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The Growing Integration Ecosystem of Autodesk Construction Cloud 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For example, share project and drawing data with procurement, bid-management, timekeeping, and drone imagery products automatically in a safe, easy way. . The Atom AR headset, by XYZ Reality , allows personnel to view 3D models to millimeter accuracy. Remove dual data entry, out-of-date information, and data silos. Airsquire .

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Why Hiring a Non-Local Commercial Construction Contractor is Crazy…Like a Fox

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The travel expenses alone for a non-local general contractor would inflate a retail construction bid to the point where the job isn’t economical. So make sure you ask your construction firm about the subs on your job because using local subs usually means the following: The pricing model your GC used is accurate for the region.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Jay Mathes, Virtual Construction Civil Lead, Miron Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

I worked as a traveling project manager and superintendent in the past, so I’ve seen what real-world issues can do when it comes to stopping production. We had a lot of sway over the design development documents, sequence of the job, and bid packages. At Miron, I specialize in virtual construction.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

This article contains a strong, generic model specification in standard CSI format for FRTW that will help specifiers: • Identify the critical code requirements for FRTW; and. • The following sections correspond to those used in the model FRTW specification. Competitive bidding of public projects is mandated by statutory requirements.

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6 Common Causes of Cost Overruns in Construction Projects

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Due to the competitive nature of the bidding process , estimates may suffer from wrongful expectations of the scope of work included in the project. That being said, even if both sides maintain a professional relationship, some projects are just too large to keep up with every site change and news may travel too slowly across departments.

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Jerry Rehkemper, the man with the plans

The Korte Company

I had never bid a job by myself,” Jerry said. “So Jerry fought through the flames and came out the other side as an accomplished estimator with five years of bidding on jobs from the Marion office. The bid came in so cheap that Vern thought the estimators had made a miscalculation. So they kind of threw me into the fire.”.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Ben Fiedler, Staff Consultant at Benchmark, Inc.

Autodesk Construction Cloud

I was traveling the country and I even worked the “Big Game”. We’re also using BuildingConnected , and we’re just getting that off the ground to use with our bidding projects. I’ll have a 3D model of the site in just a few hours that I will export as a recap file.