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9 Best Practice Tips for a Schedule Analysis of Construction Delays

Best Practices Construction Law

A number of families will be traveling this holiday season, and some are travel-savvy enough to check out travel websites for real-time traffic information and identification of construction delays. However, the different methods of schedule analysis can lead to varying results. So, which method is correct?

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective. The reliance on outdated information (more the three month old) can introduce significant error. Primary data sources should be used whenever possible.

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12 Step Program for Creating Credible Construction Estimates

Job Order Contracting

. #1 Define estimate’s purpose ■ Who will use the estimate and how. Required level of detail, and overall scope. #2 Monte Carlo simulation) to develop a confidence interval around the point estimate. ■ Monte Carlo simulation) to develop a confidence interval around the point estimate. ■

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Schedule Column Width

Revit OpEd

In my griping about schedules in my previous post I mentioned (in an addendum) that we get a new feature in Revit 2014 that provides some measure of control over column width. The Revit 2014 Modify Schedule/Quantities ribbon interface now looks like this. Tips Schedules New Features Dept. Btw, bummer. Your mileage may vary.

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8 Best Practice Tips for a Schedule Analysis of Construction Delays

Best Practices Construction Law

A number of families will be traveling this holiday weekend, and some are travel-savvy enough to check out travel websites like www.911.Virginia.org Virginia.org for real-time traffic information and identification of construction delays. However, the different methods of schedule analysis can lead to varying results.

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5 Ways to Simplify Complex Project Management Tasks

Autodesk Construction Cloud

You have stakeholders tugging on your shirt for progress updates, financials, submittals, schedules, RFIs, and that barely scratches the surface. Let your team suggest schedule updates. Project delays and ongoing schedule updates are more common than we’d like, but an assumed part of construction. Teams need a better way (i.e.

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Balancing construction realities with ideal fenestration design

Construction Specifier

Submittals process During construction, the first place the design team will review information for the project is during the submittal process. Usually, a submittal will require reviews from multiple parties, resulting in a rushed review if one or more parties are not on schedule.

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