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How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction

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In addition, inadequate construction documents and late-in-the-game specification changes or rework drive change orders and requests for information (RFIs) that can add at least 11%, and perhaps as much as 40%, to the final project cost, according to the McKinsey report. . Off-Site Construction. Innovation. Construction.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Another week has gone by, and while my jet-pack didn’t show up, the Seattle rain did. We are officially in fall, so grab some hot chocolate and let’s discuss why, despite available document imaging technology, people still use paper. People want to have access at any given time to all of their documents. change orders.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

From applications that make your meetings and webinars more collaborative to document management and social media apps to help you and your team organize, it seems collaboration is everywhere. I feel confident in saying that we’ve never created construction software on our own, sitting in our Seattle offices. change orders.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

As the weather warms up across the country (just not in Seattle), construction season is beginning to get under way. change orders. document management. « The Fundamentals of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Green Construction & Construction Software » The Business of Construction Risk Management.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

a Seattle-based company that tracks and reports government spending, the report card reads like this: Aviation, D; Drinking Water, D-minus; Energy, D-plus; Roads, D-minus; Transit, D; and Wastewater, D-minus. change orders. document management. According to experts at Onvia, Inc., Add new tag. business development.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

So, if the data center in Seattle goes down for some reason, the redundant site in Atlanta picks up and your data is available. change orders. document management. Does it have redundant routers, hubs and data pipes? Regional Redundancy. Fault Tolerance. Finally, the data center should have good fault tolerance.

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Our Contractors Bookkeeping Services Unique Differences

Contractor Bookkeeping

Long ago in a bike shop near Greenlake in Seattle, Washington I went shopping for a bike helmet and asked the clerk for a "cheap helmet" because in my mind all bike helmet were the same and I was not about to be ripped off. We have a Construction Bookkeeping System with documented workflow processes for everything including paper sorting.