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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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5 Reasons to Use Mechanical Contractor Software

Pro Builder

For practices like estimates, time tracking, project management, change order management, accounting, and other key processes, mechanical contractor software has helped complete jobs more efficiently and effectively. 4) Budgeting & Finances. 5) Material Planning & Document Management. Building Software. Building Software.

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How The Cloud Is Enabling Smarter Project Management—Part 4 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Accuracy, especially with the data used to generate WIP reports, true job costing projections, change order status and the like, is key to projects’ ultimate success. Having real-time data also keeps the owners and financers of the project up to date and ultimately happier. Why is that important?

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7 Steps to Successful Project Closeout

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The right tools and documents make it easier to complete project closeout and keep customers satisfied. Problems like delayed change orders, poor communication and lost paperwork may make it harder to close out a project on time. Delayed change order resolution. Common Project Closeout Problems.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. « 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. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Emerson Smith, Assistant Project Manager at Donohoe Construction Company

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Managing submittals and RFIs are important, and maybe more critical is managing the finances and change orders. Plus, our finance data is fed into our accounting software and then comes back to Autodesk. It also has an intuitive workflow of going from budget to cost to change order, then to billing.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. Project Document Management : Your Communication Strategy. Because some very specific documents are created and used throughout the life of a typical construction project, these documents can serve as the center of your communications strategy. Document availability. Document relevance.