Wolgast Corporation

MAY 8, 2024

When you choose to work with a design-builder, you’re adding a whole construction department to your business team that’s dedicated to completing a turn-key project as if it were their own. Turn-key in this instance includes initial concept through design, construction, and a 1-year warranty program.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 26, 2024

Improving construction cost estimating requires collaboration, transparency, and a robust process. An essential aspect is sharing objective, local market, granular labor, material, and equipment costs. Maintaining alignment among team members is challenging but essential. Check it out!

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Chianelli Estimating

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

What is Construction Estimating? The materials needed, the cost of labor, the building site’s market volatility and other hidden expenses can fluctuate throughout the construction process. It’s up to a construction estimator to determine the estimated cost of a construction project. What Does a Construction Estimator Do?

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Fieldwire

MARCH 5, 2024

Estimating project costs correctly and managing the budget accordingly are just as vital. All subcontractors make project cost estimation and budgeting errors. Follow these eight essential steps to estimate project costs and budget funds effectively to prevent grave miscalculations.

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Chianelli Estimating

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Construction project cost estimation is a complex endeavor that can change on a dime (or a dollar) depending on the size and anticipated scope of the project. Still, like other early-stage project steps such as the design stage, cost estimation can remain highly abstract until projects advance. Design Estimates.

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CivilJungle

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

What Is Estimate? The estimated or anticipated cost of the project is an estimate that is commonly calculated well before the project is taken up. The main goal of estimation is to encourage us to always understand the cost of work prior. Appropriate estimation is planned by detailed estimation in specific item wise.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Architects Design and plan construction projects, considering both aesthetic and functional aspects. Engineers (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical) Civil engineers focus on the design and maintenance of infrastructure. Structural engineers design and analyze structures for stability and safety.

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Chianelli Estimating

MARCH 7, 2022

Making your next commercial building project successful starts with anticipating and estimating costs. In the currently volatile real estate and construction markets, the difference between an accurate estimation and one that fails to incorporate all potential variables is enormous. Types of Building Class.

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Chianelli Estimating

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The need for estimation and costing of construction can’t be understated. Construction managers and developers can minimize the risk of failure by getting a cost estimate before committing to a hard bid for a construction project. What is the Importance of Cost Estimation in Construction Projects? Material costs.

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The Constructor

APRIL 1, 2015

Quantities of materials for the production of required quantity of concrete of given mix proportions can be calculated by absolute volume method. Concrete Calculator Concrete Technology How To Guide Material Estimation Concrete Mix Design Quantity Estimation Sand'

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CivilJungle

OCTOBER 30, 2021

What Are Construction Cost Estimates? The construction cost estimate is defined as the predicted cost required to complete the construction of any particular project, which is prepared before the construction works are taken up. Purpose of Preparing a Cost Estimate. Types of Construction Cost Estimates. Detail Estimate .

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BD+C

APRIL 18, 2024

The next destination: Passive design airports 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:59 Airports Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards. The planes themselves are getting better when it comes to GHG.

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Construction Cost Estimating

JUNE 12, 2014

The Building Materials Estimating Calculator is designed for contractors, trades people and estimating professionals who need to estimate materials and costs for concrete, fences, decks, bricks, tile, flooring, gravel, painting, drywall and paneling and more.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2022

Determine if design services are required. Define building systems and quality of materials. Identify safety, security and hazardous material issues. Owner may prepare an internal estimate (Internal Government Estimate (IGE), based upon regulations.). Visit the jobsite and document conditions. Proposal Preparation.

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Construction Junkie

MARCH 24, 2021

Autodesk Takeoff allows estimators to perform 2D and 3D takeoffs within Autodesk Construction Cloud, ensuring teams are using the most up-to-date set of drawings and allowing collaboration between team members.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 14, 2021

The use of “national average” cost databases and “location factors” or “cost indexes” does not provide sufficient information to create reliable construction cost estimates. Design cost planning. 4BT OpenCOST Cost Data is available via the Cloud and comes with the 4BT-CE Cloud Cost Estimating Module.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It’s important not to overlook the importance of comprehensive budgets and estimates when companies are working under immense pressure to get work done on time and for a profit. As an estimator, there are things you need to be picky about. Working solely or primarily out of spreadsheets leaves your estimates prone to error.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 16, 2017

Introduction to Current Construction Cost ESTIMATING Techniques . Robust construction cost estimating is critical to improving productivity, quality, delivery times, cost control, and overall satisfaction for any renovation, repair, or new project. ESTIMATING FORMATS. TYPES OF ESTIMATING & ESTIMATES.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In an era of rising costs and new technology, here’s how to bring more accuracy to construction estimating. . When it comes time to kick off a new construction job, an accurate estimate is the first step toward project success. What is a Construction Estimate? Usually, an accurate estimate is set before you place a bid.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 9, 2017

A Construction Repair Cost Estimator for Public Agencies is now available that is independent, objective, and cost-effective. Forget out databases that claim to be the North American standard, or that supposed locally research construction labor, material, and equipment costs, including fringes, on a local basis. Introduction.

