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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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Adaptive Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

A common data environment, including a detailed unit price line item cost data resource are mandatory componets to assure full communication of scope of work and associate work requirements, costs, and schedules.

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Top 10 ERP Solutions for Construction Firms

Construction Marketing

The Business Software Education Center, or BSEC, is a group of technology experts who provide resources and tools on software selection to companies, and they graciously agreed to assist us with our analysis of construction management software. Defining Enterprise Resource Planning. Defining Enterprise Resource Planning.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Resource Center. « A Change (Order) for the Better? Judging Tipis » Some Advice on Change Orders. I was talking with John Chaney this week, and he mentioned that he was going to blog about how change orders affect construction management. Software & Technology. Accounting & Finance.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Resource Center. Some Advice on Change Orders » A Change (Order) for the Better? When clients ask me about change orders, I’m reminded of a well-circulated photo. The yacht is named “Change Order.” Yes, change orders are nearly inevitable.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Resource Center. Anyone working in accounting or human resources has access to immense amounts of personal data. So it’s no surprise that whenever I talk to companies about how they store their data, the number one concern I hear is in regards to security. Today’s Cloud Security. Software & Technology. Construction Law.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Resource Center. The following are the primary costs to consider for both options: Hosting Services: Server resources. Whether you self-host or you outsource, moving more software resources to the cloud will mean changes in bandwidth usage at your company. Geographically secure data backup. change orders.