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Does a BIM Requirement Stop You From Bidding?

Carol Hagen

Just because you have hired a BIM staffer shouldn’t mean you go out only bidding projects with BIM requirements. Business must always play to their strengths so the bulk of you projects should still be bid in the areas where you hold the most expertise. Don’t let BIM stop you from bidding.

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Construction Management and Quickbooks

Carol Hagen

They were the first to embrace the API’s available with Intuit and have managed to address everything but BIM and CAD needs for the small to mid-sized construction company. Estimating, Bid Requests, Preconstruction, Purchasing, Safety, Submittals, Correspondence, Progress Billings, etc. It’s all there.

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Level Up Design and Coordination Workflows with Accessible Reality Capture 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Picture this: your construction firm is looking to bid on a project to renovate an old factory into a new office building. For starters, you’re dealing with an old structure without CAD files and limited documentation. Walk the site using mobile technology to view what’s been done and what needs to be done. .

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iPhone and iPad Applications Best Suited for Construction Professionals

Construction Cost Estimating

Apple''s IPhone is leading in introducing applications and solutions for mobile phones, yet there are other smart phones like Android and Blackberry that are also getting construction apps in their systems. In a most secure and reliable way, this application provides you with accessible information to make bid projects easier and timely.

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Advantages of Using Construction Estimating Software

Construction Cost Estimating

There are various factors that must be considered while compiling bid for a construction project. Missing details or underestimating costs of a job can lead to losing a bid entirely. Construction Estimating Software should be able to develop and monitor outgoing bids efficiently and precisely.

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BIM and the Estimator

Cassell Construction Estimating

Because you need to own the drawings to have sufficient access to the CAD objects, or be on a truly team-oriented project that shares its resources openly among all project players. Not found on the conventional (read archaic) low-bid project! In the building sector, BIM is largely confined to the design-build arena. Why Design-Build?

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Top ten software for estimating and bidding

Construction Cost Estimating

Sage facilitates you to produce bids rapidly, precisely and positively with takeoff and cost databases. Sage Estimating also facilitates forecasting the labor, raw material and other overhead costs so that the contractors can arrange & deliver correct bids. Besides, customized reports can also be generated.

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