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5 steps to prevent common construction schedule delays

Lets Build

Construction schedule delays are a common problem within the industry and for a very good reason. Regardless of the type of the project, excessive administrative work and hours of never-ending meetings appear to be two of the main factors that lead to many schedule delays in construction. Reputation damage for the parties involved.

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Acquisition Research: Creating Synergy for Informed Change – Federal Contracting Officers – The Need for Improved Expertise

Job Order Contracting

.” “…it appears that contracting personnel do not know how to appropriately perform and document price analysis.” ” “In particular, two types of price analysis—references to market research and IGCEs—were performed and documented incorrectly more than 50% of the time.”

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How to Achieve 25%-30%+ average construction Savings

Job Order Contracting

Schedule a 15-minute introductory call. The integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology within a standardized framework has consistently proven to yield significant cost savings (see references below). References: Ballard, G., Just stop doing the same old things that will never work. Howell, G., and Walker, J. ,

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How to bring your construction schedule straight to the site

Lets Build

How can you seamlessly connect your project schedule to the site? They lack a real-time link to the schedule. To make matters worse, this is something that they have to repeat not only for their master plan and their 3-6 week lookaheads but also for the other schedules that have an impact on the progress of the project.

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Payment Applications 101: A Guide to Pay Apps in Construction

Fieldwire

A payment application , or pay app for short, often refers to the pay application form itself. But a pay app is actually a collection of supporting documents that first and second tier contractors submit to request payment. A pay application form works closely with the schedule of values. There are several types of lien waivers.

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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FAILURE FACTORS

Job Order Contracting

Contruction failure factors are have been fully documented. References: Atkinson, R. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. Project Management: Cost, Time, and Quality, Two Best Guesses and a Phenomenon, Its Time to Accept Other Success Criteria. John Wiley & Sons Ling, F.

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Autodesk Build Gets 25+ Product Updates, Features, and Enhancements

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Jump to release details by type: Document Management Releases. Visual enhancement to payment application document templates. Reference tables in detail reports. Desktop connector schedule update improvement . View references in iOS. Add RFI reference to photos . Document Management Releases.