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Why It’s Time for Contractors to Adopt Collaborative BIM

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Building Information Modeling (BIM) isn’t a new concept in construction. View, markup, and revision capabilities make changes visible to everyone in one source document to ensure everyone is working with the most recent data at all times. It also reduces liability by enabling more accurate planning and management.

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Best Project Delivery Method

Autodesk Construction Cloud

No one model is perfect; all have benefits and drawbacks. Many methods of project delivery exist, but most are variations of the five models we’ll describe below. This can slow the construction process or create the need for change orders. In the design-build model, the design and construction are handled by one firm.

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7 Steps to Successful Project Closeout

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Problems like delayed change orders, poor communication and lost paperwork may make it harder to close out a project on time. The first step is to track every part of the project to streamline reviewing legal terms and change orders, for example. Delayed change order resolution. The reverse bell curve.

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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

It got me to thinking – I need to develop a (much simpler) stress test model for my own company. I would challenge you to create simple models that allow you to give your own organization random “stress” tests. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. change orders. Wally Evans Blog.

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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. Project Performance and the Liability of Group Harmony?,

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Tekla had a message for contractors at the show: Don’t wait until you are contracted on a job to utilize the power of BIM (building information modeling). It’s a construction collaboration tool that lets everyone in the industry tap into the BIM (Building Information Modeling) process for free. change orders. August 2008.