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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

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Budget is always a major consideration for our commercial construction clients, and as a general contractor we devote significant time to the budgeting process. Here are a few signs that, in our experience, indicate your project budget is more likely to bust: Skimping on Professional Services.

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Commercial Construction Delivery Methods: 3 Times To Go With A Negotiated Bid

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Any long-time readers of Hard Hat Chat have probably picked up on the fact that I’m a big fan of the negotiated bid. The GC then works with the client to budget the job based on pricing from subcontractor partners. Many large or complex construction jobs are budgeted and built out in phases. It’s A Multi-Phase Project.

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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

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I know this is a tough one to follow as we all need to keep commercial construction budgets in check, but we saw too many companies go with pick-up truck contractors in 2010 only to be burned later. Most of our work comes through the competitive bid process , but we welcome negotiating with clients and so should you.

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6 Phases of the Construction Process

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The goal of building a single-family home is to not only build to specification while remaining on-time and on-budget but to do so in a way that adheres to local and state regulations. They are: Scope and Budget. More specifically, the scope and budget sub-phase. Conceptual Phase. Every project has objectives. Schematic Design.

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Construction Estimator Duties And Responsibilities

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As for instance, he/ she should have sound knowledge for regarding drawings properly. Building construction estimator should contain strong knowledge about drawings of works. The Estimator should have the capability to read drawings accurately. Complete Budgeting and Scheduling for projects and track same.

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Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders.

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Time-consuming redesign and rebid, and over-budget, unsatisfactory outcomes are common. Project cannot be expedited with a collaborative fast-track process; drawings and specs must be 100% complete to bid (though latter rarely occurs). Design changes can result in costly impacts to drawings or construction work in progress.

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BuildTools Provides the Solution for Managing Demanding Clients

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He recalls multiple instances that sounded something like this: “I had it in my head that we were only over budget by a few thousand dollars, I had no idea we were this far over!”. We had to negotiate our final draw on every home,” says Molthan. So, we were stuck holding the bag and negotiating on it.”