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Home Builder Profitability Reached Highest Level on Record

Pro Builder

Last year’s net profit average for builders reached the highest level since management consulting firm The Shinn Group began tracking net income data in 1994. The previous record was set in 2006, but 2020’s net profit average of 11.4% beat out 2006’s levels by just 0.25% and exceeded 2019 income by 1.8%.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

management. Journal of Management in Engineering, 10(6), 26-29. management in the UK construction industry. Management, 6(3), 159-168. International Journal of Project Management, 25(4), 386-393. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(3), 225-234. Management Institute. Akintoye, A.,

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

First and foremost is important to understand that all projects are exercises in managing change. The key to consistent delivery of successful projects therefore lies in the ability to account for and/or manage variations as they occur. As people naturally resist change, it is up to leadership to embrace and support change management.

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Construction facing safety challenges as work picks up

FDR Safety

The resurgence of the construction industry is, of course, good news, but it also comes with challenges on the safety front, including shortages of experienced workers and managers. in 2006.). One indicator of those challenges may be an increase in the construction industry’s fatality rate from 9.1 per 100,000 workers in 2011 to 9.5

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management.

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Revit OpEd: BIM Coordinator for Civil 3D and Revit

Revit OpEd

Autodesk Labs posted an application that was developed by Autodesk Consulting. Note that it uses a file formatted as ACCSXML (Autodesk Consulting Coordinate System eXtensible Markup Language). Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14). ► October 2006. (5).

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Revit OpEd: Cool Lego Assembly Line

Revit OpEd

Comments: Comments are moderated to manage spamming. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14). ► October 2006. (5). ► September 2006. (10). ► August 2006. (8). ► July 2006. (6). ► June 2006. (13). ► May 2006. (10). ► April 2006. (13).

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