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8 essential steps for effective project cost estimation and budgeting

Field Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Subcontractors getting awarded a contract spells financial disaster if the bid is too high to be competitive or too low to be profitable. Finding your niche can benefit your brand, gaining repeat business from general contractors and design-build construction firms. Submitting a price within the Goldilocks zone can be challenging.

Estimating

Estimating Budgeting Insurance Management General Contracting

Meet BREEAM, America’s Newest Green Building Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 23, 2018

If you work in construction, you’re most likely familiar with LEED certification, the green building standard that many building owners aim to achieve. The BREEAM certification process was developed in 1990 and uses a rating system to assess building sustainability in a variety of categories. But that could soon change.

Green Building

Green Building Building Standards Sustainability Project Management

5 steps construction managers can take to help implement new tech to their crew

Field Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

Small to midsize contracting businesses and independent subcontractors can get a full return on investment and reap these benefits: Efficiency: Using the latest technology allows contractors to manage their projects more efficiently, from day-to-day jobs to business administration.

Construction Management

Construction Management Building Information Modeling (BIM) Schedule Management Change Management

Webinars

The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

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TransCanada Looks to Asia After LNG Pipe Contract Win | ENR.

ENR Construction

JULY 29, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. TransCanada Looks to Asia After LNG Pipe Contract Win. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill.

Contracts

Contracts Specialty Contracting Construction Equipment Risk Management

Univ. of Ill. Voids Design Contract After Ethics Review | ENR.

ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Voids Design Contract After Ethics Review. million contract with a central Illinois architect to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest; that decision will soon cost them more than a million dollars. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation.

Contracts

Contracts Specialty Contracting Construction Equipment Risk Management

Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

MARCH 7, 2012

Project delivery methods set the tone and largely dictate the relative success of any facility construction, renovation, repair, or sustainability project. Design/Build, CM, CM@R and, of course,Job Order Contracting. A JOC contract is inherently. Integrated Project Delivery and JOC by Rick Farrag (CJE Newsletter, 2010).

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Contracts General Contracting Project Management

P3s, Maintenance In the Future for NYC Area, Transpo Leaders Say.

ENR Construction

JULY 26, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Description: Good repair contracts are coming into the station, say officials. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Associations.

Maintenance

Maintenance Specialty Contracting Construction Equipment Risk Management

Contractor EDGE Development Goes Over Financial Cliff | ENR.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 14, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Description: Sureties Liberty Mutual and Safeco step in to complete contracts held by EDGE Development at a community college and an airport. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation.

Specialty Contracting

Specialty Contracting Construction Equipment Risk Management Schedule Management

London Olympics Construction Is Safest in Recent Times | ENR.

ENR Construction

JULY 30, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. As the Olympic torch arrived to light the cauldron at Olympic Stadium on July 27, it was greeted by an honor guard of 500 hardhat-wearing construction workers, many of whom had helped to build Olympic Park on a derelict industrial site in East London. Transportation.

Schedule Management

Schedule Management Project Management Insurance Management Construction Management

Construction Groups See Bright Spots in MAP-21's Details | ENR.

ENR Construction

JULY 22, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Description: Construction groups like provisions affecting pavements, innovative project delivery, P3 model contracts, stormwater control, among others. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Search our site: Infrastructure. Interviews.

Mapping

Mapping Building Information Modeling (BIM) Construction Equipment Specialty Contracting

Product Snapshot: Floor Laser and Riding Trowel | ENR.

ENR Construction

JULY 30, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Inspection

Inspection Site Planning Insurance Management General Contracting

Patented Precast Shaves Costs on Korean Highway | ENR.

ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. A French subcontractor is using a patented precast technique to build one of the worlds longest precast-concrete arch-tunnel sections at the site of a residential complex along South Koreas new Suwon-Kwangmyeong Expressway. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation.

Site Planning

Site Planning Cost Control Schedule Management General Contracting

Pulse: 08/20/2012

ENR Construction

AUGUST 20, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Alabama Airbus is planning to build its first assembly plant in the U.S. The project entails building a 1.5-million-sq-ft The project entails building a 45-story, 900,000-sq-ft building at 444 West Lake St. Search our site: Infrastructure. Environment.

Building Products Distribution

Building Products Distribution Building Design Building Materials Building Codes

Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

ENR Construction

JULY 22, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. We are a big proponent of renting due to depreciation, storage, transportation, maintenance and upkeep costs," says Paul Dudzinski, project director for McCarthy Building Cos. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Search our site: Infrastructure.

Heavy Equipment Manufacturing

Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Building Information Modeling (BIM) Construction Equipment Insurance Management

Pulse: 08/13/2012

ENR Construction

AUGUST 13, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. California BioMed Realty Trust is planning to build a regenerative medicine campus in San Diego. The project entails building 150,000 sq ft of office, laboratory, warehouse and manufacturing space, which it has leased to Advanced BioHealing Inc., Transportation.

