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How To Properly Transport A Crane

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It requires a ton of effort in order to avoid damage to the equipment. Aside from that, they require an experienced heavy equipment moving company to move the freight safely. . Knowing the dimensions and weight of the equipment that’s going to be transported is extremely critical to figure out the right logistics of the move.

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What are Preliminaries in Construction Contracts?

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Preliminary costs in construction impact your entire project, and you’ll find that they cover a broad range of equipment, labour, and materials. Every construction project requires planning the work and creating and maintaining schedules, and it’s not possible to assign all of these prelim costs to just one work section.

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Preconstruction Meeting: A Quick Guide to Success   

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This is a chance for everyone to get to know key stakeholders, breaking down siloes between procurement and legal, scheduling and management, and so forth. Preconstruction meeting checklist It’s essential to prepare a document checklist for the preconstruction meeting. If any concerns come up, this a chance to address them.

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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

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Clients may have not given their architect or engineer enough time to create a detailed set of documents; skimped on drawings assuming details will be decided along the way; or decided to skip an existing conditions survey altogether to save the cost. But in reality, the quality of plans we receive to work with at this stage varies widely.

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FOUR PHASES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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In this phase you assemble your team and assign tasks to individuals, develop a budget for the project, develop a schedule and create a communications plan. It is kept in the mind that during the execution of the project, it is required to keep the process monitored for timely completion of the project, as per schedules.

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The Anatomy of a Successful Construction Partnership

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Since Compass has multiple prototypical designs that utilize a kit of parts that are interchangeable from one prototype to another, neutralizing the interface for all long-lead equipment (like the power center) to avoid a disconnect between the pre-cast wall and the power center was critical. The solution was to “lean-up” the process.

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Construction Contract Tip: Pay Attention to “Coordination and Cooperation ” Clauses

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527 (1948), the Court of Claims considered a specification which provided that site “entrance for trucks shall be at South gate of reservation, over Walker Avenue, Highwood, Illinois, via Patten Road to site.” The contract plainly contemplated the use of Patten Road and other paved roads. 2003 WL 22232953 (A.S.B.C.A.)