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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

HardHatChat

Budget is always a major consideration for our commercial construction clients, and as a general contractor we devote significant time to the budgeting process. Here are a few signs that, in our experience, indicate your project budget is more likely to bust: Skimping on Professional Services.

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A Bio-Architecture Primer with Scott Howard

Natural Building

It is intended to prepare owner-builders to design radically efficient and beautiful structures that combine natural building and bioarchitecture (architecture that supports your life force energy). Here’s what you will learn: 1) Drawing, model making, and mock ups to develop your design concept. 7 students maximum per class.

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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. Estimators Analyze project blueprints and specifications to estimate labor, materials, and equipment costs.

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What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan

Construction Marketing

Finding your dream home with all the unique features within your budget and in the perfect location can be challenging. It covers land acquisition costs, building materials, construction permits, labor, contingency and interest reserves, closing costs, and plans. How construction loans work.

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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building

Wolgast Corporation

Three-Phases to Design-Build Construction: Preliminary Design and Estimating Detailed Construction Drawings and Bidding Construction Step One/Phase I – Preliminary Design and Estimating In this First Step or Phase our Architect develops plans based on a needs analysis meeting with the building owner and representatives for a nominal fee.

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BIM Dimensions 101: 3D, 4D, 5D,6D, 7D, 8D, & Beyond

Autodesk Construction Cloud

walls, floors, architecture, etc.). Think of it as the much more evolved version of the 2D drawing; while drawings consist of an X and Y-axis, 3D BIM adds another dimension: the Z-axis. 5D BIM is a powerful tool for budget management and cost analysis. One of the best uses of 3D BIM is its role in clash detection.

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What’s the difference between RFIs, Submittals and Specifications?

Fieldwire

In construction, a Request For Information (RFI) seeks the clarification of plans, drawings, specifications, and agreements. Specifications, often called specs, in construction documents usually include information about the project’s materials, the timeline, methods and requirements.