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Infrastructure Study Finds Inefficiencies & Opportunities for Design-Build

Construction Business Owner

Travelers, the second-largest writer of United States commercial property casualty insurance and the largest writer of surety bonds in North America, has released the findings of a new infrastructure study that followed 224 heavy civil construction projects from 2004 to 2020. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 08:30.

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Public Procurement of Construction Services

Job Order Contracting

Public procurement of construction services could be improved through the adoption of currently available best management practices. How Organizational integration and alignment of cultural, professional, management, and commercial interests is also required, both internally and with construction services providers. Ballard, G.,

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. The follow elements are common to a credible construction cost estimate. Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Is it a a fact that Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector. While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Lean Construction Reading Primer.

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3D Printing in Construction: Growth, Benefits, and Challenges

Autodesk Construction Cloud

3D printing offers big promises for construction. While clearly, 3D printing technology has proven beneficial in the medical, aerospace, and tool-making arenas since its inception, there’s one other field that’s potentially poised to break out: the construction sector. A History of 3D Printing in Construction.

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LEED Reaches 3 Billion Certified Square Feet

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council is about to announce that there are more than 3 Billion square feet of LEED certified commercial and institutional building. Billion square feet of construction space is “participating in LEED” and admittedly that number does add another zero. But today LEED is much more than new construction.

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Top Roofing Companies in USA

CivilJungle

Services of this company: Commercial roofing, metal roofing, green roofing, roof repair and maintenance, Assets management, emergency services. Percentage of commercial work: 100. Percentage of commercial work: 59. Percentage of commercial work: 100. Nations Roof company is established in the year of 2004.