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Surge in Home Remodeling: Lighting Trend Forecast

Pro Builder

Surge in Home Remodeling: Lighting Trend Forecast. Similarly, a “Bedtime” Button can slowly dim the lights in the bedroom and turn the overhead fan on at night. To learn more about Leviton’s available smart lighting control options, visit Leviton's Residential Builders site. . kcichowicz. Fri, 09/17/2021 - 00:00.

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Autodesk and AWS are Helping Construction Firms Gain Useful Insights from Their Data 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In addition, AWS AI and Machine Learning services such as Amazon Rekognition and Amazon Forecast can be implemented on the data stored in Amazon S3 and Redshift to better analyze and forecast construction performance. Amazon Forecast allows you to combine time series data with additional variables to build better forecasts.

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3 Decisions that Keep Construction Owners Up at Night 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Utilize cost and estimation data Tap into historical and actual data to forecast and plan for expansion, repairs, and rehab. To achieve the optimal results, consider using tools that make data gathering, estimating, and forecasting easier. That way, you alleviate unplanned costs and expensive overheads in aftercare management.

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Lumber Prices Hit Record High, Threatening Housing's Momentum

Pro Builder

Single-family building permits rose 11% in 2020 and are forecast to increase another 5% in 2021 and 3% in 2022 to reach 1.068 million units a year, the most since 2007. Reports from job sites nationwide reflect the direness of the situation. They don't take into account overhead or profit for the builder, which is a bad way to go."

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Top ten software for estimating and bidding

Construction Cost Estimating

Sage Estimating also facilitates forecasting the labor, raw material and other overhead costs so that the contractors can arrange & deliver correct bids. ProEst can also track pending projects, upgrade estimate pipelines and make perfect short- and long-term business forecasts.

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Job Order Contract Unit Price Book Basics

Job Order Contracting

Definition: detailed cost estimate: “a forecast of construction cost prepared on the basis of a detailed analysis of materials and labor for all items of work.” – 13th edition of the Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice. Improve your JOC Program today with independent, objective, locally researched cost data.

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Monitoring Your Financial Position to Succeed in the Construction Industry

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Over the course of a project, cost increases that may seem marginal at the time, end up having flow on effects, or adding up with other overheads resulting in total project expenditure which is far from the amount originally estimated. The result is they often spend more money than they may otherwise need to. Improved productivity.