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Construction Savvy and Design Cost Data to Co-Sponsor Estimating Survey

Construction Dive

BNI Books, publisher of Construction Savvy and over 50 cost estimating guides, and DC&D Technologies, Inc., publisher of Design Cost Data, are co-sponsoring the Estimating Survey with ConstructionPro Network. We welcome their participation, as they are leading providers of estimating resources in the U.S.

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10 Best Insurance Companies for Construction Businesses

Levelset

Hiscox provides specialty insurance packages designed specifically for construction professionals. They cover a variety of construction contractors, as well as design professionals like architects and engineers. Travelers Insurance has a variety of coverages available for contractors and design professionals. Get a quote.

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COVID-19 workplace updates: financial & environmental impact

Stok

As our industry dives deeper into designing and operating workplaces to protect occupant health, we can’t lose sight of another global public health crisis that buildings play an undeniable role in: climate change. Size of PV system that would need to be installed to directly offset the increase (in kW DC per 1,000 SF of building).

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Efficient Construction Project Delivery for Public Sector Facility Owners – Renovation, Repair, Sustainability

Building Information Management

Unit price book: Cost estimating and pricing for individual projects (task orders) is determined from a line item unit price book (UPB). Both owners and contractors create estimates for each JOC project/task order. (Owners typically conduct internal estimates on projects of a certain size ($100,000 to $150,000 or larger).

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Efficient Construction Project Delivery for Public Sector Facility Owners – Renovation, Repair, Sustainability

Building Information Management

Unit price book: Cost estimating and pricing for individual projects (task orders) is determined from a line item unit price book (UPB). Both owners and contractors create estimates for each JOC project/task order. (Owners typically conduct internal estimates on projects of a certain size ($100,000 to $150,000 or larger).

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

BD+C

Cracking the code of affordable housing 0 qpurcell Fri, 10/20/2023 - 09:03 Affordable Housing Perkins Eastman's affordable housing projects show how designers can help to advance the conversation of affordable housing. As designers, we can really help advance a conversation on what makes these places great to live in over the long term.”

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What's New.

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Our DC office did training with E-Specs today & Revit. Our DC office is also planning on doing a targeted cost estimation exercise with an independent cost estimator based on Revit quantities. A project kicked off this week that will make use of both products to design and document a building.

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