HardHatChat

APRIL 11, 2014

For us, this arrangement is far more preferable to the common competitive bid process. In the competitive bid process, clients typically write the smallest check possible up front, but if things go wrong during commercial construction, as they often do with low-quality subcontractors, costs can come back to bite them.

Commercial 292

Commercial Negotiation Bidding Construction 292

Stok

JUNE 27, 2018

That foundation is a detailed schedule and budget, created and owned by the Project Manager, with input from consultants and contractors, and approved by the Client. To start, here are key considerations to take when creating the Master Schedule, prioritized by stok’s Project Managers : 1. This consideration is too often overlooked.

Schedule 40

Schedule Foundation Project Management Budgeting 40

Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

To generate profits in an industry known for razor-thin margins, firms need to maintain control over cost and schedule at every phase of construction. Construction software for bidding, estimating, budgets, and accounting. Bidding software. Budgeting and schedule management software.

Software 95

Software Software Construction Bidding 95

Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2018

For example, if you are looking to build a commercial retail and office space, it would probably be a bad idea to hire a contractor with a home improvement license only. Remember, a contractor with the lowest bid is not necessarily the best. If a contractors bid is significantly lower, ask them why. Ask For A Written Contract.

Contractors 160

Contractors Insurance Commercial Bidding 160

Levelset

MARCH 16, 2022

Every project involves planning, designing, bidding, hiring, and more — and these are all parts of stages. During this first phase, pre-construction , the project owner will consult with an architect or design firm about an idea or plan. This breaks down into a few main areas: the job scope, the budget, and the schedule.

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Lien Construction Budgeting Budget 52

Levelset

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Before a construction project can begin, there is a lot of planning, number-crunching, designing, and scheduling that needs to occur. Preconstruction is the initial stage of a construction project where an idea starts to become a reality. Preconstruction establishes two baselines: an initial budget and a preliminary schedule.

Risk 52

Risk Feasibility Bidding Budgeting 52

BD+C

AUGUST 14, 2023

While typical construction drivers are time (schedule), money (budget) and quality (product), with the right approach, fast-tracking a project can be done. Many of these projects are schedule driven, as tech companies are driving these construction projects like they drive product development.

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Risk Construction Schedule Contractors 92

Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In the Big Room, an online community where you can communicate, collaborate, work on new ideas, and grow together with other construction professionals who also use Autodesk Construction Cloud, you can discuss this exact question and other hot topics. Here are some ideas from professionals working in the industry today. .

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BIM Project Management Bidding Autodesk 96

Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 7, 2022

For more ideas on how to achieve better results in your business through technology, download our “How Plumbing Contractors Can Leverage Software for Better Business Outcomes” ebook now! The bidding process is one of the most time-consuming and critical to ensure cash flow and steady work. Plumbing Contracting in 2022 and Beyond.

Contractors 98

Contractors Innovation Bidding Resource 98

Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 15, 2022

Our call for proposals is now open, and you can share your expertise, ideas, and insights by submitting to be one of our construction session speakers. We’d also love to learn how you are utilizing BuildingConnected for bid and risk management, Pype for workflows like submittals and closeout, and ProEst for estimating. .

Autodesk 119

Autodesk Industrial Management IDEA 119

Work Gearz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In this article I am going to tell you some unique gifting ideas for the construction workers of which you might not have thought before! This is a unique idea to let your construction friend spice up his boring lunch in the work site. DIY Gift Ideas for Construction Workers. Some Creative Ideas for Gifting.

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IDEA Construction Products Site 40

Levelset

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

To take a project from an idea to a finished building, construction goes through several phases. It’s essentially the architect taking the project owner’s ideas and turning them into a roadmap for contractors, subs, and code enforcement to follow. However, it’s helpful to have a rough idea of how much the overall project might cost.

Design 52

Design Lien Budgeting Budget 52

HardHatChat

JANUARY 17, 2017

Too often in a competitively bid construction project, contractors are awarded the job based purely on their bottom line, without being involved in any upfront planning or discussion of design intent. By going digital, we eliminated many costly and time-consuming steps, improving our efficiency.

