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The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment

Construction Business Owner

The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment. Staying on budget and on time while producing quality work is of utmost importance to all builders — but not all projects are created equally. Perform 2D/3D takeoffs & BIM coordination in a single software solution.

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The High Cost of Low Bids: When Contractors Compete on Price, Everyone Loses

Levelset

Prioritizing a low bid over contractor performance is a lose-lose procurement strategy. Unfortunately, low bidding is an accepted practice for both owners and contractors alike. Owners will say that focusing on the lowest bid possible ensures they get a good price. Who’s responsible for low-bid procurement?

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Commercial Construction Trends: Why More Clients Are Choosing the Design-Assist Model

HardHatChat

Rather than a competitive bid scenario, where clients choose a commercial construction firm based solely on their estimated costs, we prefer to be brought to the table at the initial planning stages so we can provide a construction perspective that could ultimately save everyone time, money and headaches.

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Effective Marketing For Diverse Construction Job Categories

Construction Marketing

Coordinate and communicate with various stakeholders, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. Collaborate with clients, construction managers, and other professionals to bring architectural visions to life. Provide accurate cost assessments to guide budgeting and bidding processes.

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Alliance Contracting Key Aspects

Job Order Contracting

While alliance contracting is typically a term applied in the Australia and the UK to a model applied to large complex projects, its core aspects have been in place for both Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for major projects, and LEAN, Open Job Order Contracting for years, if not decades.

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Commercial Construction Tips on Dividing a Retail Box into a Multi-Tenant Space

HardHatChat

Finding a single tenant to occupy all that space in today’s economy can be challenging, so the smarter and more feasible move is to hire a retail construction contractor that can provide you with the various pre-bid commercial construction budgets needed for subdividing that big box into a multi-tenant space. The answer is none.

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MasterFormat Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Locally researched cost data provided at this level of granularity provides superior cost visibility for specified projects when compared against Uniformat and/or assembly level categorizations of construction requirements, or parametric modeling. Such databases should be used exclusively for basic reference only.