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Reliable Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Reliable construction cost estimating is critical to the success of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project. Reliable Construction Cost Estimating. While there may be several types of estimates in terms of granularity, this discussion is limited to detailed line item estimates. Learnings.

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

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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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A New Year in.

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. A New Year in Construction Estimating. Hello to all the friends that I have made over the past 25 years of facilitating construction estimating seminars. Monday, January 16, 2012. To all of you Happy New Year!!! Labor Productivity?

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You are what you measure… and/or … You can’t manage what you don’t measure

Building Information Management

Well, if more architecture, repair, renovation, sustainability, and construction projects were conceived, procured, executed, and monitored using similar methods and KPI’s the world just might be a better place. KPI: Overhead rate. KPI: Delivery models (IPD, Design-Build, etc). Why post it? KPI: # of blog posts.

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“Why are bids so different?” and why your proposal document is most important when it least seems so.

Construction Marketing Ideas

Mary from St Paul says; “My husband and I are wanting to redo our bath so we contacted three contractors and received 2 estimates and they are both different. We like the contractor with the highest bid best because he had detailed all the fixtures we wanted and his estimate was very detailed in general. Why are the bids so different?

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Developing a Job Order Contracting Program

Building Information Management

The renovation of existing facilities has become a viable option for facility owners. “At At present, almost half of the money spent on building construction in the US is spent on renovations, additions, or replacements of major systems in existing buildings ($55 billion). Estimate the contractor’s cost of construction.

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Development of the Job Order Contracting (JOC) Process for the 21st Century

Building Information Management

The renovation of existing facilities has become a viable option for facility owners. “At At present, almost half of the money spent on building construction in the US is spent on renovations, additions, or replacements of major systems in existing buildings ($55 billion). Estimate the contractor’s cost of construction.