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

Building Information Management

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

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Using RSMeans Cost Data for Job Order Contracting – JOC – October 2013

Building Information Management

The follow are excerpts from a RSMeans White Paper. Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Job Order Contracting offers an alternative to traditional bidding processes. “Traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems.

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Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Project delivery methods must therefore be a component of BIM, a fact many/most 3D visualization software vendors appear to have ignored. Design/Build, CM, CM@R and, of course,Job Order Contracting. This helps to eliminate potential disputes and change orders that traditional construction delivery methods are known to experience.