Commercial 156

Commercial Contractors Bidding Spirit 156

Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

By choosing the right one for your project, overall risk can be reduced, and budget and schedule can be better managed. There is no optimal project delivery method, but choosing the right method for your project helps reduce risk, improve your schedule, and keep your budget on track. Schedule: a timetable for completion and payments.

Risk 52

Risk Schedule Design Budgeting 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 26, 2022

Focal points include design, manufacturing, bidding strategies for subcontractors, and how to tackle workforce challenges as an owner among much more. Best for subcontractors interested in winning more jobs by making smarter decisions in bidding. In this webinar, you’ll learn more about: Making data-driven bidding decisions.

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COAA San Francisco Construction Conference 97

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 6, 2022

Open minds, respect for others, responsibility taking, friendly sharing of ideas and processes and ongoing communication geared toward all-around project success? As such, it is quickly overtaking the old design-bid-build standard. The Basics of a Construction Tradition: Design-Bid-Build.

Design 52

Design Construction Bidding Contract 52

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 28, 2017

Traditional design-bid-built has been noteworthy in its failure to deliver efficiency and long-term mutually beneficial relationships. Generate alternative ideas. Implement presented ideas. Eliminate roadblocks, actualize plan, implement ideas. Ideas successful or not , what are the benefits and setbacks.

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Life Cycle Contract Management Budgeting 100

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 11, 2024

Solving Complex Design and Scheduling Challenges James Niyonkuru Bicamumpaka Sr. Another AI focus will be regenerative scheduling. Summarizing long documents such as reports or RFP documents during project bidding and read-proofing documents, paraphrasing text, and correcting grammatical errors will other AI-increased uses.

Construction 137

Construction Industrial Modeling Autodesk 137

Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

My mentor and good friend, Cordell Parvin , has over the years shared with me some great best practices for contractors—whether talking about bid protests, accidents on the jobsite, or filing a claim. I have edited the list and I am happy to share these ideas: Identify the best person to manage the team. Analyze the schedule.

Compensation 54

Compensation Claims Change Orders Legal 54

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 20, 2017

An OpenJOC Program can build and maintain the optimal resource mix for delivery and to scheduling of facilities renovation, repair, and minor new construction activities to best achieve an organization’s operational and financial goals, while honoring regulatory and other constraints. Focus upon life-cycle costs in addition to first costs.

Contract 100

Contract Project Management Budgeting Budget 100

Help Everybody Everyday

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Low bid or “lowest qualified bid” comes down to price. So, you have no idea whether the procurement is wired or on the up and up. But again, because the value of qualifications is left to interpretation, the way a client scores can easily turn this into a low-bid situation. It can’t be easily quantified.

Procurement 81

Procurement Bidding Budgeting Budget 81

Stok

JANUARY 22, 2019

Progressing the exercise from blue sky to implementable, these ideas are distilled into a report and action list that outlines the reasoning behind rejected and pursued elements that were revealed during the process, along with action items and additional analysis.

Change Orders 75

Change Orders IDEA Budgeting Budget 75

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Production scheduling drives down labor hours and improves safety. To speed up the construction timeline, the team overhauled production schedules to create 12-, 14- and 16-week project development plans, with crews having full autonomy in a given area at a time. In closing. Egos are checked at the door.

Construction 52

Construction Schedule Design Products 52

Pro Builder

MARCH 29, 2022

A good purchasing professional must understand the construction process, local building codes, risk management, the enterprise resource planning system, schedules, the installing trades in a given market and the materials they use, alternative materials that could be used, their cost drivers, and so on—all while being an excellent negotiator.

Industrial 98

Industrial Management Schedule Resource 98

Construction Cost Estimating

APRIL 25, 2014

Dan Tangherlini , GSA Administrator, informed that the idea of a building exchange for services could play a larger role in how the agency does business if the current proposal is successful. SW, and the adjacent Cotton Annex, which is currently an empty building near the regional building.

