Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Intorducing The New Sage Estimating To Vista Exporting Tool Quickly convert your sage estimates into a viewpoint vista project management budget Works with the sage estimating versions 9.8 to 13.X (Pervasive) Flexible Contract Items & Cost Codes Compatible with standard complexity markups Material & Subcontract Records included Avaialable exclusively from Cassel Consulting Introducing Price $1995 plus 20% annual support Optimize Simplify Improve Grow The post Sage Estimating to Vista Exp

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The support for semiconductor-related construction under $300 million follows the Department of Commerce’s announcement in June to expand funding for larger supply chain projects.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Focus: Estimating & budgeting for Department of Defense projects, facilities, manufacturing, and public utilities. Optimum company (type): > 50 million dollar D.O.D. contractors, government agencies, owners Quick evaluation: Easy to use right out of the box for estimating & budgeting. More popular with D.O.D., governmental agencies, and facility owners #1 Strength: US Cost Success Estimator is an estimating system created by estimators, and doesn’t require a fully-developed database

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A new audit shows severe weather amplified by climate change poses a huge risk to the city’s transit system, which was swamped by a tropical rainstorm last week.

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The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Focus: Conceptual budget estimates Optimum company size: > $10mm Quick evaluation: Lightning fast budgeting (even without plans) based on similar, comparable estimates #1 Strength: Winest Modelogix potentially stores a company’s entire estimating intellectual property in a single database. This is huge. Extremely fast & intuitive budgeting, based on comps from in-house designed categories & queries. #1 Disadvantage: As is, Winest Modelogix can’t be used as a basis for detailed estim

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Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Five Basics of Fundamentally Sound Construction Operations 1. Accurate Estimating a. Build the entire job, step by step in your head b. Take a consistent, organized approach (computer OR manual) c. Take off material in reasonable detail; don’t get bogged down in minutiae d. Focus on managing your biggest risk- LABOR i. Estimate labor & equipment hours required for each major task e.

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Experts say new footwear companies have pioneered materials and methods to help workers find the right fit.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Does this sound familiar at your company? 1. Bids are time‐consuming 2. Job costing is tedious 3. We’re too busy to change now‐ and besides we’ve always done it this way This article takes a light-hearted look at excuses for operating out of control. 1. Bids are time‐consuming: How are you doing your takeoff? Are you still using a scale and wheel? Digitizing on the 
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Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The construction industry’s increasing investment in technology underscores the inevitability of digitalisation. Behind this optimism, however, are labour shortages and a widespread perception of the construction industry as ‘behind the times’ which has resulted in a dearth of available digital talent. Businesses may perceive these challenges as a hindrance to digital transformation.

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As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Timberline Estimating Training – Bid Day Emergency – File Won’t Open I had an urgent support call recently from one of our Montana contractors who use Timberline Estimating. Here’s the scenario: It’s Bid Day, getting down to the last hour before the bid is due. The system kicked them out of the estimate, and when they try to reopen the file, they get an error the message: “Estimate is open on another computer or marked as Read Only.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Generative AI is here and it's impacting white-collar jobs (architects, engineers, project managers, etc.). Its infrastructure is already in place, so adoption is happening faster than expected. As a result, predictions about how it will impact the workforce might not necessarily be accurate.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Timberline Software Support Issues Listed below are 4 common Timberline Estimating issues and their solutions. 1. Issue: Attempting to open a Timberline Estimate, message appears, “File needs to be inspected”, followed by message, “File is corrupt” a. Problem: file was copied, renamed, or moved using Windows Explorer. The Pervasive file structure is two-dimensional, and doing the above disconnects the “gateway file” from its underlying (and essential) data table files. b.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Texas, California, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania receive largest federal-aid highway funding shares.

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Choosing the right procurement software is a crucial step in ensuring third-party risk management, process governance, and bidding efficiency. With so many procurement solutions to choose from, it can be overwhelming without a frame of reference and a solid starting point. This free buyer’s guide will cover: Benefits of Procurement Software –– Why do you need it?

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Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Reprice Crews (Labor, Equipment, or both) after changes to the Timberline Rate Tables in the Database Use Re-price Crews, as follows: 1. FIRST – MAKE A COPY OF THE ESTIMATE- IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME UNFORESEEN CHANGES COULD OCCUR, AND A BACKUP OF THE ORIGINAL IS THE SAFEST WAY TO GET BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE, IF NECESSARY !!!! 2. (In the new copied estimate), from the Pricing menu, select Reprice Crews. 3.

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CivilJungle

OCTOBER 5, 2023

What Is Zero Force Member? In a truss system, some members are not carrying any force. This called a zero-force member. This member may be added to increase truss stability. Identifying these members will simplify the.

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Learn Civil Engineering

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Temporary buildings have become quite popular over the past few years. These structures offer many benefits over conventional brick-and-mortar buildings. They are also versatile, which makes them popular in various industries and applications. Planning regulations are a legal requirement for most construction projects.

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CivilJungle

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Interior Paint Colors That Go with Red Brick It may appear outdated to use red brick like this but this is not, it’s still used in fireplaces. You can use bricks inside your house and it.

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Anything that is built on a poor foundation will soon crumble from the ground up. This is literally the case in the construction stage of projects and it applies just the same during the pre-construction stage. This free eBook is your ultimate guide to scaling your business with customizable software as early as during the bidding stage.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The deal, which expands Bowman's reach into Oklahoma, is expected to close this month.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Under the radar, behind the project gate, inside the executive suite. That's where ENR's editors and bloggers deliver their insights, opinions, cool-headed analysis and hot-headed rantings.

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