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Area Cost Factors – Not a viable for Federal Construction Cost Estimating?

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Should Areas Cost Factors be used for Construction Cost Estimating? As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the federal government is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) variances.

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Commercial Construction Industry Trends: Reflecting on the Highs and Lows of 2018

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A strong pipeline of senior living construction was a “high” of 2018. So before we officially ring in 2019, here is our rundown of Englewood Construction’s commercial construction trends “highs” and “lows” from 2018: High: A Sizable Senior Living Pipeline. An overall rise in construction material costs.

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FM & Cost Estimating Tools in the Cloud & Free – 2018 National Commercial Construction Cost Database

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Construction Cost Database … both FREE! Manage buildings, teams, projects, documents, drawings, estimates… anywhere, anytime. The post FM & Cost Estimating Tools in the Cloud & Free – 2018 National Commercial Construction Cost Database appeared first on 4BT. to BIM files. Learn more… Sign up.

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2018 IgCC to be Adopted in Baltimore City

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This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. In the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the country only the town of Gaithersburg , Maryland has adopted the 2018 IgCC. In the realm of green building this is a big deal.

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Open Construction Cost Estimating

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Open Construction Cost Estimating for 2018 and Beyond! Forget the past, and move toward greater collaboration and efficiency with open, shared construction cost data. Create you own line items from a core line item database, build estimates, manage projects, store and view virtually all forms of documents.

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STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors

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STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors There are multiple false assumptions associated with Military Construction Budgeting and Area Cost Factors. They are used in the development of military construction program projects and/or alternative basing studies.

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Action Needed to Increase the Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates

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Action Needed to Increase the Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates per the GAO. DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: Action Needed to Increase the Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates GAO-18-101: Published: Mar 27, 2018. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2018. GAO DOD Cost Estimating.