Estimating 45

Estimating IDEA Maryland Bidding 45

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It also helps to adopt solutions that make it easy to amend costs and bids. In a rapidly changing environment, having updated info is critical for putting together accurate budgets, quotes, and bids. . We hope this guide gives you ideas for uplevelling supply chain management in your company. . Choose the right partners .

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Management Construction BIM Materials 98

Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 2, 2021

They’re also co-hosts of the Construction Brothers Podcast , a show that delivers fresh ideas that industry professionals can use to improve their careers, projects, and people. . The topics we touched on include: Ways to improve the bidding process . Effective management styles . Tips for successfully navigating contract disputes.

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Construction Bidding Design Project Management 52

The Korte Company

AUGUST 12, 2020

When it comes to providing value on a project, Dennis Calvert has long since learned the worth of letting the best ideas win the day. . Then they would try to incorporate their ideas into the final design. . They weren’t just a builder, but could bring ideas from a scheduling, cost and material selection standpoint.

Design 52

Design St. Louis Illinois Architecture 52

Help Everybody Everyday

AUGUST 21, 2020

Maybe one example win theme would read like this: “Our patented gobbledegook process can cut time off your schedule and reduce ACME University’s library project costs. In fact, we used this process to deliver NextDoor University’s library project ahead of schedule and $3M under budget.” But I am not stupid.

Budgeting 72

Budgeting Budget Schedule Project Management 72

Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We recommend registering for AU 2021 to receive this year’s official schedule as soon as it’s released. You’ll hear from Lauren Collier at the SSOE Group as she shares: How collecting and using data through the lifecycle of a project can help teams stay on schedule and maintain costs. Jump to classes by process/topic.

Autodesk 52

Autodesk Construction BIM Modeling 52

HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

By moving all correspondence and documents online you eliminate the cost to print dozens of copies of blueprints, design-build schedules, etc. And without anything to print, then there’s nothing to mail – no more fees for overnight bid-request mailings. If you have more ideas for decreasing operating costs, I’d love to hear them.

Commercial 120

Commercial Documentation Construction Project Management 120

Building Information Management

AUGUST 11, 2015

The contractor offers a price coefficient for the work and materials, establishing its competitiveness up front—without knowing quantities, schedules or timing. Without JOC, the owner must procure each project individually in the traditional design-bid-build procurement method. Support of local small and minority businesses.

Contract 40

Contract Procurement Change Orders Budgeting 40

Building Information Management

AUGUST 11, 2015

The contractor offers a price coefficient for the work and materials, establishing its competitiveness up front—without knowing quantities, schedules or timing. Without JOC, the owner must procure each project individually in the traditional design-bid-build procurement method. Support of local small and minority businesses.

Contract 40

Contract Procurement Change Orders Budgeting 40

Construction Cost Estimating

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Build It Live : It is (SaaS) construction project management software program useful for owners, architects, engineers, general contractors, vendors, laborers, who are associated with the project, to get all the updated information concerning the latest drawings, schedules, and changes online on the cloud.

Project Management 45

Project Management Management Construction Estimating 45

ENR Construction

AUGUST 21, 2012

Survey Schedule. It’s such a good idea, we’re working to implement it on healthcare projects nationwide. We accomplish this by connecting people across a highly decentralized organization, and providing them the tools and funding to collaborate, implement and share their ideas. Civil Engineering Schools. ENR Midwest.

Innovation 46

Innovation Management IDEA Construction 46

Pro Builder

JUNE 9, 2021

It was simply too philosophical for their tastes, touting ideas they neither understood nor appreciated, and thus the next annual report looked pretty much like a spreadsheet with a stiff cover on it. Fully accurate and complete bid packages. Reliable construction schedule with lead time and no “scouting”.

Profitability 98

Profitability Remodeling Cash Flow US 98

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Ed Carrigan asked: “Do you believe there is a savings between JOC program and a bidding process (design-bid-build)?” For multi-trade repair and improvement type projects, Job Order Contracting will win out on a savings analysis over design-bid-build. ” Thanks for the question, Ed.

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Estimating Bidding Negotiation Contract 40