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Why You Should Make 4D Construction Sequencing ‘Business as Usual’ – and How To Do It

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As humans, we rely on visual content to understand and consume information – so why, for example, is the archaic Gantt chart still such a core piece of documentation when it’s something that most people struggle to interpret? It enables businesses to understand, control, and minimise downtime and lost production.

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Construction Specifications

Construction Cost Estimating

A specification (often abbreviated as spec) can be termed as a type of a technical standard to be referenced by a contract or procurement document. It contains the necessary details concerning the specific requirements to be persuaded by a material, product, or service.

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Construction Specifications

Construction Cost Estimating

A specification (often abbreviated as spec) can be termed as a type of a technical standard to be referenced by a contract or procurement document. It contains the necessary details concerning the specific requirements to be persuaded by a material, product, or service.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

Incorporate life-cycle GHG emissions analysis into DoD MILCON and SRM programs. Efficient project delivery methods are of critical importance to the task of sustainability and life-cycle management of the built environment. Consolidation of procurement – lower overhead cost and procurement cost.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

Incorporate life-cycle GHG emissions analysis into DoD MILCON and SRM programs. Efficient project delivery methods are of critical importance to the task of sustainability and life-cycle management of the built environment. Consolidation of procurement – lower overhead cost and procurement cost.

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You are what you measure… and/or … You can’t manage what you don’t measure

Building Information Management

Increased productivity, accuracy, transparency, and collaboration are requirements of success as we move forward. Whether you are practicing BIM (life-cycle management of the build environment supported by digital technology and forget the 3-D aspect for a moment). KPI: Overhead rate. KPI: # of blog posts. KPI: Profit.

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LEAN Collaborative Construction Practices Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

There are multiple alternative forms of estimates including conceptual, square foot, building, system, life-cycle, etc. Variable Cost – Any cost that changes with the amount of production or the amount of work. Fixed Cost – Cost that does not change as production changes is a fixed cost.