Building Information Management

MAY 20, 2015

Expert Interview with Peter Cholakis Of 4Clicks On Saving Time And Money On The Estimation Process. Estimation is an important aspect of the bidding process. It allows your company to pitch its best ideas for the best possible costs, helping your company to stand out from the competition – if it’s a good estimation.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

When all of these impacts are combined, they have had a devastating effect on the cost to complete a federal project and have made it almost impossible to estimate how much to bid on an upcoming project. If an agency refuses to insert the clause after being requested to do so, a bid protest (filed pre-bid) should be considered.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 24, 2023

Decisions made using “bad data” are estimated to cost the industry $88.69 With better planning and alignment up front, you’re more likely to mitigate risk and issues that could plague project profitability at later project stages. Take estimation for instance. That’s just factoring in reported rework and direct expenses.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 10, 2017

Independent owner estimates. An open book JOC is NOT a JOC by definition as costs are derived from subcontractors in a typical design-bid-build fashion and are not fully visible, defensible and transparent. Ongoing training. Enabling software. JOC program audits. Owner should simply use their existing specifications.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 2, 2017

Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) construction delivery was too inefficient for the large numbers of renovation, repair, and sustainment/maintenance projects. Department of Defense: West Point Academy in 1985, and multiple United States Air Force bases in 1986. The total of the estimate is then multiplied by a coefficient.

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Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Military Academy, West Point, facility engineers realized the disadvantages of the design-bid-build construction delivery system, and implemented an a new indefinite delivery- indefinite quantity (IDIQ) facility maintenance contract which was first used by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium. 1990 – U.S.

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Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Military Academy, West Point, facility engineers realized the disadvantages of the design-bid-build construction delivery system, and implemented an a new indefinite delivery- indefinite quantity (IDIQ) facility maintenance contract which was first used by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium. 1990 – U.S.

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Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Military Academy, West Point, facility engineers realized the disadvantages of the design-bid-build construction delivery system, and implemented an a new indefinite delivery- indefinite quantity (IDIQ) facility maintenance contract which was first used by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium. 1990 – U.S.

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The Korte Company

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

He retired from the company as a senior vice president in 2012 and remains a trusted estimate advisor. Vern wondered whether Jerry was interested in taking over as head estimator in the company’s Marion, Illinois office and offered him the position on a Friday. I had never bid a job by myself,” Jerry said. “So The buildup.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) construction delivery was too inefficient for the large numbers of renovation, repair, and sustainment/maintenance projects. Department of Defense: West Point Academy in 1985, and United States Air Force bases in 1986. The total of the estimate is then multiplied by a coefficient.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

Supporting cloud technology – Program, Project, Estimate, & Document Management with export to PDF and spreadsheet formats. Lower bid prices. General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and National 19 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

According to some estimates, an average of 35% of projects experience at least one major change throughout the life of the project. Change orders are original contract amendments that come up often, with an estimated 35% of projects requiring at least one. What Is a Construction Change Order? Anticipate Construction Change Orders.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 20, 2016

The solicitation also provided historical fuel prices and usage rates for contractors to use in crafting their bids. The contractor did not change its estimate of fuel costs, and the Navy ultimately awarded the contract to the contractor. The Back-and-Forth. During performance, fuel prices doubled! per gallon.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 7, 2023

4 Supported by secure cloud technology and information management practices (NIST, CMMC LvL 3 compliant) enabling Program, Project, Proposal, Estimate, Workorder, Document, and Issues/Task Mangement, and more. They are not intended to be used when preparing appropriation-quality estimates. Peitlock, B.A., Martinez, A., Martinez, A.,

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 24, 2023

private interest sued the United States as a “bid protest to challenge the decision of the Department of Defense (“DOD”) to standardize its facility condition assessment needs through the Sustainment Management System (“SMS”)”2 2014: NNSA implements BUILDER with two pilots (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Pantex Plant) 1 S.

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Building Information Management

MARCH 27, 2015

JOC provides multiple benefits vs. traditional design-bid-build and/or low bid, MACC, MATOC and other typically less efficient construction methods. JOC contractors are selected on qualifications and performance at a best value or low price or low bid depending on local, state or federal statutes. JOC can deliver: 1.

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Construction Dive

DECEMBER 26, 2012

It was the entry entitled “Can Anything Be Done about Bid Shopping?,” In preparation for potential challenges, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has created a task force to defend Snyder’s action. Michigan is the 24th state to approve legislation of this sort.

