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Construction Cost Knowledge Management

Job Order Contracting

The ability to clearly define detailed line item tasks defining the desired scope of work is critical to mitigating errors and omissions, reducing the number of change orders, as well as achieving defensible cost visibility and transparency. The transfer of cost knowledge is essential at a granular, task level.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

To meet their responsibilities as stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and other built structures ), public sector owners need to have the ability create credible construction cost estimate for ALL repair, renovation, maintenance (FSRM), and new build projects. and maintenance information into the building knowledge base.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

Research has readily demonstrated the correlation between the maturity level of an organization and project failure, i.e. excessive time spent upon change orders/rework, budget overruns, and overall client and/or participant dissatisfaction with outcomes. CHANGE MANAGEMENT. 2006, Gibson, et al, 1994, Haley).

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

The Business of Construction Risk Management » The Fundamentals of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Building Information Modeling (BIM) is no different. BIM changes that and even more. Modeling & Design. To produce a digital model, the objects are assembled like a three-dimensional puzzle.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Whether or not you plan to do away with your PC and adopt a tablet-only way of life, one thing is certain: software must adapt to the new environment. It may not seem obvious as to why business software needs to change with the adoption of new hardware, but if we look at the music industry, the answer is clear. change orders.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Keep Work Environment Safe for Lower Job Costs » Cloud Computing: The “Why”. While there are advantages to this type of so-called virtualization model, it is not a true browser-based or “Cloud” solution. </P. change orders. General Management. Software & Technology. Accounting & Finance. Construction Law.

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BIM and Cloud Computing – Get Beyond 3D Visualization and Focus Upon the “I”

Building Information Management

Both technologies also embed associated business process rules and components which will enable enhanced life-cycle management of the built environment, alignment of structures with organizational mission, and better consideration of general community impacts. Major cultural change within the AECOO sector, 2. Definition of THE CLOUD.

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