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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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A Relationship-based Approach to Sustainable Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

Bid Management. BIM Model Integration, Information Viewing/Access. Contractor Proposal/Bid Management. Mobile Access. Asset/Component Management. Automated Estimate Comparison. Building/Site/Location Management. Budget and Estimate versus Actual and Committed Budget Tracking. Change Order Management. Collaboration Tools.

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Does a BIM Requirement Stop You From Bidding?

Carol Hagen

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has become an industry standard on complex construction projects. As more Construction owners reap the benefits of BIM, more projects add a modeling component. Then you can mold your own model of a BIM professional without any “bad habit” baggage.

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Integrated Project Delivery Software and Support Services

Job Order Contracting

View and analyse data from BIM models (RVT and IFC formats) directly from your browser without the need to purchase expensive software. Common Data Environment. Common Data Environment. Upload and share documents and make them available to your whole team – including PDF, Word and Excel files, images and videos.

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New in Autodesk Construction Cloud: 50+ the Latest Product Releases

Autodesk Construction Cloud

On web and mobile, users can create and edit text in 11 additional font sizes through the dropdown list. When selecting a linked markup on a PDF or within a 3D model, users on web are directed to the markup’s location for easier viewing. . Files | PlaceMe on Mobile . Files | PlanGrid Build Mobile App Access .

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Data Analytics Trends in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Construction sites these days have no shortage of data: design and BIM data from the planning stages of a project, jobsite data collected by wearables, mobile devices and sensors on equipment/materials, accounting and job progress data from the office, project management data and much more. Bidding Smarter and Winning More Work.

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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. New mobile devices now have photogrammetry capabilities, so extracting 3D information from photos is much easier. . It’s an exciting project, but it also comes with a host of challenges.

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