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Can We Make Home Building a Little Less ‘Interesting?’

Pro Builder

Accept the definition that anything not firmly defined and nailed down prior to opening the first model home for sale will cost you time, money, trade frustration, customer irritation, and “brain damage” to your staff both in the office and in the field. All the decisions get made—eventually. Why not get them made up front?

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

Business Facilities

Officers accept entries of merchandise, clear passengers, collect duties and enforce various provisions. Businesses in an FTZ may see a reduction in duties on labor, overhead and profit. West Cameron Port is located on the Gulf of Mexico and provides deep water access, shallow draft capabilities and heavy infrastructure provisions.

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What are Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineer Requirements (SABER)

Building Information Management

Offerors propose coefficients for costs such as overhead, profit, minimum design costs, G&A expenses, bond premiums, and gross receipt taxes. This approach recognizes that a contractor’s overhead decreases as workload increases. Determining the organizational structure of the SABER post-award surveillance and administration office.

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List of Common Construction Abbreviations

Job Order Contracting

CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. OFF: Office. OH: Overhead. OHD: Overhead Door. He is a sample listing of abbreviation derived across a wide venue of sources. C: Courses, Curb, Channel, Degrees Celsius, Clock Outlet, Calcimine. C/C: Center to Center. C TO C: Center to Center. CA: Compressed Air. CAB: Cabinet.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Application: This standard applies to warehouse or large overhead rolling doors. Door, Manual, Overhead. This standard applies to manually operated overhead doors. Check points: A checklist can be found in the Operation, Maintenance and Management of Stormwater Management Systems authored by the Office of Water, U.S.

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

Building Information Management

Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Executive Office of the President. This is the fourth in a series of publications discussing best practices developed by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). Office of Federal Procurement Policy. INTERIM EDITION.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. OFF: Office. OH: Overhead. OHD: Overhead Door. C: Courses, Curb, Channel, Degrees Celsius, Clock Outlet, Calcimine. C/C: Center to Center. C TO C: Center to Center. CA: Compressed Air. CAB: Cabinet. CAIS: Caisson. CAP: Capacity. CAR: Carpet. CARP: Carpenter. CAT: Catalog.