article thumbnail

Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Federal, State, County, and Local Government, as well as Education, Healthcare and Transportation Departments and Agencies have a responsibility to create cost visibility and cost transparency and drive improved construction productivity.

article thumbnail

Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

2004; Black et al., Department of Transportation. The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., 2000; Grajek et al., 2000; Gransberg et al., Lower project related cost growth. Journal of Management in.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

SPECIAL REPORT: Site Location Factors For Automotive Suppliers

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Anticipating increased supplier site locations, it is important for supplier executives to implement site searches that consider key location factors that generate locations optimizing operational and financial success. Figure 2 : Vehicles Sold, 2004 — March 2013. GROWTH OF THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN AUTO CORRIDORS.

Site 60
article thumbnail

Brakebush Brothers Creating 800 Jobs In Texas

Business Facilities

After a year-long, multi-site search, Brakebush Brothers, Inc. After a multi-state search, we are excited about what Texas and Greenville has to offer Brakebush Brothers,” said Carey Brakebush, Vice President of Facilities and Transportation. has decided to build a new 315,000-square-foot food processing plant in Greenville, TX.

Texas 41
article thumbnail

Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The Transportation and Climate Initiative of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States is a regional collaboration that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. In Maryland, over 640,000 public school students receive transportation services.

Maryland 120
article thumbnail

Something Fishy about that Elevator

Construction Knowledge

Elevators can do so much more than vertical transport. Euro AquaDom project was completed in 2004. The World Geography article describes it well: The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece.

article thumbnail

A Giant That Is (Still) Creeping Through the Construction Industry: Digitization

Building Radar

In any case, this is certain: Digitization on the building site and in the offices for planning and administration must and will progress faster. Safety at the dangerous workplace “construction site” – with a fatal accident rate five times higher than in any other industry – will also increase.