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News From The Viewpoint Construction Software Conference – Fall 2014

Cassell Construction Estimating

At a meeting for partners held right before the official events began, Viewpoint’s Tom Kobayashi previewed a new web interface with upgraded security and a dashboard that included Hourly Time, Resource Management and VPC integration. We’ll have to wait until probably March of 2015 for that to be rolled out.

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Public Sector Real Property Management – Quality Construction Cost Estimating – Earned Value Management

Building Information Management

The Need for Credible Construction Cost Estimates. GAO and other studies/reports consistently report that errors and lack of due diligence with respect to original construction cost estimates are primary reasons for negative cost and schedule impacts, and overall poor project performance and outcomes.

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Magnolia LNG Announces $2.2 Billion Export Facility In Louisiana

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The LNG project would create 45 new permanent jobs; LED also estimates the project would result in 175 new indirect jobs. In addition, the LNG project would require an estimated 1,000 construction jobs. venture by 2015.”. The company plans to begin hiring in early 2015, with commercial operations to begin in 2018.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

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A report by the WBCSD and global sustainable development consultancy Arup estimates that less than 1% of building projects currently calculate and report their full carbon footprint. Since 2015 he has led Kingspan North America’s material health and transparency program.

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Advanced Manufacturing Driving Pittsburgh’s Economic Growth

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billion in 2015, marking the ninth consecutive year capital investment in the region exceeded $1 billion, according to the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance’s (PRA) ninth annual Business Investment Scorecard. The report includes companies that announced plans in 2015 for new or increased business success in the 10-county region.

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4BT OpenCost(TM) Local Market Granular Cost Data an RSmeans Alternative?

Job Order Contracting

4 Supported by secure cloud technology and information management practices (NIST, CMMC LvL 3 compliant) enabling Program, Project, Proposal, Estimate, Workorder, Document, and Issues/Task Mangement, and more. They are not intended to be used when preparing appropriation-quality estimates. . #2 Over 1.2 Peitlock, B.A.,

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Louisiana Economic Development Wins Deal of the Year: Bronze Award

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The Bronze Award winner in BF ’s 2015 Economic Development Deal of the Year competition will generate an estimated $17.7 Logistics and infrastructure played a key role in securing this mega-deal for Louisiana. PROJECT IMPACT ESTIMATES. (FPCC) announced it will build a $9.4-billion billion in capital investment, and $17.7