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What are Preliminaries in Construction Contracts?

Lets Build

Most construction companies, project managers , and contractors will deal with preliminaries in their construction contracts. In addition, your construction project might impact adjacent structures and their neighbours, meaning that contractors need to account for costs that mitigate damage and disturbances.

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Do Roofers Have to Wear Hard Hats?

Work Gearz

It is no where guaranteed that the roofers don’t have to climb down under roofs to load and unload materials that are required in the building of the roofs and get exposed to overhead objects. Also, there remains the chance that there might be an electric line hanging overhead when the roofers are building on the roofs! That said, .

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Measurement Fails in Business, Part II: Real-World Examples and Solutions

Pro Builder

To balance the material coming in, the gambit was to make deals and trade ingots, mostly on paper, with another mill. I wonder how often the Pittsburgh decision-makers were overhead proclaiming “The numbers don’t lie! Then dad returns on Tuesday morning to talk pricing and ask about available deals. Measurement Fails, Part I.

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Advancing Healthcare: Medical Office Buildings at the Forefront of Access and Safety

BD+C

By all accounts, this is a better way to practice medicine—more economical for healthcare systems, more efficient and effective for practitioners, and easier and more convenient for patients. MOBs present an opportunity to achieve these goals, simultaneously producing new efficiencies and trimming overhead expenses.

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Outsourcing Contractor Bookkeeping Services Vs. Jobs

Contractor Bookkeeping

New technologies and new approaches in cloud computing for construction accounting gives forward thinking contractors an amazing ability to get more for less - but in most cases, contractor''s heads are still stuck in 1990, thinking they have to do everything themselves. Construction Account = 233 Vs. Regular Accounting Titles = 115.

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The Unique Challenges of Procurement Planning for Construction Companies

ProcurementExpress.com

You’re dealing with subcontractors, labor shortages, sourcing, and multiple projects on multiple deadlines. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning. What are the overhead costs? What will you need in terms of labor or materials?

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” Beyond this, the installing contractor’s overhead(s) and profit will need to be added. We deal with them all the time. Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Mark It Up!