Building Materials Manufacturing

Building Materials Manufacturing Site Planning Renewable Energy Systems General Contracting

The Top 200 Environmental Firms for 2012: Analysis | ENR.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 8, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. My feeling is that many contractors who attempted to break into or increase their environmental construction work fared poorly," says Jim Voltz, president of American Contracting and Environmental Services. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Environmental Consulting

Environmental Consulting Project Management Consulting Public Works Government Works

IG Report Criticizes U.S. Reconstruction Effort in Afghanistan | ENR.

ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. government began focusing efforts to build Afghanistan’s infrastructure—the U.S. 15, the report said, only two of the seven fiscal 2011 AIF projects were under contract and five projects were six to 15 months behind schedule. Transportation. Environment.

General Contracting

General Contracting Infrastructure Development Schedule Management Site Planning

Product Snapshot: Upgraded Field Controller and iT4 Loaders.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 8, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Cost Control Building Controls Site Planning

Quake-Damaged Building Implosion One for the Books | ENR.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 6, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Quake-Damaged Building Implosion One for the Books. The building came down in seven seconds after a week of preparation. Workers placed 47 kilograms of explosives into 141 holes drilled on different levels of the building. Search our site: Infrastructure.

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Cost Control Building Controls Property Management

U.S. Architect To Design Major China Project | ENR: Engineering.

ENR Construction

JULY 20, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. As a result, we were able to make contact with local developers and build relationships that led to our selection," Trahan explains. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Water & Dams.

Engineering

Engineering Site Planning Project Management Insurance Management

Product Snapshot: Enhanced Tower Crane and Rapid-Assembly.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 10, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Electrical Systems

Electrical Systems Structural Systems Site Planning Insurance Management

India Blackout Affects 600 Million People | ENR: Engineering News.

ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Engineering

Engineering Electrical Systems Schedule Management Site Planning

Seattle Mechanical Contractor Adds Facilities Management to Its In.

ENR Construction

JULY 22, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. The design-build mechanical contractor sums up its services in its motto, "For the Life of Your Building." The firm has grown steadily over the years, adding a design-build component in the 1960s, architectural metals in the 1980s and electrical services in 2003.

Facility Management

Facility Management Building Information Modeling (BIM) Electrical Systems Specialty Contracting

BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 21, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. based Newforma, says with the VEO license, customers can view and navigate 3D building models without the need for the underlying software or authoring tools that were used to generate the model. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Transportation.

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Project Management Consulting Project Management Insurance Management

Ford Offers Gas When Diesel Is Too Much | ENR: Engineering News.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 20, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Engineering

Engineering Construction Equipment Site Planning General Contracting

The Distaste for Toll Roads in the U.S. | ENR: Engineering News.

ENR Construction

JULY 29, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. All three toll-road eras could not sustain themselves despite the enormous investment. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan.

Engineering

Engineering Building Information Modeling (BIM) Public Works Government Works

Nitrogen Diet Reduces Arizona County's Drinking Water Threat.

ENR Construction

JULY 25, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. For the Pima County Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) at Roger Road, "we decided that a DBO [a design-build-operate contract] was the best value to the ratepayer and to the region. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Transportation. Environment.

Facility Management

Facility Management Site Planning Project Management General Contracting

John Young to Head Nuclear Lobby Group | ENR: Engineering.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 6, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Fulgham has joined the firms environmental-services business group as vice president for strategy and sustainable international development. ESD), a Chicago consulting engineer specializing in high- performance building systems. Search our site: Infrastructure.

Engineering

Engineering Project Management Consulting Environmental Consulting Geotechnical Engineering

Managing the Process of Innovation - ENR - McGraw-Hill Construction

ENR Construction

AUGUST 21, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Construction Management

Construction Management Risk Management Project Management Infrastructure Development

Officials Outline 'Preferred' Path Forward on California's Bay Delta.

ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Site Planning

Site Planning Project Management Consulting Environmental Consulting Public Works

New Autodesk Construction Cloud features help teams make early, more sustainable decisions

Roads Online

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Autodesk’s new capabilities, including the Correspondence tool, will provide holistic and tactical support to help teams prioritise tasks, assess tradeoffs, build on intuition, and validate assumptions so choices made are more informed,” said Sumit Oberoi, Industry Strategy Manager at Autodesk Construction Solutions. “We

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Sustainability Project Management Communication

Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

ENR Construction

JULY 22, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Contractor personnel could focus on building rather than scheduling. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. -->.

Schedule Management

Schedule Management Project Management Consulting Cost Control Public Works

Navistar Makes U-Turn on Diesel Engines, Arrives at Cummins.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 8, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Engineering

Engineering Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Site Planning Building Materials Manufacturing

Lessons From the Hudson River PCB Cleanup Project | ENR.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 8, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. In 2007, before the dredging started, GE began building the Fort Edward processing and dewatering complex as well as a separate collection tunnel beneath the river to collect PCBs infiltrating from its Hudson Falls site. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts.

Heavy Equipment Manufacturing

Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Project Management Consulting Construction Equipment General Contracting

How Mortenson Opened an Office in China | ENR: Engineering.

