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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. The follow elements are common to a credible construction cost estimate. Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective.

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Valid Construction Cost Estimate Creation

Job Order Contracting

Valid construction cost estimate creation is the goal of every professional estimator. Nonetheless validity of a construction cost estimate is critical to cost management. The management of a cost estimate involves updating costs with current data as it becomes available and revising the estimate to reflect changes.

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Better Manage Construction Costs Schedules and Quality

Job Order Contracting

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. are all defined.

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The Myths of LEAN Construction and Integrated Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

“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. Learn more?

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Revoking the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Incidental Take Rule, Once Again

Green Building Law Update

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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Legals Aspects of BIM – UK – 2013

Building Information Management

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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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

In a widely accepted definition, Zero Waste is, The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”. There is a lot of waste out there.

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