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Maximize Your Construction Estimating Efficiency

Construction Business Owner

mhodges Thu, 07/06/2023 - 10:23 Prior to a new construction build or renovation, cost estimates are used to evaluate information and determine project feasibility, funding, logistics and other required resources. Therefore, a project’s success is in direct correlation to the thoroughness of its estimate.

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Cost Estimate Spreadsheet - Extension/Renovation

Construction Cost Estimating

Brief tutorial on how to use the Cost Estimate Spreadsheet for Extensions and Renovations - use it only for Ballpark Budget estimates for initial feasibility. The form allows a contractor to come up with a total estimate after breaking down the costs of materials, equipment , employee cost and more.

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Deep green retrofits: Updating old buildings to new sustainability standards

BD+C

Office Buildings Architects Adaptive Reuse Green Reconstruction & Renovation Sustainability Constructed in the early 1960s, the building at 10 New Bridge Street in central London could have been demolished to make way for a more modern and efficient replacement. Image: Google Streetview, courtesy HOK 3.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change.

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How Private Housing Additions Are Creating a Back-Alley Market

Pro Builder

Private additions offer a feasible solution to an inadequate housing supply in densely populated areas, but despite their growing prevalence, backyard housing falls into a legal gray area. Cities including Los Angeles and Long Beach have also created new ordinances that clear the way to legalize unpermitted units in apartment buildings.

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Thornton Tomasetti promotes Khaled Othman to Vice President in the New York office

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Mr. Othman has more than 14 years of experience in the structural investigation, condition assessment, feasibility studies, forensic analysis and stabilization of existing buildings and in design for structural repairs, renovations and additions. Othman has been with Thornton Tomasetti since 1999. Exclude Content: Yes. Engineers'

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Level Up Design and Coordination Workflows with Accessible Reality Capture 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Picture this: your construction firm is looking to bid on a project to renovate an old factory into a new office building. Use clash detection in Navisworks to determine the feasibility of new mechanical systems. . It’s an exciting project, but it also comes with a host of challenges.

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