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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. Competitively Bidding the Project.

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Better Manage Construction Costs Schedules and Quality

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Over eighty percent (80%) of construction projects are over-budget, late, or not competed correctly. Sixty (60%) percent of all project fail to meet both cost and and schedule targets. Fortunately there are proven processes to better manage construction costs, schedules, and quality.

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12 Step Program for Creating Credible Construction Estimates

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. #1 Define estimate’s purpose ■ Who will use the estimate and how. Required level of detail, and overall scope. #2 Monte Carlo simulation) to develop a confidence interval around the point estimate. ■ Monte Carlo simulation) to develop a confidence interval around the point estimate. ■

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4 Rules for Holding More Effective Meetings & Cultivating Better Outcomes

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The first priority of an effective team meeting is to review production and performance to date, asses how much work is left to complete and address how teams will accomplish the remaining work and tasks required to finish safely, on-time and on-budget.

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Did you know that 80% of the people who deliver on time stick to their budget?

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Construction surveys show that if you get to deliver small tasks at least 80% on schedule and up to quality, you will eventually manage to deliver the entire project on time and without going over budget. If he delivers on time, he will stay on budget. How did he do that? appeared first on LetsBuild.

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5 steps to prevent common construction schedule delays

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Construction schedule delays are a common problem within the industry and for a very good reason. As reported by McKinsey and Company, an average project in construction is expected to experience a minimum 20-month delay and an 80% budget overrun. You wanted to make a difference and deliver successful projects within time and budget.

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Why you should start sharing your documents in the cloud

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How many times did you feel frustrated because you were not able to find the right document the moment you needed it or due to all the emails that you had to send back and forth to validate the latest version of your programme? By transferring all project documents to the cloud in a centralised data source. The answer is simple.