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Requirements for 3D Models Increasing in Road and Bridge Bid Documents

ENR Construction

Transportation agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration and several state DOTs, are pushing forward with making Building Information Modeling a bid deliverable and binding reference document for projects.

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All You Need To Know About Construction Project Management To Get Started

Construction Marketing

Heavy construction refers to megaprojects that are oftentimes infrastructure-focused, like dams or flood control systems and facilities. They can choose to either put up a bid or let general contractors bid to build the project. This process is called a design, bid, and build contract.

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Measurement Matters: A Model to Improve Construction Performance

Autodesk Construction Cloud

KPIs like these are referred to as lagging indicators — they are a measurement of output and you can’t do anything about these metrics because they already happened. For example, under “Winning Business” there are outcomes like increased bid efficiency and increased percentage of successful projects. But these metrics are also flawed.

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New in Autodesk Construction Cloud: 50+ the Latest Product Releases

Autodesk Construction Cloud

When selecting a linked markup on a PDF or within a 3D model, users on web are directed to the markup’s location for easier viewing. . Users can leverage the Issues API to create, update, and retrieve information about all the issues in a project including designated root causes, comments, attachments, references, and custom fields.

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Job Order Contracting Information

Job Order Contracting

To minimize the chance of favoritism or corruption, the sealed bid. Also referred to as the “Design-Bid-Build” process, this system has long been the most prevalent option for large and small public works contracts. Building Information Modelling BIM in the Construction Industry – Technical Report TR-1405.

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How to Do a Takeoff in Construction: A Step-by-Step Guide   

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With rising material costs and razor-thin margins, construction professionals must ensure that project costs and materials are precisely estimated so they can make accurate projections and optimize their bids. . This factors in your other costs as well as your markup to come up with a final estimate and bid. .

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MasterFormat Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Locally researched cost data provided at this level of granularity provides superior cost visibility for specified projects when compared against Uniformat and/or assembly level categorizations of construction requirements, or parametric modeling. Such databases should be used exclusively for basic reference only.