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BD+C

APRIL 22, 2024

Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules 1 kcichowicz Mon, 04/22/2024 - 10:47 Designers can plan secure entry vestibules with security-rated glazing to enhance the effectiveness of their safer school designs. What are secure entry vestibules and how do they support safer school design?

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Wolgast Corporation

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The overall price tag may be more, but a bigger building will get better value per square foot than a littler building, based on similar material selection. I spoke with our Senior Estimator, Rob Johnson, about his take on economies of scale and his big message was, “as the scope increases, the square foot cost comes down”.

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The Constructor

MARCH 19, 2012

Mon, 1 Oct 2012 About Jobs Connect Groups Forums Toolbar SMS Alerts RSS Feed Search The Constructor Subscribe by E-Mail to receive latest updates. It is easily cut to shape on site, and if handled and stored carefully, it can be used many times. Note the different thickness: A standard plywood thickness on site is 18mm.

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Wolgast Corporation

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Here is one secret of the trade to save significant time during pre-construction, by giving your contractor a ballpark budget before design and/or estimating starts, an owner can take a shortcut in the preliminary phase and get to construction sooner. We can come to the owner with ideas without delays.

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Construction Cost Estimating

AUGUST 5, 2019

Construction estimator is mainly liable for completing any building construction projects successfully. The construction estimator has to create accurate estimation and it depends on various requirements. They estimate work based on the proposals, blueprints, specifications, and concerned documents.

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BD+C

APRIL 27, 2023

Passing The Test for Safer School Design 1 kcichowicz Thu, 04/27/2023 - 09:59 Knowing testing protocols can help us understand how to better provide protection in areas that need to address multiple types of life safety threats. There are best-practice guidelines for designing safer schools, which are a great starting point.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 19, 2023

Understanding that process drives construction outcomes is a critical learning for real property owners, designers, and builders. Labor, Materials, Equipment, and Productivity must be detailed and based solely upon LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS. Planing, Procurement, and Project Delivery Teams must be integrated.

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Construction Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

By utilizing modern techniques for cost control and budgeting, construction companies can accomplish accurate cost estimation, efficient budget management, and thorough financial control. Using innovative methods for cost control has many benefits, one of which is the capacity to produce precise cost estimates.

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Wolgast Corporation

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Whether it is a healthcare practice, manufacturing facility, office building, auto dealership, or restaurant, or if it is new construction or a remodel, we use the steps or phases of Design-Build construction to break down the commercial construction process most efficiently for our clients.

Commercial 126

Commercial Drawings Bidding Budgeting 126

CivilJungle

AUGUST 24, 2020

How to Work a Concrete Material Calculator? So, Here we have calculated Concrete Material Calculator Step by Step. So, Here we have calculated Concrete Material Calculator Step by Step. Then we know the Total Volume of Concrete requirement for concrete materials calculation. How Do You Estimate Concrete.

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Concrete Materials Estimating Housing 52

Construction Cost Estimating

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. Material Takeoff Sheet for Excel Sheet. Material takeoff or estimating sheet is the general form of listing and taking off types, sizes and quantities of material required in a bidding process of any construction work. List of Excel sheet for material take off:-.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 22, 2022

In 1995, he and his wife bought land near Taos and built the first of many straw bale homes that they would design and fabricate; theirs was off-the-grid. Most of their structures implemented passive solar designs, which brings heat and light from the sun into a home.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Job Order Contracting (JOC) has been distorted into a way to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, and new build construction, bypassing procurement rigors and doing little to assure mutually beneficial benefit to owners and design-builder or overall efficiency. Enhanced owner and design-builder capabilities.

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Wolgast Corporation

MARCH 19, 2024

Marketing materials and informational materials are developed to explain the project to the voters. When we help with a bond campaign, we aid with committee meetings, guiding the action items, and designing and paying for marketing materials to communicate bond details and to work towards a successful election.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2021

An independent Government estimate of construction costs shall be prepared and furnished to the contracting officer at the earliest practicable time for each proposed contract and for each contract modification anticipated to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. FAR 36.203 Government estimate of construction costs.

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Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

3 Ways Lean Design Can Help Home Builders Recover Margins. Using a Lean design and construction approach, home builders can reduce waste and costs without sacrificing amenities or marketability of their produc. What Is Lean Design in Home Building? Lean Design is a tool builders all over the country use to reduce costs.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 17, 2023

Cost management can only be achieved through the process of owners created independent line item estimates. All construction task and costs sent to the owner or design-builder can therefore be reviewed, audited, and validated for contract compliance and compliance with fiduciary responsibilites.

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