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How to Avoid 3 Common Commercial Construction Scheduling Delays

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Due to a variety of factors – from smaller profit margins following the economic downturn, to the sense of immediacy that’s so pervasive in the modern business world – everyone from our clients on down to our subcontractors are being squeezed for time and asked to deliver commercial construction projects on tighter schedules than ever before.

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New Asset Features to Boost Progress Tracking on 2D Drawings

Autodesk Construction Cloud

While project schedules are helpful, they’re often static and don’t contain real-time info on a project. A survey by the resource management firm Planview found that teams without integrated or centralized tools lose as many as 20 hours a month. Multiple assets can also be made quickly when drawing on a sheet.

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New Asset Features to Boost Progress Tracking on 2D Drawings

Autodesk Construction Cloud

While project schedules are helpful, they’re often static and don’t contain real-time info on a project. A survey by the resource management firm Planview found that teams without integrated or centralized tools lose as many as 20 hours a month. Multiple assets can also be made quickly when drawing on a sheet.

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Alternative Project Delivery for Construction – Benefits, Tools, and Resources

Job Order Contracting

Additionally, the knowledge of contractors is leveraged in design phase, drawing on their experiences to improve the proposed solution. The post Alternative Project Delivery for Construction – Benefits, Tools, and Resources appeared first on 4BT. Benefits of Alternative Project Delivery.

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Commercial Construction Project Management Trends: How to Survive the Incredible Shrinking Timeline

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One of the biggest challenges for commercial construction firms today is the tighter project timelines that have become the norm at every phase of a project – from shorter deadlines for submitting initial bids and budgets, to quicker resolution on addendums and change orders, to compressed schedules for construction and delivery.

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What to Look for in Construction Design Software

Lets Build

Construction design software is a necessity in today’s digital landscape, giving industry professionals an easier way to create blueprints and drawings of new designs. to help architects and project managers speed up the drawing process. AutoCAD comes with a comprehensive toolkit with thousands of objects, styles, etc.

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BIM Dimensions 101: 3D, 4D, 5D,6D, 7D, 8D, & Beyond

Autodesk Construction Cloud

These components include schedule, cost, operations, and more. Think of it as the much more evolved version of the 2D drawing; while drawings consist of an X and Y-axis, 3D BIM adds another dimension: the Z-axis. Scheduling 4D BIM adds the dimension of time to the 3D BIM model. What is 3D BIM?: What is 4D BIM?:

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