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How To Choose The Right Crane For Your Project

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Although cranes have made it easier for construction workers to deal with heavy loads, they can still encounter problems that can pose a serious risk to people and property, like incorrect assembly or poorly secured loads. Overall, it’s best to choose a crane that meets your project needs, fits your budget, and is easy to maintain.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

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Additionally, the basics and essentials of budgeting, finance, organisation, scheduling, conflicts, and legal issues are also covered by the project manager. Managing a construction project is a complicated role dealing with complex tasks that get modified from project to project. All work begins in this phase. Procurement.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Mike White, Director of Design and Construction at North Point Hospitality

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So, I switched majors to building construction, which was not a big deal during my first year at Georgia Tech. When you're inputting cost data, plan data, or change data into the system, it lets you visualize where the project is at any given point. We can do internal budget transfers to help in some areas where we may fall short.

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Constructing with Intelligence: How Autodesk AI Helps You Be More Efficient

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With autotags, you can spend less time scrolling through photos and instead focus on putting that visual data to good use. The best way to "deal with" project risks and issues is to prevent them from happening in the first place. This is a huge time saver for teams who use photos to track project progress and document completed work.

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What Is a Change Order?

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Better designs, visualizations, and communications help improve change order management. Faulty budgets and schedules. While you will not need to deal with a change order on some projects, being prepared with a streamlined and standardized approach ensures you’re at least ready should they arise.

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Your Guide to Preconstruction Planning

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Preconstruction planning gives all stakeholders the opportunity to get on the same page to discuss the crucial project details—including objectives, design, schedule, budget, etc. Form the Construction Project Budget. The budgeting stage is where contractors and owners discuss how much the project would cost.

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Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Proposals: How To Write Them

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Architecture firms often spend a good deal of their marketing budget on photography. Visuals are very important when selling architecture. In contrast, visuals are not as critical to selling the services of a mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineer. And in some ways, their proposals are going to be different.