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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

While accurate, timely, and transparent cost estimating is critical to the success of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project, most construction cost estimators (over 55%) continue to rely primarily upon manual methods, hard copy documents, or electronic spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.

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Robust Construction Cost Estimating with Best Representation of RSMeans Cost Data – Contractors, Owners, AEs, JOC, IPD, SABER, IDIQ …

Building Information Management

Powerful cost estimating software, integrated with visual estimating, contract management, project management, and document management is the new standard. JOC White Paper. 4Clicks.com – Premier software for efficient project delivery. Nickols, Robert Duane. Comparison of Cost Estimating Tools.

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Using RSMeans Cost Data for Job Order Contracting – JOC – October 2013

Building Information Management

The follow are excerpts from a RSMeans White Paper. Most JOC job orders can be executed with streamlined design documents. “Traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems. Architects and engineers spend countless hours attempting to design and specify their projects completely.

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

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White Papers. Model-driven project delivery on jobsites could be taking a big leap forward with a license deal between project information management (PIM) provider Newforma and M-SIXs 3D software platform, called VEO. Book Reviews. Information Technology. Construction Technology. Social Media. Construction Schools.

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Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Project delivery methods must therefore be a component of BIM, a fact many/most 3D visualization software vendors appear to have ignored. Recently, several organizations collaborated together and published a white paper titled Integrated Project Delivery for Public and Private Owners. Discuss access and staging issues.

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Best Practices for Multiple Award IDIQ – Task and Delivery Order Contracting

Building Information Management

This interim document contains our current views on best practices in the use of task and delivery order contracts, in particular multiple award contracts, as authorized by the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA). Their input helped to form the basis for this interim document. This document includes five appendices.