to ensuring projects stay within budget, a project cannot be successfully completed without accurate accounting data and reporting.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Army Job Order Contracts fail to meet critical AFARS requirements most of the time. The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price.

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CCR Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Becoming a licensed general contractor in Florida opens up opportunities in the construction industry. However, the path to becoming a licensed contractor is rigorous, with the Florida General Contractor Exam being a significant hurdle. The exam is divided into Contract Administration, Project Management, and Business & Finance.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

While traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems, Job Order Contracting can consistently deliver quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. DO – Use locally researched detailed construction cost data that is regularly updated for your JOC unit price book (UPB).

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Construction Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2022

Construction project management plays a vital role in ensuring that all the buildings around us are built safely and on time. The role of the construction project management team is to successfully oversee and build a building. Buildings come in many different types and scales.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Lean Asset Management significant improve the availability, dependability, usefulness, safety of facilities and other physical assets, while also lowering life-cycle costs. Lean Asset Management differs from traditional approaches in several ways.

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Field Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Estimating project costs correctly and managing the budget accordingly are just as vital. Subcontractors getting awarded a contract spells financial disaster if the bid is too high to be competitive or too low to be profitable. All subcontractors make project cost estimation and budgeting errors.

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CCR Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Establish a reserve fund to cover unexpected expenses, and ensure that contracts include payment schedules that align with your cash needs. Misclassifying Workers In construction, labor costs represent a significant portion of expenses. How to Avoid It : Understand the difference between contractors and employees.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Between miscommunication, the wrong specifications, carelessness, or events out of anyone’s control, things can go wrong, and the damages can be expensive. General contractors know these risks when they take the role. But what if the general contractor isn’t at fault, and a subcontractor is to blame? General liability insurance.

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Field Wire

AUGUST 13, 2023

A punch list (also called a snag list, deficiency list, or punch out list), according to the online Business Dictionary , is “a document listing work that does not conform to contract specifications, usually attached to a certificate of substantial completion.” Read more → 2.

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Wolgast Corporation

APRIL 25, 2022

Build to Suit. When the time comes to move your business to its own brick and mortar (or any other building material) building, or expand to a bigger building, you have an option to keep your capital in your business rather than spend it on a loan to cover construction costs. square footage, floor plan, finishes).

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In Eight

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The company’s third such report to date, the Outlook is based on a survey of 300 large-enterprise and construction professionals and consists of 26 questions designed to gauge general confidence and optimism levels across the industry, and assess track records, plans and attitudes towards digital transformation.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 24, 2022

When it comes to Autodesk Build, our product teams are not slowing down. From enhancing quality and safety to improving critical schedule and cost workflows, dig into all the latest product releases and enhancements for Autodesk Build. . Files | PlanGrid Build Mobile App Access . Cost Management .

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

There are several common types of project delivery methods in construction including design-bid-build, design-build, construction management at risk, multi-prime, and the integrated project delivery method. Before selecting a project delivery method, you probably will have a basic understanding of why and what you are building.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

There are a million moving parts, a variety of stakeholders, and a number of vital details that need to be accurately tracked and managed–from material sourcing to labor availability to controlling costs–in order for projects and the business to be kept on track. Very, very quickly.”

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Field Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It affects the safety, efficiency and quality of the work, and the overall satisfaction of the general contractor and project owner. The challenge for subcontractors like you is building trust with your team and other people involved in the project. Build relationships: Trust also stems from good connections and mutual understanding.

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Construction Daily News

MAY 28, 2024

Any construction professional who has been in charge of estimating or tracking a project’s costs in the past years has lost sleep due to material price volatility. However, no one could have expected building materials would continue to inflate construction budgets years after COVID-19 brought the global supply chain to a standstill.

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Jonas Construction

APRIL 12, 2024

Contracts are Long-Term The length of time from recording the signatures on a contract to finishing the building and handing it over to the customer is another factor. This time frame is much longer than the shorter contracts that other industries work with. Many construction project contracts span several years.

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CCR Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Swinerton , an industry leading general contractor with nationwide offices, announces the promotions of four executives in its Atlanta office. My goal is to build high-performing teams and cultivate long-term, trusted client relationships.” As our business has grown, so has our Atlanta leadership.

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CCR Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

A commercial building’s electrical system is its lifeblood. This article dives into the vital strategies for upgrading electrical infrastructure in commercial buildings. This article dives into the vital strategies for upgrading electrical infrastructure in commercial buildings. The benefits also go beyond cost savings.

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

SCE received an Eagle Award and two merit awards for its work on a new parking lot at Aquatica Orlando, performing the electrical work for the project under general contractor Austin Commercial. The firm also had to furnish and install directionally-bored conduit from a back-of-house building to an easement adjacent to the new parking lot.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It’s safe to say that cost overruns in construction projects have become an industry-wide status quo. To know how to address cost overruns in construction projects, it’s important to understand the root of the problem. How Proper Planning Can Help Keep Your Project on Budget. Inaccurate Project Estimates.

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Stonemark

AUGUST 8, 2020

Budget-busting design omissions, unforeseen conditions and everything in between can affect a project’s bottom line; for this reason, construction project risk management is one of the most vital functions of cost estimation. Depending on the type of contract , the contractor or owner may be liable for cost-overruns.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 24, 2022

Autodesk Build . Both Autodesk Construction Cloud and BIM 360 users now have access to a gallery view of all Power BI templates for various tools or workflows including cost management, document management, assets, and more. Within the account level library users now see the option to filter the forms or cost templates by type.

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Practical Law Construction

MAY 11, 2022

Question: Is planning permission required to install EV charging points in an existing building? Rapid charging units are larger than standard or fast chargers and are generally taller than 1.6m Planning drawings must show the location of the charge points, which should be compatible with the Building Regulations.

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NH Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Since 2011, the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) program run by the SBA has afforded federal contracting opportunities to WOSBs by allowing contracting officers to set aside specific contracts exclusively for WOSBs in industries, like construction, where women-owned small businesses are underrepresented. 13 C.F.R. §

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Overall, nearly a third of building projects fail or underperform. These are essential for preconstruction planning and for kicking off builds and keeping them strong throughout. As one of the main contributors to cost and time overrun, change orders are a nightmare for all. Who attends a preconstruction meeting?

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CCR Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

When it comes to building your dream home, finding the right custom home builder is crucial. Whether you’re new to the home-building process or have some experience, these questions will help you make an informed decision. Before signing any contracts, it’s essential to consider the builder’s track record.

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