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Caterpillar Forecast Tops Estimates with the Recovery of Construction

Construction Cost Estimating

Illinois-based Caterpillar, Peoria, also confirmed approving a $10 billion share buyback plan through 2018 and will repurchase about $1.7 Caterpillar forecasts the growth of world economic by 3% in 2014, which is about 2% up from last year. billion in stock in the first quarter that will mark its previous authorization.

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Data Analytics Trends in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

We’ve heard our customers discuss it at both our Digital Contractor Roadshows and our Collaborate 2018 user conference this year. Bidding Smarter and Winning More Work. Data analytics and business intelligence have become hot topics in construction as firms are seeing the benefits other industries are realizing.

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Mindy Keiser always knows where to look

The Korte Company

These days, she still finds herself on the phone, but now she’s conversing with subcontractors and vendors while carefully evaluating scopes of work, following up on bids and forecasting the overall costs of each project. I would see old bid books and all the different numbers. Now I make bid books instead of scanning them.”

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The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment

Construction Business Owner

For example, if each clash costs $3,500 per instance (PWC, 2018), it’s difficult for estimators and project managers to ensure each project is profitable during the planning phases of a project. Autodesk Construction Cloud’s CDE empowers teams to remain on the same page when planning and forecasting a project.

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100+ Construction Industry Statistics

Autodesk Construction Cloud

From measuring bid-to-win ratio, to how much a project is over budget or schedule, and KPIs , the more numbers you can put behind your work, the better. 58% of owners said they’ve used or plan to use design-build, moving away from traditional design-bid-build. [ 44% of firms are putting longer completion times into their bids. [

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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

Business Facilities

The REMC meets regularly with Hoosier Energy for load forecasting to plan for the growing community that currently has 2 million square feet of new industrial, warehousing and distribution space available for relocating and expanding businesses. SEYMOUR-JACKSON COUNTY, IN: A WELL-LOCATED WORKFORCE.

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other

Pro Builder

“True Homes’ leadership team is one of the most open, supportive, involved, and engaged we have found,” wrote Scott Sedam , president of TrueNorth Development , in a report following a visit to True Homes as an examiner for Pro Builder’ s annual National Housing Quality (NHQ) awards program in 2018, for which the company won Gold.