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Purchasing Staffing Ratio: What Should It Be?

Pro Builder

An understaffed purchasing department won’t have time to properly vet price increases, competitively bid and accurately contract trades, minimize change-order costs , or ensure your next project starts on the right foot. The more plans you add or the more plans you change, the more time you will consume on the purchasing side.

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Green Buildings are Subsidizing Conventional Buildings Stymying Climate Progress

Green Building Law Update

The financial value of green buildings is well documented, from commanding higher rents, greater occupancy rates, and increased occupant satisfaction, to lower operating costs for everything from reduced insurance premiums and less energy utilized, easily resulting in an increased return on investment of more than 9% over conventional building.

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How to Manage Compliance for Construction Success

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Contractors have to pay attention to budgets, deadlines, collaborators, change orders, progress reports, payroll, safety, compliance requirements and much more. Insurance and bonding requirements. Building codes , insurance requirements and bonding requirements can vary by location, though. Building codes.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. « A Change (Order) for the Better? Judging Tipis » Some Advice on Change Orders. I was talking with John Chaney this week, and he mentioned that he was going to blog about how change orders affect construction management. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. A Change (Order) for the Better? The point is that when dealing with a service or purchasing software, it’s important to have a Support department you can rely on. Usually the first department you talk to when dealing with a new company is Sales. change orders. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. One problem that even the most savvy contractors deal with is profit fade, when a job continues to incur additional costs that are not factored into the estimate. Learn how better change order management and forecasting can help prevent profit fade. change orders. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |.

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Provide Notice (and 10 Other Tasks) When Pursuing a Construction Claim

Best Practices Construction Law

When dealing with construction claims—whether one for construction defects, outstanding payment, or delay damages—an initial hurdle is making sure that proper notice has been given. Recently, a court in New York held that notice to an insurance broker was not the same as the contractually required notice to the insurance carrier.

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