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Coolest offices around the world

Lets Build

We all know the boring offices that are plain, simple and doesn’t try to lift the spirits of the workers at all. At GenieBelt, we have done some research on interesting and cool offices around the world that you can take a look at, and maybe get inspired for your own office. Do you know more cool offices or buildings?

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Construction Operations: Field and Office Silos

Carol Hagen

This is particularly noticeable between preconstruction to operations and finance, and from field to office. So the way to break down the business silos would seem straightforward – combine the technologies and link the processes that are used in the office and field silos.” Mobility and Partnerships. Strategic Aquisition.

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Living in a Materials World

Viewpoint Construction Technology

But along the way, those material costs can start to add up, especially if the materials aren’t procured and managed properly. The cost of materials can rise and fall daily, whether during the bid progression, the procurement process or the building phase. Maximizing Materials Management. Not any longer.

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How to track progress and communicate problems from the field

Lets Build

Considering that project and site managers typically have to juggle multiple schedules (master schedule, 3-6 week lookaheads, procurement schedule, and more), it doesn’t take much to understand how error-prone this working approach can be. Field and office communication: How to improve it. Prioritise adoption on site.

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Construction Management and Quickbooks

Carol Hagen

As your contracting firm grows your needs typically outgrow what you can do with Microsoft Office so where’s a GC to turn? If you have time take a peak of the mobile operations in this video: Estimating, Bid Requests, Preconstruction, Purchasing, Safety, Submittals, Correspondence, Progress Billings, etc. It’s all there.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

It provides a capacity for on-demand construction via an on-call contractor that can be mobilized, working in a much shorter period, and far more efficiently than traditional project delivery methods. Best value procurement. Owner technical and procurement staff is supplemented. General Accounting Office (GAO), May 1979.

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5 tips that every site foreman should know about

Lets Build

Almost everything that happens on the field goes through your hands and you have to be the glue between the office and the site. They can’t maintain a seamless real-time connection between the updates from the site and the different schedules (master schedule, short-term schedule, procurement schedule, etc) you are working on.

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