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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

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In a best-case scenario, a general contractor budgets a job based on thorough architectural and engineered drawings that encompass not only the client’s design intent, but also careful planning for everything from mechanical systems to cosmetic finishes. There’s a misperception in this industry that general contractors love change orders.

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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. Here are five reasons to use mechanical contractor software: 1) Drawing & Design Planning. 3) Estimating.

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The Complete Guide to Project Commissioning

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Much like shipbuilding, the process involves a series of documenting, scheduling, and testing processes. According to Whole Building Design Guide, “Buildings that are properly commissioned typically have fewer change orders , tend to be more energy-efficient, and have lower operation and maintenance cost.”

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Design-Build gets sweeter: Expanding a Hershey plant with a high-tech approach

The Korte Company

To manage the complexity of the project, we relied on a phased work schedule over two years. We also needed to adapt to shifting project parameters without blowing the budget or schedule. Whenever a change order landed in Alex’s inbox, he would confer with Darlene. We don’t draw blueprints by hand anymore.

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#117:  Building Information Modeling

NH Construction Law

With a keystroke or a touch pad swipe, any part of the model and any trade’s work can be isolated to display connections and dimensions or to identify potential clashes arising from any design change. This is not your father’s CAD system. That can have ripple effects for the next trades working on the project.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Drawings have been used by designers for centuries to communicate ideas to the construction trades. Until recently, those drawings were produced by hand, but in the last 25 years or so, computers have become the primary tool people use to produce construction documents. Does an electrical raceway run through a duct bank?

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Behind the Build: Interview with Jonathan Mabe, Assistant Project Manager, Eckardt Group

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It’s a firm that offers a full range of electrical systems and construction techniques. We are an electrical contractor and we specialize in hospitals and data centers, so we’re more on the commercial side of things. I was more in the field, just learning the ropes of the electrical trade. Read his story below. .