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How The Cloud Is Enabling Smarter Project Management—Part 4 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Editor’s Note: This is Part 4 of a five-part series on Construction Project Management. Over the past three weeks, we’ve looked at complex construction projects, the people that run them and the technology tools they use. Because “cloud” has become a buzzword, however, software and technology buyers need to beware.

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Force majeure in construction: Protecting your projects from unforeseen events by investing on preparation

Lets Build

Some contracts deem force majeure as a relevant event that may grant the contractor ability to file claims on an extended time needed to deliver their obligations under the contract. Free ebook: Why WhatsApp and Excel aren’t enough for running complex construction projects. Deliveries. Decisions and choices. Crew schedules.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

Project Management Constraints. P roject Failure – A project becomes a failure when it does not deliver what was required within the agreed-upon budget and time, to the dissatisfaction of one or more participants.No matter how well-planned your project is, lack of visibility can lead quickly to failure.

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Demystifying carbon offsets vs direct reductions

BD+C

Demystifying carbon offsets vs direct reductions 0 qpurcell Fri, 03/29/2024 - 11:18 Sustainability Chris Forney, Principal, Brightworks Sustainability, and Rob Atkinson, Senior Project Manager, IA Interior Architects, share the misconceptions about carbon offsets and identify opportunities for realizing a carbon-neutral building portfolio.

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5 questions all Project Managers should ask themselves before they start a project

Lets Build

Many project managers who work on projects with a lot of repetition tell us that they have to spend up to 50% of their time each week on admin-heavy tasks related to planning. Their programme is stuck on MS Project and to update it they have to go through countless WhatsApp notifications, emails, or phone calls.

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6 ways to reduce waste on site

Lets Build

These things are all too common and every time scenarios like these take place, time is wasted, conflicts happen, and claims arise. Considering that nearly 2/3 of the work involved in delivering a construction project consists of non-value-added activities, it is crucially important to focus on the root causes and how to correct them.

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Job Order Contracting Operations Manual

Job Order Contracting

Responsibilities include for the inspection, acceptance and delivery of assigned task orders to the Facilities customer in accordance with the statement of work, specifications, drawings and safety, environmental and fire department. Assignment of a Project Manager. The project manager will be responsible for.

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