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Work Gearz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Due to its high performance, carbon fiber is used in a variety of fields in the making of several equipments such as: construction, medical, electronics, defense, aerospace, industrial machinery, robotics, welding fixtures, components of bicycles, high end motor sport applications, CMM fixtures, etc. It’s time to bid Adieu!

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Business Facilities

JANUARY 8, 2014

Locations in 24 states queued up to bid for the FAA’s hotly contested Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) test program. Aerospace analysts estimate the domestic drone industry quickly will blossom into a $70-billion sector. Several of the also-rans cried foul after FAA’s choices were announced. Far West U.S. Great Lakes U.S. -

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The Korte Company

AUGUST 12, 2020

Dennis worked with Ralph, Vern Eardley (Ralph’s second in command) and an estimator to evaluate alternative building systems and materials that would deliver the project on-budget. Postal Service, and several agencies in Department of Defense. Contractors were selected on their “low bid.” . But I fell in love with it.” .

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Building Information Management

MAY 14, 2015

Plan, Contract, and or Bid JOB Project Efficiently. – Use defensible, objective, cost data. – Easy compare your estimates with Contractor estimates using automation – comment at a line item level! . – Use defensible, objective, cost data. – Copy, paste, and share estimates.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 21, 2016

In order to get the planetary gobs of financing needed for this mega-project to align, the NFL entertained bids from three existing franchises and accepted two of them. The estimated price tag for the stadium alone is $1.86 The estimated price tag for the stadium alone is $1.86 billion home of the Giants and the Jets).

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

It’s no secret that the right construction software sets you and your business up for success, having a direct effect on the management of estimates, bids, timelines, payroll, and more. This provides another layer to a solid defense in depth strategy. Integrated security. Beyond the software.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

JUNE 15, 2012

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. Estimating Process - There is no one right answer. You bid on a project and you are the low bidder.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

OCTOBER 3, 2014

07 - Your Bookkeeper - Gets defensive when you or your CPA asks questions. #08 14 - Your Bookkeeper - Misplaces payroll receipts, deposit records, supplier letters and estimates. #15 14 - Your Bookkeeper - Misplaces payroll receipts, deposit records, supplier letters and estimates. #15

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Contractor Bookkeeping

JUNE 20, 2014

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. Estimating Process - There is no one right answer. You bid on a project and you are the low bidder.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

JANUARY 2, 2015

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. Estimating Process - There is no one right answer. You bid on a project and you are the low bidder.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 5, 2016

A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7

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Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Independent Government Estimate Preparation. Revisions to Government Estimate. DOD = Department of Defense. IGE = Independent Government Estimate. A coefficient is a factor bid by the contractor, which is multiplied against the quantity of work and the prices in the UPB. Scope of Work. Scope Validation Meeting.

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Levelset

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Agree or disagree, with the passage of the 2021 federal infrastructure bill , many large federal projects will be coming to bid — and many will be subject to the PLA requirement. When bidding federal contracts under a project labor agreement, contractors must be aware of the additional costs of these projects.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 1, 2014

We also configured our Renewable Energy Leaders category to rank the metros that are using the most renewable energy, with some surprising results (hint: the top-ranked metro is the home of the oil bidness). (To To read about the 2014 state rankings, visit this link.). Austin, TX: On Top, Still Rising. Other allocations include $12.5

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Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2015

While having its roots in United States Department of Defense; non-DoD Federal Government, State/County/Local Government, Education, Healthcare, Transportation, and Utilities are now included as JOC users and proponents. Contractors can be selected based on best-value or low bid, depending upon the owner’s requirements.

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If those trends continued, Clark reckoned housing affordability in the Salt Lake metro area would follow the same path as California’s Silicon Valley, potentially creating an estimated shortage of 50,845 housing units in the Salt Lake market by 2044, according to a 2018 study by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. “We

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In a short span of time, he has become the go-to reference for all things digital in the company, including information management, BIM, technology, devices, data, IoT, and BI—focusing on the bidding, design and construction phases. She’s also skilled in design optimization, value engineering, and cost estimating.

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Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Appendix 2 illustrates the fair opportunity for consideration approach used in the Defense Enterprise Integration Services II (DEIS II) multiple award contracts. Award determinations are made by selecting the mix of line items to be used for a project and multiplying the mix of line items by the coefficient bid by the offeror.

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