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How to survive and overcome inflation and rising construction costs

Lets Build

Prioritise value over competition One mistake project owners and procurement teams often make is prioritising bidding price over value. Using this traditional procurement method pits trade partners and contractors against each other. This can cost you more in the long run, especially when inflation is high and the market is volatile.

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How Improved Change Order Communication Can Reduce Risk for all Stakeholders

Construction Business Owner

Put your most valuable employees back to work by automating manual change order processes. Despite so many other advancements in the construction industry, the traditional change order process is still one of the biggest headaches in commercial construction. Rotator Image. Status of webinar Featured. Greg Seldon.

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LEAN Construction for Facilities Renovation, Repair, Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

Benefits of JOC: Reduced procurement costs and time. Few change orders. Value-based procurement. Enabling software. Using JOC as a method to bypass traditional procurement versus a best value delivery system. Shorter overall project delivery times. Faster response times. Improve participant satisfaction.

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Collaboration in Construction – From “ad-hoc” to “best process”.

Job Order Contracting

Traditional construction procurement and construction delivery methods, as well as ‘ad hoc’ daily facility management operations are unreliable and costly. Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management.

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

Sophisticated, Cost estimating and Efficient Project Delivery Software systems are now available, and have been proven over the past decade. Construction estimating involves the estimating of material, labor, equipment, overhead/profit and contingencies. White Paper – Cost Estimating Evolution .

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5 Types of Subcontractor Software Transforming the Trades 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Today, we’re celebrating five game changing types of technology and software for subcontractors with a look at specific examples that get the job done faster. 1: Collaboration Software. Collaboration software helps to preempt that risk of disconnect. Using collaborative software means that: .

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LEAN Facility Renovation, Repair, & Construction

Building Information Management

Owner focus upon a BEST VALUE approach to facility management is required in order to maximize productivity and minimize waster. Early and ongoing participation of all project participants (owners, contractors, A/Es, subs, engineering, procurement, project managers, planners, oversight groups, users). Shorter Procurement Times.