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Modular Will Be Worth It

Pro Builder

If we're not delivering speed with all the advantages of modular, we're not succeeding,” said Anthony Gude, director of operations at R & S Tavares Associates, a company that provides services that include design, structural engineering, consulting, and project management for prefabricated buildings.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: It Don't Come Easy!

Rory Woolsey

Construction management in a nutshell is the planning, organizing, implementing and controlling of a projects time, costs, resources and cash flow. Success in construction management begins with a well thought out plan for the unfolding of events. Successful construction management does not just happen.

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Different types of quantity surveyor in surveying field

Construction Cost Estimating

Consultant / Client Quantity Surveyor or PQS They perform a wide array of activities which range from cost planning, value management, feasibility studies, cost benefit analysis, life cycle costing, tendering, valuation, dispute resolution and cost estimating.

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PSMJ Resources, Inc. Announces 2014 Circle of Excellence

PSMJ Resources

the premier management consulting firm for the architecture, engineering, and construction industries, announces members of the 2014 Circle of Excellence. INSIGHT Structures WB Engineers+Consultants Johnson Braund, Inc. Sixty-three exceptional firms made it onto the exclusive list this year. WMA Architects/Planners Inc.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

I heard the Critical Path Method (CPM) defined once as a management technique for losing your shirt under perfect control! Not so funny if you have ever been at the management end of a tight timeline, in an old facility, around on-going operations with the concrete truck on its way and the formwork delayed because the backhoe is out of fuel!!

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How To Reduce Risk On Construction Projects

ProcurementExpress.com

A project manager that is inexperienced or who does not have the owner’s best interest in mind can also present problems to a project. The structural engineer who designed the building was asked if the dishes could be put on this roof/floor area. Following are tips for every construction executive to help manage risks.

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How To Reduce Risk On Construction Projects

ProcurementExpress.com

A project manager that is inexperienced or who does not have the owner’s best interest in mind can also present problems to a project. The structural engineer who designed the building was asked if the dishes could be put on this roof/floor area. Following are tips for every construction executive to help manage risks.

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