Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In an era of rising costs and new technology, here’s how to bring more accuracy to construction estimating. . When it comes time to kick off a new construction job, an accurate estimate is the first step toward project success. What is a Construction Estimate? If not, there can be ethical and even legal risks.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 9, 2017

Estimating Construction Costs for Job Order Contracts properly is critical to the success of any JOC program. Elimination of legal disputes. Key performance indicators related to Estimating Construction Costs for Job Order Contracts: Average work order/project price. As an owner, what should you expect from a JOC Program?

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Best Practices Construction Law

MARCH 18, 2021

The dispute is currently in the discovery phase and the City filed a motion to compel the contractor’s internal pre-bid documents and bid estimates, as well as the subcontractor’s base documents. The contractor’s $15.7 million delay claim included approximately $2.3

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Documentation Claims Bidding Estimating 118

Contractor Bookkeeping

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Offering an estimate or quote provides potential clients with a customized figure for what they can expect to pay based on what will be required to complete a specific project. A quote is a legally binding fixed price a company prepares for a client; as such, they should always be in writing.

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Negotiation Estimating Contract Legal 65

Carol Hagen

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The future issues also center around legality. What are the Best Practices for utilizing BIM to support legal arguments? . Read about the “Thrilling Future Releases We Want Right Now” according to Channel Web. What is the recommended record retention period for BIM? Part of it has to do with the BIM technology itself.

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Legal BIM CAD Documentation 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

80% of cost overruns are due to poor scope of work definition, and associated inadequate and/or flawed construction cost estimates and otherwise poor planning, procurement, and project delivery management. The errors and poor processes result in change orders, project delays, and legal disputes.

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Building Information Management

JULY 25, 2013

Here’s a quick overview of a recent meeting discussing the legal aspects of BIM held July 2013. Note: The above is not intended as legal advice of any type, but rather a simple report on the session. BIM COBIE 2013 framework LEGAL UK' ‘Experts’ we gathered by RIBA Enterprises to discuss the topic.

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Construction Cost Estimating

APRIL 28, 2014

The foundation for a successful estimate depends on authentic takeoff of the quantities of the various materials involved in the project. The various elements that lead to an effective cost estimate are as: Labor Hours : Labor hour amounts can be prepared by crew analysis or applied on a unit man-hour basis.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Longstanding Federal law requires disclosure of “any material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which a [public company] or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is subject.”

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 13, 2021

In 2013, during the prosecution of Duke Energy for bird deaths by wind turbine, the Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that “wind turbines kill between 140,000 and 500,000 birds a year in accidental collisions.”. In a parallel but not directly related action, on August 11, 2020, Judge Valerie Caproni, of the U.S. paraphrasing Harper Lee.

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Electrical Regulation Estimating United States 278

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 17, 2020

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” ” Henry Ford. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” ” Henry Ford.

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Construction Change Orders Procurement Legal 149

Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Avoiding Legal Issues Hiring clients hire a licensed contractor to save themselves from legal liabilities and low-quality work. In that case, the responsibility of dealing with workplace accidents or unsafe job sites will fall upon them, causing legal issues.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 19, 2015

The growth since the data gathering for 2011 study has been significant with marijuana legalized for recreational use in four states and medicinal use in 19 states. Although non legal marijuana growing is hard to calculate, the association with high energy use has been accepted for decades.

Electrical 120

Electrical Accounting Colorado Legal 120

FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

medical, regulatory, legal) are often known, but may not totaled, visible, or a attributed to a particular injury. strikes, lower productivity or quality attributed to the accident, absenteeism) need to be estimated and added into the cost of an accident. Lastly, the direct costs of a serious injury (i.e.,

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Construction Cost Estimating

MARCH 11, 2015

THE ESTIMATING PROCESS FROM A TO Z Here in this cover story we are going to present you the basic details of the estimation. First, we have to download the estimating and budgeting spreadsheet. CUSTOMIZING THE ESTIMATING AND BUDGETING WORKSHEET This is an excel format of spreadsheet. A patience read is necessary here.

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Levelset

MARCH 31, 2022

These types of adjusters have a lot of estimates to create in a short time. Review the insurance estimate. While a contractor should never represent themselves as an insurance adjuster – or even act like one – it is a good idea to review the insurance appraiser’s estimate. Maintain open lines of communication.

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Insurance Deals Contractors Claims 93

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 30, 2016

JOC software technology should primarily focus upon enabling contractors and owners to create detailed line item construction costs estimates, using the appropriate JOC unit price books,that adequately reflect the scope of work required by the owner. JOC Software Technology: Do’s. The software should be easy to install and use.

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Software Software Estimating Procurement 113

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 22, 2019

We all know what can go terribly wrong with traditional construction procurement and delivery processes… lack of financial visibility, poor work scope definition, quality issues, legal disputes… in short, poor outcomes tend to be the norm. Learn… Share… Excel…have FUN!

