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How to simplify your daily construction reports

Lets Build

What’s your biggest fear as a construction project manager? Keeping a detailed daily construction report is useful for more than tracking project progress and productivity; it decreases your risks of experiencing those fears that keep you up at night. Another risk that project managers face is schedule overruns.

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Essential Construction KPIs to Improve Profits and Productivity

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Number of site inspections conducted. Ratio of the number of inspection passed to total number of inspection. Performance metrics can provide a project’s productivity. A “subcontractor inventory” is another predictive performance indicator that CFMA recommends. Number of defects due to workmanship. Performance.

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” Evidence-based ” Life-cycle Federal Facility Management, BIM, and the Status Quo – NIBS, FFC

Building Information Management

You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM. Inventory of Built Environment. Condition Survey Inspection (a.k.a. Condition Assessment: The analysis of condition survey inspection data. crack, damage, etc.),

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6 Ways Contractors Can Save Money with Technology

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Having a master inventory and tracking the usage of all the materials, tools and equipment on your jobsites sounds like a basic thing to do. An accurate inventory will help prevent material and equipment loss, so you won’t waste money replacing missing or misused items. Rethink Project Management.

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7 Steps to Successful Project Closeout

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The contractor or project manager needs to be sure that all parts of the project are truly complete and that the last components installed look as good as the first. Meet with any code or inspection authorities and obtain COE and other documentation. Review legal requirements and ensure that all terms have been met.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

Business Facilities

Each of the certified sites, which range from 150 to almost 600 acres, were inspected by an independent site selection consultant to assure it meets national site selection standards. As many as seven additional sites are undergoing inspection this year. At the same time, our existing local businesses have also continued to expand.”.

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We Don't Close Sales, We Open Relationships With Contractors Like You

Contractor Bookkeeping

Adopt the new philosophy The implication is that management should actually adopt his philosophy, rather than merely expect the workforce to do so. Cease dependence on inspection If variation is reduced, there is no need to inspect manufactured items for defects, because there won''t be any. Project Manager.