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Estimating Controls

Cassell Construction Estimating

Bids are time‐consuming 2. Bids are time‐consuming: How are you doing your takeoff? Do you compile the estimate manually, 
then enter into a spreadsheet? Or do you build the bid directly from within your estimating
 software? You can’t open a box, and turn 
inconsistent estimating into a well‐oiled system.

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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

ENR Construction

The increased competition has narrowed already slim bidding margins, forcing contractors to eke out a financial edge wherever possible. rental business grew an estimated 18.6% An idle crew waiting for a replacement machine or repairs can add unexpected costs that skew project profitability.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

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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Improve Your Construction Profits with these AU 23 Classes

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For cost-conscious professionals particularly, the right conferences can offer strategies to rise above the competition and improve project profits. AU 2023, the Design & Make conference, is happening November 13-15, 2023 in Las Vegas -- meaning we are only a few short weeks out from the event.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Sue believes the industry needs to dismantle and rethink who can estimate. She has trained and mentored Junior Estimators, Project Engineers, and Field Engineers, helping them work in preconstruction roles. Las Vegas, NV. She focuses on people, processes, and software that improve preconstruction practices. .

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

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. of work for projects involving tunneling, highway reconstruction, and rail transit design.