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

Rory Woolsey

I have figured that I have facilitated about 8,500 hours of classes on estimating, Job Order Contracting, and project management related topics. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. The WAG Way!!

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

General Requirements: A general contractors site management expenses for such necessities as a superintendent, project manager; site trailers, schedule management, quality control, daily clean up, security, safety, site phones, record drawings and project commissioning all fall under the category of general requirements OR project site overhead.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

I heard the Critical Path Method (CPM) defined once as a management technique for losing your shirt under perfect control! Not so funny if you have ever been at the management end of a tight timeline, in an old facility, around on-going operations with the concrete truck on its way and the formwork delayed because the backhoe is out of fuel!!

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Costing Construction

Rory Woolsey

” The facilities manager is already strapped for time with another demanding tenant, tight timelines, on-going operations, and emergency fixes. All direct costs are then adjusted to include home office overhead and profit for the installing contractor. He is also affiliated with The Wool-Zee Company, Inc., Follow by Email.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. City of Atlanta, Office of Sustainability. City of San Antonio, Office of Environmental Policy. Clayco, Inc.