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Creating a Detailed Scope of Work – Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

The SOW, in concert with the owner PM’s ability to lead a team to completion, ultimately determine overall project “success” An unclear scope directly leads to confusion among project participants, scope creep, and change orders.

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Why Banks Won't Lend Money To Your Construction Business

Contractor Bookkeeping

Small construction business owners must be adequately prepared to meet with a lender to present their business in the best possible light and ready for the money they need.

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Efficient Public Sector Facilities Management Solution

Job Order Contracting

Optimizing construction processes, projects, and work orders isn’t difficult if appropriate teams, process, information, and technology are present. Number of change orders. Sample KPIs include: • Labor productivity rates. Health and safety incident rates. Project completion time (forecast vs. actual).

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Autodesk Build Brings Multi-Currency to Cost Management 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With the possibility of materials pricing rising, especially in today’s market, this presents risk due to currency exchange rate fluctuations. . Then, as the project progresses, and you need to send change orders, they can also be entered and managed in the foreign currency. . As actual (realized) costs come in (e.g.,

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Construction Change Order Phobia Increases Stress Reduces Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

Construction Change Order Phobia. After Reviewing The QuickBooks Reports - We discovered a painful case of the dreaded disease I call "Change-Order-Phobia". In this case the pain of change in the contractor's mind had to be exceeded by the pain of staying the same. Customer Job Deposits. Progress Invoicing.

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Common challenges in construction quality control and how to overcome them

Lets Build

Lack of standardised training & processes It’s no secret that there’s a lack of skilled trade workers right now, which presents many problems in the industry. Not to mention the cost pressures that can result from miscommunication regarding change orders. You can’t have quality without qualified labour.

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Common challenges in construction quality control and how to overcome them

Lets Build

Lack of standardised training & processes It’s no secret that there’s a lack of skilled trade workers right now, which presents many problems in the industry. Not to mention the cost pressures that can result from miscommunication regarding change orders. You can’t have quality without qualified labour.