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Continuous Job Cost and Billing Data for Project Managers

Viewpoint Construction Technology

This leaves project managers guessing as to their gain/loss versus the original contract estimate and their over/under billing. The reasons most often cited for dated information are lack of access to this data at the right time, query driven reporting and a reliance on accounting/finance for information.

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Construction Management and Quickbooks

Carol Hagen

The challenge is achieving an integrated solution with estimating, scheduling and project management capabilities while addressing detailed job costing. If integration is important, and you really want to avoid silos between finance, estimating and operations you’ll want to look at Corecon. It’s all done for you.

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Conceptual Estimating is ideal for project feasibility study

Construction Cost Estimating

Owing to high number of design constraints and intricacy of construction a system known as conceptual cost estimation (also referred to as predesign cost estimation ) has been developed to conceptually estimate the costs for construction industries. There are various techniques available for conceptual cost estimation.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

Lets Build

Additionally, the basics and essentials of budgeting, finance, organisation, scheduling, conflicts, and legal issues are also covered by the project manager. Construction project management is not one thing — a project manager in construction has to be knowledgeable in finance, mediation, law, and other disciplines.

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Federal Role in America’s Infrastructure

Building Information Management

Transportation and infrastructure have long been recognized as federal responsibilities shared with the states, … Understanding the federal role in financing, building, and maintaining an efficient system of infrastructure is critical to ensuring U.S. economic growth and global competitiveness,” - Shuster.

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How to Recession-Proof Your Firm: Best Practices for Construction Business Leaders

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Keeping your projects within budget consistently is undoubtedly a challenge, especially in today’s environment where firms struggle with financing, costs, and labor shortages. Modern BIM solutions enable teams to create 3D visualizations to give stakeholders an understanding of the project's design, structural, and service details.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud Now Supports Over 235 Integrations  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Now actual hours and quantities can be compared to original estimates. Our integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud enables comparisons between estimated and actual performance, and quickly isolates project scopes that fall behind.” . ProgressCenter by TimeLapse ME is an application for visual job site progress documentation.