ENR Construction

JULY 22, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. High-tech manufacturing experience was limited in the local marketplace, and quality and building efficiency issues were pervasive. companies with high expectations for building performance. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Transportation.

Engineering

Engineering Building Materials Manufacturing Project Management Public Works

QR Codes Unlocking Secrets of NYC Building Permits | ENR.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 16, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. QR Codes Unlocking Secrets of NYC Building Permits. New York City building permits are sprouting up with QR codes that instantly unlock vast amounts of project information. of Buildings commissioner. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Interviews.

Building Permits

Building Permits Building Codes Permits Site Planning

MAP-21 Toughens 'Buy America' Requirements, U.S. Industry Says.

ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. ” Prior to MAP-21’s enactment on July 6, if an individual contract on a multi-contract highway or bridge project did not use federal funds, "Buy America" mandates did not apply to that segment. .” Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation.

Mapping

Mapping General Contracting Contracts Project Management

Pulse: 07/30/2012

ENR Construction

JULY 30, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Michigan The Edgewater Group is planning to build Harbor Village, a mixed-use development within the Harbor Shares community, located along the north bank of the St. is planning to build 624 Yale, an office building at 624 Yale Ave. Transportation. Interviews.

General Contracting

General Contracting Building Automation Site Planning Building Materials

Product Snapshot: Rough-Terrain Scissor Lift and High-Capacity.

ENR Construction

JULY 25, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Lifts

Lifts Site Planning Insurance Management General Contracting

Pulse: 07/23/2012

ENR Construction

JULY 23, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Maryland StonebridgeCarras LLC is planning to build a mixed-use project in Bethesda. The project entails constructing a nine-story building containing 375 apartments, a 50,000-sq-ft grocery store and a 599-space underground parking garage at 8300 Wisconsin Ave.

Cost Control

Cost Control Site Planning Building Controls Building Design

Video, Still Camera Mounted on Sunglasses Allows for Hands-Free.

ENR Construction

JULY 27, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment.

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Site Planning Construction Equipment Project Management

Editorial: Justice Denied in Boh Bros. Same-Sex Harass Verdict.

ENR Construction

AUGUST 7, 2012

Building Types. Sustainability. Material Trends. Amid PPP Slowdown, India Turns To Cash Contracts. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. -->. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. -->. Associations.

Building Commissioning

Building Commissioning Public Works Construction Equipment Site Planning

8 essential steps for effective project cost estimation and budgeting

Meet BREEAM, America’s Newest Green Building Certification

Webinars

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5 steps construction managers can take to help implement new tech to their crew

Webinars

TransCanada Looks to Asia After LNG Pipe Contract Win | ENR.

Univ. of Ill. Voids Design Contract After Ethics Review | ENR.

Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

P3s, Maintenance In the Future for NYC Area, Transpo Leaders Say.

Contractor EDGE Development Goes Over Financial Cliff | ENR.

London Olympics Construction Is Safest in Recent Times | ENR.

Construction Groups See Bright Spots in MAP-21's Details | ENR.

Product Snapshot: Floor Laser and Riding Trowel | ENR.

Patented Precast Shaves Costs on Korean Highway | ENR.

Pulse: 08/20/2012

Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

Pulse: 08/13/2012

The Top 200 Environmental Firms for 2012: Analysis | ENR.

IG Report Criticizes U.S. Reconstruction Effort in Afghanistan | ENR.

Product Snapshot: Upgraded Field Controller and iT4 Loaders.

Quake-Damaged Building Implosion One for the Books | ENR.

U.S. Architect To Design Major China Project | ENR: Engineering.

Product Snapshot: Enhanced Tower Crane and Rapid-Assembly.

India Blackout Affects 600 Million People | ENR: Engineering News.

Seattle Mechanical Contractor Adds Facilities Management to Its In.

BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

Ford Offers Gas When Diesel Is Too Much | ENR: Engineering News.

The Distaste for Toll Roads in the U.S. | ENR: Engineering News.

Nitrogen Diet Reduces Arizona County's Drinking Water Threat.

John Young to Head Nuclear Lobby Group | ENR: Engineering.

Managing the Process of Innovation - ENR - McGraw-Hill Construction

Officials Outline 'Preferred' Path Forward on California's Bay Delta.

New Autodesk Construction Cloud features help teams make early, more sustainable decisions

Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

Navistar Makes U-Turn on Diesel Engines, Arrives at Cummins.

Lessons From the Hudson River PCB Cleanup Project | ENR.

How Mortenson Opened an Office in China | ENR: Engineering.

QR Codes Unlocking Secrets of NYC Building Permits | ENR.

MAP-21 Toughens 'Buy America' Requirements, U.S. Industry Says.

Pulse: 07/30/2012

Product Snapshot: Rough-Terrain Scissor Lift and High-Capacity.

Pulse: 07/23/2012

Video, Still Camera Mounted on Sunglasses Allows for Hands-Free.

Editorial: Justice Denied in Boh Bros. Same-Sex Harass Verdict.

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