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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. x Bare Direct Project Cost.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Scope, Scope, Scope!!!

Rory Woolsey

The reality is engineers (and architects alike) do not have the best track record for budgeting project costs accurately. All contractors have faced this at one time or another where they were low bid on a project and learn as the job unfolds why they were low bid. It is painful and it all comes back to scope, scope, scope!!

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Scope, Again?

Rory Woolsey

The reality is engineers (and architects alike) do not have the best track record for budgeting project costs accurately. All contractors have faced this at one time or another where they were low bid on a project and learn as the job unfolds why they were low bid. It is painful and it all comes back to scope, scope, scope!!

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A Savings Analysis!

Rory Woolsey

Ed Carrigan asked: “Do you believe there is a savings between JOC program and a bidding process (design-bid-build)?” For multi-trade repair and improvement type projects, Job Order Contracting will win out on a savings analysis over design-bid-build. ” Thanks for the question, Ed. This is the secret.

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Germophobia - Contractor Magazine

Contractor Magazine

Remodeling. Project Management. Home > Plumbing > Plumbing Contractor > Germophobia: ASPE turns to Montana State lab for faucet study. Germophobia: ASPE turns to Montana State lab for faucet study. Pipefitting. Piping Contractor. Hydronics Hydronics Systems. Radiant Heating. Green Geothermal.

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REHAU's First North American Plant Celebrates 50 Years in Operation

Contractor Magazine

Remodeling. Management Best Practices. Project Management. Home > Management > REHAU’s First North American Plant Celebrates 50 Years in Operation. Rehau Holds First Technical Summit at Rehau Montana ecosmart house in Bozeman. Pipefitting. Piping Contractor. Hydronics Hydronics Systems. IR Cameras.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: MHC says starts rise in August; housing is.

PSMJ Resources

Major national retailers at AGC’s Public-Private Industry Advisory Council meeting on Friday reported they expect to spend more on distribution facilities in 2012 than on new or remodeled stores as they consolidate and speed deliveries to stores and respond to growing online orders. Sullivan Kreiss Building Design Executive Search Blog.