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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. Some of you are probably wondering if the travel costs that become part of the general conditions and overall construction budget of a national general contractor are worth it to the client.

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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. As you travel south the road signs point you in a direction that does not match the plan causing great consternation to the driver. Enough said!

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

Rory Woolsey

For all those that think traveling is glamorous … not! There was one great result to all this travel in that I made about 8,000 new friends across the country that also have an interest in construction estimating (sick, sick individuals). I remember there was actually a Hughes Airlines that was yellow like a banana.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Scope, Scope, Scope!!!

Rory Woolsey

The reality is engineers (and architects alike) do not have the best track record for budgeting project costs accurately. 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. Answer: The cost of construction in heaven.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Scope, Again?

Rory Woolsey

The reality is engineers (and architects alike) do not have the best track record for budgeting project costs accurately. · Travel distance. · 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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Exciting products and fresh directions

Cassell Construction Estimating

You can quickly search all your old estimates, (even those created in Timberline or Excel), filter for criteria to much the requirements of a project for which you need a quick budget, and see the comparative results (adjusted for inflation and location), in just a few minutes. We’re traveling out to the Treasure State in early April.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The statute allows the Energy Commission, with an annual program budget of approximately $100 million, to use grants, loans, loan guarantees, revolving loans and other appropriate measures to support projects that: Develop and improve alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels. CONNECTICUT. EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAMS.

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