Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 8, 2023

Doing so won’t just make your life easier; it’ll also help you protect your profit margins. Implement centralized and connected bid management Bid management sometimes feels like a whirlwind, where you’re tasked to review a slew of projects and go over numerous documents and information.

Profitability 98

Profitability Bidding Estimating Risk 98

Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the same time, you’re trying to keep a close eye on your own jobs, profit margins, invoices, personnel, equipment, drawings, and more. When profit margins hover at only 3 per cent, an entire project gain can be wiped out with one mistake.

Profitability 182

Profitability Viewpoint Software Software 182

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Overhead and Profit: Factor in overhead costs and profit margins using the establish/accepted coefficient. These are essential for covering indirect costs associated with the project and ensuring a reasonable profit for the contractor.

Contract 194

Contract Overhead Estimating Profitability 194

Lets Build

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Design defects are a result of the design team failing to produce organised and accurate construction documents. Workmanship defects are what usually come to mind when you think about defects in construction—they occur when someone fails to follow the project’s documents when building components or structures. Design defects.

Documentation 148

Documentation Construction Inspections Site 148

Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Reducing 3 Types of Construction Waste to Increase Home Builder Profit. In today’s economic climate, it’s vital for home builders to keep waste to a minimum so they can receive the highest profit on their homes. Always be sure to document your plans and make them easily accessible to everybody involved in the construction process. .

Profitability 111

Profitability Materials Construction Estimating 111

Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 23, 2022

Accurate construction takeoffs and quantification lead to more profitable projects. Ultimately, their focus is to accurately quantify the materials and calculate the costs to ensure that they have both a winning and profitable bid. . The Anatomy of a Construction Takeoff . Step 2: Count and List the Materials Required .

Estimating 105

Estimating Autodesk Documentation Bidding 105

Lets Build

MAY 5, 2022

For construction companies, it can also significantly increase profitability and maximise legal compliance. How often have you cursed your company’s filing systems while hunting fruitlessly through online directories or paper filing systems in search of a document? Documentation is accessible anywhere, any time.

Inspections 148

Inspections Software Software Documentation 148

Contractor Bookkeeping

JUNE 4, 2014

How To Put QuickBooks Product Information On Word Document. Profitable Contractors and Construction Company owners have known about the value of outsourced bookkeeping services and contractor coaching services like ours for a long time and now you know about it too!

Documentation 48

Documentation Products Accounting Project Management 48

Job Order Contracting

MAY 4, 2023

Project Delivery Phase Transitions: Estimates should be tracked throughout the life of the project and assumptions and estimate information must be well documented, including changes and what is and what is not in the estimate. The documentation should be in a form that can be understood, checked and verified. Construction Estimate.

Estimating 197

Estimating Construction Risk Documentation 197

Lets Build

AUGUST 4, 2023

Efficient document management Regardless of the size of the project, the phase involves sharing different documents between teams. This includes blueprints, legal contracts, building codes, budget documents, proposals, bids, etc. This can boost productivity and secure your data.

Software 78

Software Software Construction Budgeting 78

Lets Build

AUGUST 4, 2023

Efficient document management Regardless of the size of the project, the phase involves sharing different documents between teams. This includes blueprints, legal contracts, building codes, budget documents, proposals, bids, etc. This can boost productivity and secure your data.

Software 78

Software Software Construction Budgeting 78

Construction Business Owner

APRIL 5, 2021

For example, if each clash costs $3,500 per instance (PWC, 2018), it’s difficult for estimators and project managers to ensure each project is profitable during the planning phases of a project. The MacLeamy curve. It’s truly during the planning stage of any project where builders have the opportunity to reduce rework and avoid lost costs.

Modeling 234

Modeling Environment Autodesk BIM 234

Construction Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

Construction companies can achieve better results, increase productivity, and strengthen stakeholder relationships by adopting cutting-edge tools that facilitate seamless stakeholder engagement, improved project coordination, remote collaboration capabilities, improved document management, and effective communication with field teams.

Innovation 262

Innovation Construction Safety Budgeting 262

Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The answers ranged from finding quality employees to wanting more control over project documents. Intense bidding competition is driving prices so low that contractors cannot both make a profit and perform quality work. One theme, however, seemed to dominate the thread.

Bidding 246

Bidding Profitability Documentation Construction 246

Mr Ethics

JUNE 9, 2014

Ethics, The lead project designer wants us to turn over all documents related to a change order request we have submitted. The designer even wants our original bid sheets and profit calculations and bids from our subs. The architect is refusing to review our change order until we turn over those documents. What should we do?

Change Orders 100

Change Orders Bidding Documentation Profitability 100

Mr Ethics

JUNE 9, 2014

Ethics, The lead project designer wants us to turn over all documents related to a change order request we have submitted. The designer even wants our original bid sheets and profit calculations and bids from our subs. The architect is refusing to review our change order until we turn over those documents. What should we do?

Change Orders 100

Change Orders Bidding Documentation Profitability 100

Mr Ethics

JUNE 9, 2014

Ethics, The lead project designer wants us to turn over all documents related to a change order request we have submitted. The designer even wants our original bid sheets and profit calculations and bids from our subs. The architect is refusing to review our change order until we turn over those documents. What should we do?

Change Orders 100

Change Orders Bidding Documentation Profitability 100

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 21, 2022

BIM SyncShare is a cloud-based distributed document management system that gives project stakeholders the opportunity to create shared working folders which deliver files between internal servers and external locations. Docs Manager allows users to manage documents, issues, and reports. Docs Manager .

Autodesk 98

Autodesk BIM Construction Modeling 98

Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 5, 2022

2 Better documentation reduces the risk of costly rework. It provides a far more effective way to compare different versions of BIM-based documentation without having to download them and eliminates the need for manual logistics tracking. 3 Greater access to information reduces waste and increases profitability.

