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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

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Budget is always a major consideration for our commercial construction clients, and as a general contractor we devote significant time to the budgeting process. Here are a few signs that, in our experience, indicate your project budget is more likely to bust: Skimping on Professional Services.

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Three Easy Steps to Building a Commercial Building

Wolgast Corporation

Three-Phases to Design-Build Construction: Preliminary Design and Estimating Detailed Construction Drawings and Bidding Construction Step One/Phase I – Preliminary Design and Estimating In this First Step or Phase our Architect develops plans based on a needs analysis meeting with the building owner and representatives for a nominal fee.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

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The submittals include samples, drawings, project data, material listings, quality assurance, etc. Many types of documents during construction make up submittals. In most cases, project managers usually attach these documents or submissions to the project manual for easy accessibility and to provide information to all stakeholders.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

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The submittals include samples, drawings, project data, material listings, quality assurance, etc. Many types of documents during construction make up submittals. In most cases, project managers usually attach these documents or submissions to the project manual for easy accessibility and to provide information to all stakeholders.

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What is a submittal in construction? A comprehensive guide

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The submittals include samples, drawings, project data, material listings, quality assurance, etc. Many types of documents during construction make up submittals. In most cases, project managers usually attach these documents or submissions to the project manual for easy accessibility and to provide information to all stakeholders.

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What Every Business Owner Should Know about Design-Build Construction

Wolgast Corporation

The company that’s responsible for designing the building is also responsible for making sure it’s constructed on time and within budget. Through three phases, the Contractor reviews the progress drawings with the Architect to ensure that the project is still within budget and can be completed by the deadline.

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3 ways to avoid defects in construction

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Design defects are a result of the design team failing to produce organised and accurate construction documents. Workmanship defects are what usually come to mind when you think about defects in construction—they occur when someone fails to follow the project’s documents when building components or structures. Design defects.