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How to simplify your daily construction reports

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What’s your biggest fear as a construction project manager? Keeping a detailed daily construction report is useful for more than tracking project progress and productivity; it decreases your risks of experiencing those fears that keep you up at night. Another risk that project managers face is schedule overruns.

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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

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Construction professionals worldwide have used AutoCAD construction design software since the ‘80s for 2D and 3D drafting. Many in the industry consider AutoCAD to be the best construction drafting software to create blueprints for everything from residential homes to large-scale commercial projects.

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JOC Procedures

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Contract Administrator notifies the Contractor of a Project, schedules a Joint Scope Meeting, and issues a Notice of Joint Scope Meeting. Contract Administrator issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) to JOC contractor (alternately process can require contractor to submit a draft detailed SOW for owner review prior to issuance of RFP).

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

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What is construction quality management? Construction quality management is broadly similar to project management. A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. Free eBook: Guide to a digitised QHSE organisation.

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What is preconstruction and why it’s important

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Planning is key for every construction project, no matter the size. As a project manager, you have to attend to every step of the construction process, from design to handover. A single design flaw, drafting mistake, or other oversight can result in significant cost and schedule overruns. So how do we avoid this?

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ChatGPT for construction companies: A deep dive into its benefits

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For example, you can share your project plans with ChatGPT and it will offer insights and identify potential challenges, helping prevent delays and rework. Issue resolution : By describing the challenges your project faces to ChatGPT, it can provide troubleshooting guidance and potential solutions.

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ChatGPT for construction companies: A deep dive into its benefits

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For example, you can share your project plans with ChatGPT and it will offer insights and identify potential challenges, helping prevent delays and rework. Issue resolution : By describing the challenges your project faces to ChatGPT, it can provide troubleshooting guidance and potential solutions.