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#100:  Dealing With Rising Costs

NH Construction Law

Sometimes the benchmark is budgeted costs, i.e., the contractor’s actual buyout costs at bid time (or those of their subs if the subcontract prices are similarly allowed to fluctuate). Often the benchmark is indexed costs, for example the producer price index or “PPI” published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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What are Today's Best New Retail Developments? | Hard Hat Chat

HardHatChat

It doesn’t matter what kind of new shopping center construction you desire–whether it is a Power Center, a Lifestyle Center, or a strip mall in a high-traffic infill location–nothing will be built unless the numbers make sense for the commercial construction budget. Construction budgets can make or break a deal. Best Practices.

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How to Avoid Construction Disputes

Job Order Contracting

While the construction sector is notorious for its low productivity and waste, any facilities management team can consistently deliver project on-demand, on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. This can be done through the deployment of LEAN collaborative construction delivery methodology.

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Buyer Beware: Five Commercial Construction Questions to Ask Before Purchasing a Distressed Note

HardHatChat

It’s better to catch that damage upfront so you know the true cost of the construction project instead of increasing your scope and budget afterwards. Or, what you thought was a “great deal” can turn upside down quickly. What have your dealings been like with distressed properties? Were they disbursed through a title company?

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Job Order Contracting in Canada

Building Information Management

Job Order Contracting (JOC) was born of the United States military contracting world, where small construction projects were taking up to 18 months and 20 per cent of project budget to design and procure.

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Winning More Construction Bids: A Complete Guide

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Subcontracting. This process is known as subcontracting. Proposed budget. According to Business Dictionary , a scope of work is “the division of work to be performed under a contract or subcontract in the completion of a project, typically broken out into specific tasks with deadlines.”. Timeline and schedules.

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Construction RFI: A Comprehensive Guide [And Template] 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It may be “a question from the Contractor to the Designer asking for information and clarifications on some drawing” or “a question from the Contractor to the Client or other stakeholders of the project… In some other cases, it’s the Subcontractor who is asking information from the Main Contractor regarding the subcontracted works.”.