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The High Cost of Low Bids: When Contractors Compete on Price, Everyone Loses

Levelset

Prioritizing a low bid over contractor performance is a lose-lose procurement strategy. Unfortunately, low bidding is an accepted practice for both owners and contractors alike. Owners will say that focusing on the lowest bid possible ensures they get a good price. Who’s responsible for low-bid procurement?

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Building Strong Starts: Protecting Profit Margins Through Effective Preconstruction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Connect the design phases with downstream tasks like scoping, estimating , and buyout by ensuring data flows smoothly into these various processes. This, in turn, leads to improved accuracy in project estimates , proactive risk management, and more effective resource allocation. How do you accomplish this?

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5 Reasons to Use Mechanical Contractor Software

Pro Builder

For practices like estimates, time tracking, project management, change order management, accounting, and other key processes, mechanical contractor software has helped complete jobs more efficiently and effectively. 3) Estimating. An integrated mechanical contractor software improves estimating accuracy.

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40+ Fresh Product Releases You Should Know in January

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Cost Management | Cash Flow Consolidated View* – Within the Cash Flow view, distribution modifications can be made in a new sub-table view, allowing users to see the context of the other distribution items while making adjustments.

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Architectural Project Estimating

Construction Cost Estimating

We provide model based Project Estimating service from schematic narratives through final construction documents including Construction Estimating & Scheduling for Architects at the concept stage to measure, count, and price best materials & building objects such as walls, doors, and windows, automatically or manually.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Meet with them before every project to discuss not only the contractual provisions for scope of work and change orders, but also what you bid and why. Stay on Top of Changes. The profit you calculate when bidding a job can fluctuate dramatically as work progresses. Was your initial estimate off?

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Some Advice on Change Orders » A Change (Order) for the Better? When clients ask me about change orders, I’m reminded of a well-circulated photo. The yacht is named “Change Order.” Discussion about change order difficulties tends to be one of two types.