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What are Preliminaries in Construction Contracts?

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Most construction companies, project managers , and contractors will deal with preliminaries in their construction contracts. These preliminaries, also called prelims, cover costs for an entire construction project—not for specific work sections or activities. Management and administrative costs.

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The Unique Challenges of Procurement Planning for Construction Companies

ProcurementExpress.com

You’re dealing with subcontractors, labor shortages, sourcing, and multiple projects on multiple deadlines. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning. Project Management. Document management. Click To Tweet.

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The Unique Challenges of Procurement Planning for Construction Companies

ProcurementExpress.com

You’re dealing with subcontractors, labor shortages, sourcing, and multiple projects on multiple deadlines. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning. Project Management. Document management. Estimation tool.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” ” I get this question a lot from my architect friends when helping them budget their projects through the design process. We deal with them all the time. Mark It Up!

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Autodesk Construction Champions 2023: 25 People Powering the Future of Construction 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

From design and VDC professionals to business and project managers, these construction leaders aren't just building structures and facilities—they're shaping our world. Today, he leads a team that solves complex problems every day and improves project workflows.”

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Costing Construction

Rory Woolsey

.” The Consequences: Starting a project with a poorly thought-out project cost plan is simply setting the project up for budget overruns, under runs and run away froms. Bare is exactly that; it is the bare cost of the direct activities less any mark ups for labor burden, taxes, bond, overhead and profit.

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Unique Tips For Managing Cash Flow In Your Contracting Company

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Outflows for your Construction Company are generally the result of paying labor, material, other direct and indirect costs of goods sold and overhead expenses. For optimum cash flow management, examine your payables schedule and in some cases you may be able to earn 36% Return On Investment from your accounts payable.