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Building Strong Starts: Protecting Profit Margins Through Effective Preconstruction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Doing so won’t just make your life easier; it’ll also help you protect your profit margins. A connected bidding platform also simplifies how you manage field proposals from other contractors and subcontractors. Because preconstruction offers the biggest opportunity to de-risk a project. How do you accomplish this?

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Data Analytics Trends in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Many contractors are practically drowning in data and don’t have the right tools to parse and analyze the data in ways that would have meaningful impacts on their projects. That, however, is changing. We’ve heard our customers discuss it at both our Digital Contractor Roadshows and our Collaborate 2018 user conference this year.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Construction Safety. Some Advice on Change Orders » A Change (Order) for the Better? When clients ask me about change orders, I’m reminded of a well-circulated photo. The yacht is named “Change Order.” Yes, change orders are nearly inevitable.

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The importance of keeping construction daily logs for every site activity

Lets Build

By keeping a construction and maintenance daily log, you can: Prove due diligence by recording constraints and their resolutions Show that you communicated with stakeholders, clients, and contractors Provide proof of labour hours , materials used, etc. Free eBook: Quick guide to Lean practices for construction professionals 2.

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Process Dependent Vs. People Dependent Increases Contractor's Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

If your construction company depends on people to remember what to do, how to do it, when to do it you are in for an emotional and financial Dog-And-Pony-Show-Roller-Coaster-Ride without any safety net and it''s not fun! Perhaps it could be time for a shift is thinking and a radical change in the way you view the world.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Construction Safety. Customer Collaboration & Construction Software » Staying Focused in the Fight Against Profit Fade. Just about every contractor has been there — a project starts out strong but, as it moves forward, delays and incidental added work and changes knock dollars and cents off of the bottom line.

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3 ways to avoid defects in construction

Lets Build

These types of defects can be particularly expensive; it’s not uncommon to only notice material defects after a contractor uses them in the project. Defects due to omission are typically fixed through change orders that add to the scope of work for one or more contractors. Design defects. Workmanship defects.