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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Look for software that does a better job providing applications based on the workflow of a project from cradle to grave, and that provides web-based anywhere-any time visibility into job progress, profitability, change management, and more for everyone who involved in the success of a job. Next Generation of Document Management.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Project Document Management : Your Communication Strategy. Because some very specific documents are created and used throughout the life of a typical construction project, these documents can serve as the center of your communications strategy. Document availability. Document relevance. Document Tracking.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Consider these three vital areas: Construction Project Documents: How do you move documents through your organization? When documents are created or modified, are the appropriate people notified? There are a number of software packages out there that allow document sharing. December 2008. November 2008.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Keeping documents as electronic files reduces paper waste and clutter in your office because you can get rid of the filing cabinets. Electronic filing also gives you the ability to search with simple keyword terms, so you can find documents faster. Archiving documents. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Document Management. With the current levels of detail required by industry standards, code compliance and also by the different disciplines, the number of documents required for a project is huge. Keeping track of what’s current in that huge set of documents and making sure others on your team are using current documents are critical.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Healthy Competition » Free Webinar on Reducing Profit Fade. One problem that even the most savvy contractors deal with is profit fade, when a job continues to incur additional costs that are not factored into the estimate. In turn, profit fade can dramtically affect cash flow and hinder the possibility of booking new jobs.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Many contractors haven’t taken advantage of digital document solutions, and the ones that have are still dealing with high volumes of data. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. document management. Managing this information overload can be difficult. November 2009.