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10 Estimating Mistakes

Construction Business Owner

To help you more effectively navigate the cost-estimating process for construction projects, here are 10 of the most common cost-estimating mistakes putting your business at risk: 1. Lack of transparency. Last-minute changes. Focusing on strengths alone, ignoring weaknesses. Underestimating Labor Costs.

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Top 10 Contractor Mistakes

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The most common contractor errors and how to avoid them to keep your construction projects safe, productive and profitable. The savvy contractor knows they can’t possibly avoid every jobsite mistake. Let’s explore 10 of the most common mistakes made by contractors with the best way to avoid the worst.

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Factors to Know About Crane and Rigging Insurance

Construction Marketing

Construction sites are full of activity due to moving parts and heavy machinery. Unfortunately, a small mistake can lead to serious and costly accidents, especially considering the price of cranes and other heavy machines from the heavy machinery marketplace. These hefty costs can sink your business if you aren’t insured.

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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

Builders risk insurance is a type of coverage that applies to ongoing construction projects. While most insurance policies only cover completed structures, this type of insurance covers structures under construction. The builder’s risk insurance policy is perfect for contractors who build structures under construction.

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5 Challenges in Meeting Construction Deadlines and How To Solve Them

Construction Marketing

Every construction professional knows the downside to missing project deadlines. With that said, few construction teams actually succeed in finishing their jobs on time. The following breakdown looks at 5 common challenges in meeting construction deadlines and provides some simple solutions to help mitigate them. .

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How to calculate and improve labour productivity in construction

Lets Build

The construction industry has a unique problem when it comes to calculating and improving labour productivity: Every project consists of a wide variety of tasks that differ from site to site. However, even with this challenge, there are some methods to calculate labour productivity in construction. Weather conditions on the jobsite.

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The Rise of the Modern Estimator

Autodesk Construction Cloud

What we in America call Estimators, and what the rest of the world calls Surveyors, have been around for thousands of years. Today, estimators are the unsung heroes of a project team. That doesn’t mean they didn’t exist before then, because even God needed an estimate. Watch our Estimating Master Class.