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Hundreds of projects to reconnect communities separated by roadways will launch in 2025

Civil + Structural Engineer

Enhanced lighting, trees and landscaping along the trail are also included in the project. mile project carries an estimated cost of $339 million. A project with a cost estimation of $85.6 The design includes ADA-compliant ramps, crosswalks at intersections and the addition of pedestrian signals.

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How to Create an Independent Government Cost Estimate

Job Order Contracting

What is an Independent Government Cost Estimate? An IGCE (also in construction related service an IGE) is a cost estimate developed by the Government Requiring Activity, based on the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) or Statement of Work (SOW). How was the estimate made? What assumptions were made?

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Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering Celebrates Grand Opening of City of San Diego Fire Station 52 at Torrey Pines

Civil + Structural Engineer

Honoring the regional landscape, crews recently installed a 19-foot-tall Torrey Pine, the rarest pine in the United States with only a few thousand trees growing wild along the coast in northern San Diego County. The estimated cost of the development including street improvements is $22.2

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Revenue growth top priority for commercial landscaping contractors in 2025

CCR Magazine

Aspire Software , a ServiceTitan company and leading software provider for field service businesses, released its first annual 2025 Landscape Industry Report highlighting current trends, market sentiment, and strategies to accelerate business growth. To attract and retain talent, 55% of landscapers will raise employee wages by 2-9%.

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Major Construction Cost Estimating Improvement

Job Order Contracting

An important construction cost estimating inprovement is the use of current, objective, verifiable, and locally researched granular labor, material, and equipment construction tasks. Using “traditional” cost estimating solutions is no longer viable in today’s volatile and competitive landscape.

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A new risk landscape is reshaping owner-contractor relationships

Civil + Structural Engineer

A volatile risk landscape for contractors The rise of more collaborative shared-risk models is happening against a backdrop of an increasingly volatile risk landscape for contractors. Soaring inflation and interest rates are increasing project costs and affecting capital project cost estimates. Construction 4.0

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Unlocking the door to Objective Verifiable Construction Cost Estimates

Job Order Contracting

Unlocking the door to Objective Verifiable Construction Cost Estimates is now possible with current, locally research line item labor, material, and equipment data from Four BT, LLC (4BT). Using “traditional” cost estimating solutions is no longer viable in today’s volatile and competitive landscape.