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Getting Started With Project Management Software

Viewpoint Construction Technology

You’ve made the decision to commit to the future of your company by deciding on a construction project management software solution. By now you’ve hopefully determined your immediate and long-term goals for using a project management software. Implementing a new construction software is no different. Update and train your team.

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Is a BIM Mandate Coming to the US?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

BIM provides many benefits to contractors, including reduced errors and rework, better logistics, more easily accessible documents, increased bid accuracy and more efficient change order management, all of which mean contractors may choose to adopt BIM in the future. The exact opposite is true.

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Job Order Contracting – JOC – Best Management Practices

Building Information Management

There are multiple case studies, white papers, and research documents. Estimating JOC projects and/or bidding JOC contracts requires many of the same considerations as a non-JOC situation” Average size projects. A national JOC study is also currently underway. Annual volume. Competition. Type of work. Time of year.

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Using RSMeans Cost Data for Job Order Contracting – JOC – October 2013

Building Information Management

The follow are excerpts from a RSMeans White Paper. Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Job Order Contracting offers an alternative to traditional bidding processes. Most JOC job orders can be executed with streamlined design documents.

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

ENR Construction

White Papers. Model-driven project delivery on jobsites could be taking a big leap forward with a license deal between project information management (PIM) provider Newforma and M-SIXs 3D software platform, called VEO. Book Reviews. Information Technology. Construction Technology. Social Media. Construction Schools.

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Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Project delivery methods must therefore be a component of BIM, a fact many/most 3D visualization software vendors appear to have ignored. Recently, several organizations collaborated together and published a white paper titled Integrated Project Delivery for Public and Private Owners. coefficient applied to a fixed price book.

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A Guide to BIM

Viewpoint Construction Technology

But construction contractors’ investment in BIM varies widely , with 27 percent of companies in the United States reporting having a BIM department, while another 28 percent say they don’t bid on BIM projects at all. More accurate bids, since models allow estimators to better identify risks. The Future of BIM Standards and Regulations.

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