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Expert Offers Plenty of Advice on Change Orders and How to Avoid Claims and Disputes

Construction Dive

One of the steps that can be taken to minimize claims and disputes in construction projects is to determine early on what the markup will be on all change orders, Bryan Jackson, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLC, told professionals attending a webinar that WPL Publishing held late last month.

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Collaborate to Increase Productivity

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The field might struggle to get what they need from the office and vice versa. Consult with the teams in the office and the field for feedback. Smoothly handle change orders. One big struggle for construction companies is that project changes affect productivity. Information might be hard to find.

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Construction Cost Management 101

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This can affect everything from the bidding process to change order management, your team’s efficiency, and ultimately, your bottom line. Effective cost management sets the standard for all project costs and affects all phases of a project including planning, design, estimation, change orders, and specialty contractors.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

Responding to client email about impact of construction project change order on contemplated LEED certification, so that payment can be released today. Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Drafting form contract for LEED consultant to use in responding to RFPs.

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Design-Build gets sweeter: Expanding a Hershey plant with a high-tech approach

The Korte Company

Over the next few months, Korte’s civil consultant TWM and Hershey’s in-house Building Information Modeling (BIM) team surveyed their existing structure, then shared these 3D point clouds with our team. Whenever a change order landed in Alex’s inbox, he would confer with Darlene.

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Who Can Shorten the Supply Chain for Home Building?

Pro Builder

If those retailers can get “favored-nation status” for appliances they probably could do the same for other products too, says industry consultant and purchasing management veteran Tony Callahan , who has handled procurement duties at national builders including NVR, Shea Homes, and Beazer Homes. “As

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PDF Editing, Sharepoint and ECM for the AEC Industry

Carol Hagen

PDF editing streamlines and helps clearly conveys changes, clarifications and improvements. Everyday PDFs are instrumental in the construction conversation to show mark ups on Microsoft Office documents, interactively draw on tablet PCs and then share these PDFs on Servers. Create PDFs from any CAD or Windows file.”