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Is a National General Contractor or Local Commercial Construction Firm Better For Your Project?

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Like many of you, we spent the summer enjoying our country’s beautiful landscapes – from the badlands in the Dakotas to the mountains of Montana. For those who don’t know, Englewood Construction is a national commercial construction firm , so our business has been built on servicing our clients where they need us.

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How Improved Change Order Communication Can Reduce Risk for all Stakeholders

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Despite so many other advancements in the construction industry, the traditional change order process is still one of the biggest headaches in commercial construction. Thu, 12/16/2021 - 12:00.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: It Don't Come Easy!

Rory Woolsey

Examples of project organizing tools are budgets, schedules, cash flow diagrams, manning charts and resource schedules. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

In a project management cycle the metrics are Planned , Implemented , Measured (actual vs. budgeted) and then reacted to, correcting for deviations by making changes to the original plan. Cost Control: In the project control loop the projects actual costs are measured against budgeted costs. If scope is wrong a project budget is wrong.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Costing Construction

Rory Woolsey

” The budget estimate is just another task that takes from the already limited time in a day. Sadly, some budgets are derived from a “click and drag speed” application of software. It is then “ipso-presto” and another budget cost estimate is ready to wreak havoc on a project as reality is revealed.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A New Year in.

Rory Woolsey

The inventory of houses on the market is declining which is good for residential construction and on the commercial side there are many aged facilities that are in need of renovation or replacement. We construction estimators are at the front end of this cycle and should expect a busier year for budget estimating.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” ” I get this question a lot from my architect friends when helping them budget their projects through the design process. Thursday, May 31, 2012. Mark It Up!