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Mel Robbins Inspires on Day 2 of Viewpoint Collaborate 2018

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Keynote presenter Mel Robbins gets attendees of Viewpoint’s Collaborate 2018 conference motivated during the morning general session. That’s the message Mel Robbins delivered in her keynote speech on day two of Viewpoint’s Collaborate 2018 conference. Want more Collaborate 2018 highlights?

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Construction BIG DATA: Both grand and granular

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 03/07/2018 - 16:18. March 07, 2018. It’s called ‘construction forecasting’. Construction forecasting is not unlike predicting the stock market—anything under the sun can affect it. Sometimes, it may seem like there's no rhyme or reason to the types of projects breaking ground. Question on a project?

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Data Analytics Trends in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Construction sites these days have no shortage of data: design and BIM data from the planning stages of a project, jobsite data collected by wearables, mobile devices and sensors on equipment/materials, accounting and job progress data from the office, project management data and much more. Bidding Smarter and Winning More Work.

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Why construction should stop thinking of software as a cost

Lets Build

Construction needs to be able to see digital solutions as what they are – tools to bring efficiency in construction projects. McKinsey reports that from 2011 to 2017 construction technology companies have managed to accumulate approximately $10 billion in investment. instead of focusing on actually managing the project.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Project management software: smart tools for fast teams 4. Forecasts: How the construction industry in Germany will develop in 2020 Software in the construction industry 1. After all, smart project management tools offer a lot to keep a cool head as complexity increases. IoT: building with wireless intelligence 5.

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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. It can make or break a project. Now I see them on my projects. Estimating is a lot to juggle.

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Home Building by the Numbers

Pro Builder

The annual analysis, called the Comparative Financial and Operations Analysis (“Fin-Op” for short), draws from detailed information about various revenue, cost, and profit metrics provided anonymously by builders of varying sizes in different locations, serving as a benchmarking and forecasting tool for the company, builders, and the industry.