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Survey Reveals the Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Contractors

Construction Junkie

A new survey conducted by Autodesk and AGC of America is giving us a deeper look into the impacts so far. 40% of respondents said they have added new technology during the pandemic, including project management, field collaboration, estimating, workforce management, and bidding programs. and $500MM, and 6% perform over $500MM.

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Say This Three Times Fast: Sequestration, Construction and Contractor Claims!

Best Practices Construction Law

Last December, the Associated General Contractors of American (AGC) released a report called Sequestration and Its Possible Impacts on Construction (pdf). In a recent update about What Contractors Should Know , AGC estimates that as much as $4 billion in federal construction funding could be cut during the next seven months.

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ConsensusDOCS v. AIA – Form Contract Wars

Construction Law Monitor

AIA documents are formed on the premise that an owner will seek out a qualified architect to begin a project, thus placing more liability and responsibility on that architect. This coalition is made up of contractor, subcontractor, owners, estimators and surety bond producers among others.

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BIM Glossary Terms and Definitions – NBIMS-US – 2013

Building Information Management

In BIM parameter estimating, the accuracy[1] of a measurement system is the degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to that quantity’s actual (true) value. Each of the BIM Uses then gets its own lower level Process Map. See also Process Guidance Map in Penn State PxP Guides and NBIMS 2.0. (14) 14) [link] /.

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#120:  Addressing the Shortage of Construction Workers

NH Construction Law

To quote AGC’s chief economist Ken Simonson, “contractors report almost universally that they need more workers than they can find.” Chamber of Commerce reports that New Hampshire has only 44 unemployed workers for every 100 available positions – one of the lowest ratios in the country. But in the U.S.,