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Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction

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Here are just a few examples: Working Through Challenges: Key Lessons for Moving Forward For Englewood and our national retail, restaurant, and hospitality clients, we’ve learned that the old mindset of the lowest competitive bid and a rigid approach to material and equipment is ineffective in times like these.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: Permits & Building Codes for.

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Permits & Building Codes for Construction. The Code and Guidelines delineate the responsibilities of clients, project managers, contractors , subcontractors, consultants, related entities, industrial associations and employers in the construction industry. Building Codes, Construction Standards, Building Permit Information & Links.

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Environmental Regulations in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

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Environmental laws provide the backbone for permitting and reporting requirements on construction projects, while a wide variety of state and municipal laws impose even stricter rules. The Clean Water Act (CWA) established guidelines for discharge of pollutants into water within the U.S. EPA Flowchart : Do I need a NPDES permit?

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Design-Build Construction: A Comprehensive Guide

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Increased state and local government backing have led to 43 states having full or largely permitted authorization to use the method during public agency projects. As such, it is quickly overtaking the old design-bid-build standard. The Basics of a Construction Tradition: Design-Bid-Build.

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Job Order Contracting Glossary

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. “Adjustment factor” – The job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the owner’s prices as published in the unit price catalog. that is bid by job order contractor and use to multiply against a job order estimate for a job order contract as developed using the unit price book. See Coefficient).

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Common Types of Construction Contracts And Their Use

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The owner performs a detailed analysis on the bids verifying that the proposals meet the requirements of the project and awards based on that. The contractor and consultants then partner up to complete the design, documents, permitting processes and ultimately deliver the project. Pros and Cons of Design Build Construction Contract.

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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

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JOC permits the issuance of job orders without competition because the tasks ordered were competed as part of the original award. Because non-prepriced items have not been competitively bid, their use should be kept to a minimum to ensure the cost effectiveness of the JOC program. OBSERVATIONS.