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MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. » 3 Tips for Better Construction Fleet Fuel Management. If you’re a project or construction manager reading this blog, this information may not pertain directly to you, but the information is still good to know. STRATEGY |.

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A Recipe for Retaining Your Purchasing Talent

Pro Builder

A good purchasing professional must understand the construction process, local building codes, risk management, the enterprise resource planning system, schedules, the installing trades in a given market and the materials they use, alternative materials that could be used, their cost drivers, and so on—all while being an excellent negotiator.

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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. This decision illustrates the importance of following a process when dealing with a claim. Review change orders and correspondence.

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Triggers and Solutions for Home Building Inflation

Pro Builder

5 Tips for Dealing With 'Take It or Leave It' Ultimatums When Negotiating. Eliminate last-minute change orders. With the market this strong, do you really need to allow homebuyers to make changes after the cutoff? Business Management. Business Management Best Practices. What’s Your Ratio? Purchasing.

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Construction Contract Advisor: A worthy contender, again

Construction Marketing Ideas

Some create greater risks of making the budget if we encounter changes, delays and impacts. We should appreciate the risks before bidding and not underestimate indirect costs of staff to deal with these situations. Failing to include these costs in change orders makes it far more difficult to recover the costs later.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A Savings Analysis!

Rory Woolsey

However, I received many comments and questions on the “Negotiating JOC” blog from last week that really should be answered. If you think about it there is a direct relationship to change orders on public funded design-bid-build jobs and the quality of the bidding documents. Thursday, February 16, 2012.

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Custom Home Builder Who Cheated His Framing Contractor

Contractor Bookkeeping

A customer is someone who treats everyone and everything as a commodity negotiates the lowest possible price, leaves nothing but bad feelings, squeezes every last ounce of value and withholds payment as long as possible. As soon as a wall was up or a floor was sheeted the home owner would want to change something.