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The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings: Why It Matters

Stok

In a white paper on The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings, set to be publicly available in September 2018, stok argues that the seemingly intangible occupant impacts of the built environment are quantifiable from a bottom line perspective. At the same time, buildings account for over 40% of U.S.

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The digital black hole impacting the construction industry

Fieldwire

This way of working is neither transparent nor accountable, and it’s easy for asset management to become dependent on specific individuals – meaning it’s difficult and complex for anyone else to pick up the baton if a key person is out of the office. Download the full white paper from Hilti about the lack of digitization in construction.

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What is a JOC Unit Price Book

Job Order Contracting

A JOC Unit Price Book is a fixed list of detailed construction tasks and associated pricing/costs that is used to estimate costs for individual JOC projects/job orders, associated with a JOC Program. The application of location factors typically does not account for the multiple variations within each labor, equipment, and material area.

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Robust Construction Cost Estimating with Best Representation of RSMeans Cost Data – Contractors, Owners, AEs, JOC, IPD, SABER, IDIQ …

Building Information Management

But remember, they were designed some thirty years ago to deal with the mundane tasks of pen an paper accounting and forecasting. Powerful cost estimating software, integrated with visual estimating, contract management, project management, and document management is the new standard. Comparison of Cost Estimating Tools.

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How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book

Building Information Management

How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book– WHITE PAPER. The cost database and associated projects and estimates can only be cost effectively created, stored, maintained, and used within a common data environment and JOC-specific technology. Modifiers, on average, account for 30% of the cost a a JOC task order. INTRODUCTION.

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How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book

Building Information Management

How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book– WHITE PAPER. The cost database and associated projects and estimates can only be cost effectively created, stored, maintained, and used within a common data environment and JOC-specific technology. Modifiers, on average, account for 30% of the cost a a JOC task order. INTRODUCTION.

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Tappan Zee Bridge Bidder's Cold Feet Costs Team $2.5 Million.

ENR Construction

White Papers. Description: One of the four teams contending for the estimated $5-billion Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project in New York State chose not to submit a bid at the last moment. Enter your print subscription account. Book Reviews. Information Technology. Construction Technology. Social Media. Current Costs.