BIM 130

BIM Documentation Risk Profitability 130

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are the most widely used contract documents in the industry. But make no mistake claims are being paid including profits being disgorged by designers, construction companies and materialmen.

Green 120

Green Contract Documentation Claims 120

Lets Build

JANUARY 20, 2023

Skipping these logs increases your risk of a small issue becoming a massive one because no one documented it. Protect yourself from disputes In the face of a dispute, you need a foolproof trail of documents to protect yourself and your company. Free eBook: Quick guide to Lean practices for construction professionals 2.

Site 148

Site Construction Documentation Products 148

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Billy streamlines the collection and verification of compliance documents, such as Certificates of Insurance, business licenses, and certified payroll. DataSeer allows construction professionals to identify, extract, and convert unstructured drawings and documents into standardized output formats, including CSV and CAD files automatically.

Autodesk 118

Autodesk BIM Visualization Construction 118

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 11, 2018

Contractors earn a reasonable profit. Cloud-based secure project, estimate, and document management. Project documents. Job Order Contracting Solution OpenJOC. Best value procurement. Performance-based reward system. Non-adversarial, long-term, win-win collaborative and mutually beneficial owner/contractor relationships.

Contract 100

Contract CSI Procurement Estimating 100

Contractor Bookkeeping

AUGUST 4, 2014

Ever Wonder Why Some Competitors Seem To Have More Cash Flow And Profit Than You? Earning enormous amounts of cash and profits in any business is simple, not easy, but simple if you know what to do. Joe The Plumber''s Story: I met a plumbing contractor in the mid 1970''s who was very profitable. 1 Find Something You Enjoy.

Profitability 49

Profitability Contractors Accounting Documentation 49

Construction Marketing Ideas

OCTOBER 4, 2012

A good business also adds overhead and profit to allow them to earn a decent living and the funds to service their clients. Some provided their documentation in handwritten scrawl on estimate forms. Proposal quality documentation can reach incredible extremes if you have the resources to invest in sophisticated systems.

Documentation 63

Documentation Bidding Estimating Contractors 63

Fieldwire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We started Fieldwire to help construction contractors empower their teams, drive field productivity and create stronger, more profitable companies,” said Yves Frinault, Fieldwire’s co-founder & CEO.

Software 97

Software Software Products Construction 97

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Fully Defined and Documented Roles, Responsibilities, and Workflows ( Job Order Contract Execution Guide / Operations Manual ) – Examples – Procedures for. Fully Defined and Documented Roles, Responsibilities, and Workflows ( Job Order Contract Execution Guide / Operations Manual ) – Examples – Procedures for.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Renovating Overhead 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

JOC unit prices include direct material, labor and equipment costs, but not indirect costs or profits which are addressed in the coefficient(s). The use of labor-only line items is appropriate for use when proper internal controls are in place and incidental to construction. (i) as-built drawings and warranties).

Contract 227

Contract Office Negotiation Documentation 227

Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 17, 2018

Attend sessions taught by some of construction’s best in business valuation, succession planning, leadership and more to help you run a solid, profitable business where business thrives and the very best construction professionals want to work. Implementing Process-Driven Profitability: What You Need to Hear. 15-18 in Portland, Ore.

Conference 147

Conference Viewpoint Software Software 147

Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

These factors have forced home builders to reduce pricing, and therefore profit margins, to maintain sales velocity. . The goal is to optimize home efficiency and effectiveness for increased sales velocity at the best possible profit margins. 3 Ways to Huge Profits Through Lean Design. Lean Design Construction Documents.

Design 98

Design Drawings Profitability Documentation 98

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 4, 2021

The financial value of green buildings is well documented, from commanding higher rents, greater occupancy rates, and increased occupant satisfaction, to lower operating costs for everything from reduced insurance premiums and less energy utilized, easily resulting in an increased return on investment of more than 9% over conventional building.

Green 293

Green Debt Security Commercial 293

Contractor Bookkeeping

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The primary keeper of all the documents is you, your spouse, your employees, your suppliers, your bank, your credit card company. I know this is not a statement that any contractor wants to hear about their bookkeeping. It is easier to blame the bookkeeper for missing information.

Profitability 52

Profitability Contractors Compensation Liability 52

Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 25, 2022

When you have calculated your selling price and profit, you’ll be able to create a custom, professional proposal within STACK. The API gives you the ability to pull proposal and quote documents out of STACK to store in your customer relationship management (CRM) platform, or send directly to a prospective customer.

Estimating 296

Estimating Overhead Software Software 296

Lets Build

DECEMBER 2, 2022

That gives your firm the fiscal strength and confidence to pitch positively for future work, without overruns or remediation eating into profit margins at this time of unexpectedly high inflation. A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. Creating a plan.

Management 156

Management Construction Risk Cash Flow 156

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2017

Carefully review all of the Job Order Contract and all associated documents. Will you earn a reasonable profit? As a construction contractor considering a Job Order Contract (JOC), it is critical to be aware that all JOCs are not the same. Will you work directly with the real property owner or a consultant?

Contract 100

Contract Contractors Liability Bidding 100

Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For larger businesses, such sanctions can critically impact business cash flow in the short term and due to reputation damage, profitability into the long term. Clarification can be documented and recorded to ensure compliance and accuracy. If they raise any flags, your compliance will still be in question. But most importantly….

Software 130

Software Software Management Construction 130

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 13, 2019

The OpenJOC(TM) Solution streamlines construction procurement and project delivery by integrating LEAN processes with locally researched unit price detailed line item construction task cost data, and supporting Program, Project, Estimate, Document, Contractor, Subcontractor and Task/Issue and Management.

Procurement 100

Procurement Construction Renovating BIM 100