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Drafting Effective Cost Estimates

Construction Business Owner

From the outset, project and construction cost estimating is critical to ensure that the anticipated project and construction costs meet budget expectations. The cost estimate should provide the construction team with the information necessary to accomplish the following:

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Construction Classification Criticality – A Draft White Paper

Job Order Contracting

Construction Classification Criticality. Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Facilities Management, & Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment. Classification Criticality – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, & Life-cycle Facility Management.

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Pre-Bid Documents and Estimates Can’t Be Hidden Behind the Curtain in Disputed Delay Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

The dispute is currently in the discovery phase and the City filed a motion to compel the contractor’s internal pre-bid documents and bid estimates, as well as the subcontractor’s base documents. The contractor’s $15.7 million delay claim included approximately $2.3

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Construction is NOT complex…. People are. Successful Construction Project Delivery Requirements

Job Order Contracting

Successful Construction Project Delivery, whether repair, renovation, maintenance, or new builds, can only be consistently achieved with a primary focus upon People… then Process, Information, and enabling Technology. The post Construction is NOT complex… People are.

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New York DOT Releases New Draft Study on I-81 Replacement

ENR Construction

14 on estimated $2B project to replace the Syracuse viaduct, which aims to resolve dislocation impacts to the city's Black community when the highway was built in 1968. Comments are due Sept.

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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

Job Order Contracting

Here is a draft memo from OMB regarding FEDRAMP revisions, that: [link]. It is now understood that requiring FEDRAMP certification in not in the best interests of federal government agencies and departments for many, if not most applications. Please review the following which clearly support this fact.

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Creating a Construction Cost Estimate – A Plan

Building Information Management

Owners, Contractors, and AEs often overlook the need for creating a plan for construction cost estimating. Proper construction cost estimating is critical to all stakeholders of the built environment. Internal Government Estimates, IGEs). cost estimating software, electronic price books / unit price books).