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Procurement Construction Contract Legal 100

Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 23, 2019

As a contractor, misquoting a job estimate can be massively detrimental; some jobs are shut down for weeks, months or even dropped altogether. Accurate estimating ensures there is always enough money for materials, wages, and more. Budget Inaccuracies. Open communication is essential in keeping projects running without a hitch.

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Construction Software Software Estimating 216

Building Information Management

MAY 3, 2012

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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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 29, 2017

Number of contractor estimates issued. Average time from RFQ to receipt of contractor estimate. Average variance between owner estimates and contractor estimates. Estimating Index = Actual Time or Costs/Estimated Time or Costs. Number/percentage of service requests completed per established timeframe.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 13, 2019

Planning, estimating, negotiating, procuring, managing, and closing out projects are all phases that are fully defined within a LEAN construction environment. Both change orders and legal disputes can be virtually eliminated with a properly designed and managed LEAN construction procurement and delivery framework. Shared Risk/Reward.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2019

Developing a detailed scope of work and associated line item cost estimate using a verifiable and current locally researched unit price book (UPB) is a mandatory component of a LEAN construction delivery approach. Assure that owners and service providers are equally skilled in detailed line item estimating.

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Building Information Management

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The Need for Credible Construction Cost Estimates. GAO and other studies/reports consistently report that errors and lack of due diligence with respect to original construction cost estimates are primary reasons for negative cost and schedule impacts, and overall poor project performance and outcomes.

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Construction Cost Estimating

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. Estimating Sheets Sample. Estimate TakeOff Sheets. Construction Estimate Sheets. Labour Estimate Sheets. Material Estimate Sheets. Estimating Vidoe. Construction estimating spreadsheet. Estimating and Costing in Civil Engineering Software. Newer Post.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2018

The construction cost data shown is not be applied to specific requirements, but rather intended as a general overview. Detailed line item construction cost data should be used for the preparation of actual construction project costs in concert with an experienced construction estimator and knowledge of local conditions. also assumed.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Numbers are hard to come by and made even more difficult during the pandemic, but a recent presentation to the World Bank estimated more than 2 Billion tonnes of solid waste (. No company should claim to be Zero Waste. There is a lot of waste out there. actually municipal waste not including in water or air) was disposed of last year.

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Claims Certification San Francisco Resource 156

Building Information Management

AUGUST 12, 2014

4Clicks Solutions, LLC is currently beta testing Ceasel, a next generation cloud computing application to enable collaborative construction cost estimating and associated efficient project delivery. This results in few change orders, faster project timelines, and virtual elimination of legal disputes.

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Estimating Visualization BIM Contract 45

Levelset

JUNE 3, 2022

PLI covers actual or liquidated damages arising from the following: Price escalations Subcontractor default Estimate mistakes Delay costs Low productivity Material delivery delays Unforeseen site conditions Bad weather. The insurance company assesses the financial stability of the company and their estimating and project management processes.

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Insurance Cash Flow Claims Contractors 52

Construction Cost Estimating

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Material and construction cost estimation c. Any other legal work that may be necessary 2. Paper Work : The paperwork for the building needs to be finished even before the work actually begins. This includes:- a. Preparation of drawings and diagrams b. Labor costs and contingency measures d.

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Foundation Construction Drawings Legal 52

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 11, 2017

Using a JOC Cooperative enables eligible entities to meet requirements associated with providing legally mandate competition for contracts of commonly purchased products and services, while saving the the cost of going through the traditional procurement process for each and every renovation, repair, or minor new construction project.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 2, 2022

Billion to begin replacing lead pipes across the country (the total cost if which is estimated to approach $60 Billion). Matters of lead in drinking water will be a distant second place environmental issue both in that it is largely a U.S. domestic matter and that the recently passed infrastructure bill contains $2.9

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Legal Regulation Sustainability Consulting 156

Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 3, 2019

It can range from planning and estimates to time-line issues; poor organisation of manpower and processes; inefficient project management tools (such as field management software ); lack of contingency plans for bottlenecks and project disruption; and perhaps most worrying, the use of undocumented or unsanctioned methodologies between teams.

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Construction Cost Estimating

MAY 5, 2011

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. Put responsibility for execution of sustainability strategy in relevant corporate functions (procurement, government affairs, human resources, legal, etc.) Posted by Rajib Dey Business Development Global Associates A pioneer company in construction estimating Join our estimating forum.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Getting your legal ducks in a row is paramount in construction, which is why it is important to have robust contract management workflows. . Moreover, poor contract workflows make it difficult for legal teams to audit projects, which can introduce all sorts of risks and liabilities. . 3: Contract Management. DocuSign .

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Autodesk Construction Contract Documentation 105

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 24, 2017

From an owner perspective stakeholders include senior management, project management, administrative, accounting, purchasing, building uses, and legal staff. Select Job Order Contracting Software – Do not use spreadsheets or generic cost estimating software. Software must provide JOC-specific features (i.e.

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Contract CSI Software Software 100

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Owner are required to provide a scope of work in sufficient detail to enable requisite design as well as an associated detailed line item construction cost estimate by the associated service partners. Alternative LEAN Project Delivery.

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