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10 Essential Types of Construction Documents

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction documents help keep your projects organized and guide the construction process from start to finish. Having access to these construction documents puts information into the hands of the right people at the right time, so decisions can be made quickly and action can be taken to finish projects on time and within scope. .

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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? So, if you’re still asking yourself, ‘Why do we need to leverage 4D?’

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A Comparison of Construction Cost Estimating Software Tools 2015

Building Information Management

Cost Estimating/Project Management Software – 4Clicks Project Estimator. While most construction cost estimators continue to rely primarily upon hardcopy documents and electronic spreadsheets, such as Microsoft Excel, many are beginning to leverage electronic cost books and associated calculator software tools.

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

While accurate, timely, and transparent cost estimating is critical to the success of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project, most construction cost estimators (over 55%) continue to rely primarily upon manual methods, hard copy documents, or electronic spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.

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The Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) Guide for Construction Planning

Autodesk Construction Cloud

While the AWP process has been well documented, traditional AWP technology applications have been difficult to deploy and not scalable in their application to all projects. The engineering team breaks up work and documents produced by design and construction so they can make sense of needs from an engineering perspective.

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Data Scientists Reveal 5 Surprising Construction Insights to Manage Risk 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

An example of a data point might be the number of overhead mechanical racks installed on the job that day, or logging the root cause of a safety incident. This information eventually translates into knowledge , like figuring out the average time it takes to install an overhead rack based on information collected from multiple jobs.

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

Building Information Management

KPI: Overhead rate. Uncategorized best BIM business process integrated project delivery job order contracting JOC software Technology' KPI: Google search ranking for the phrases “Transparent business model,” “IPD Architect,” “IPD,” “Integrated Project delivery,” “Collaborative Construction.”. KPI: # of blog posts. TNI: Company wealth.