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Productive Construction – Traits of Collaboration

Job Order Contracting

Productive construction and collaboration go hand in hand. productive environment. Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? commitment. multidisciplinary work.

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The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment

Construction Business Owner

The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment. This enables teams to recover margins when rework is reduced and improve the quality of construction models — all before breaking ground. Here are some of the ways that these new products can reduce overall rework.

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New Autodesk Tool Aims to Improve Product Specifications in Revit

ENR Construction

Autodesk has released Informed Design, add-ons for Revit and Inventor that help automate the process of placing manufactured products into building information models.

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Construction Productivity is a Process Problem, Not People: Here’s How Autonomy Helps

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In 2017, McKinsey & Company released a 10-year analysis from 2005 to 2015 that found that construction-labor productivity in the United States hadn’t kept pace with other industries. Since then, the construction industry has grappled with a poor reputation regarding productivity. As the statistician and management consultant W.

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What is the Takt Production Model?

Lean Construction

In recent years, Takt Production has received a lot of interest in the construction and we are seeing more and more implementations around the industry. Takt Production comes from the aeronautical industry and its purpose is to stabilize and maintain rhythm of production.

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More Than 25 Product Releases You Should Know in November

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This month, we have more than 25 product releases across Autodesk Construction Cloud platform and products, including Autodesk Build, Autodesk BIM Collaborate, Autodesk Takeoff, BuildingConnected, and Assemble. At Autodesk, our goal is to help your teams work faster and smarter all year long.

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How to calculate and improve labour productivity in construction

Lets Build

The construction industry has a unique problem when it comes to calculating and improving labour productivity: Every project consists of a wide variety of tasks that differ from site to site. However, even with this challenge, there are some methods to calculate labour productivity in construction. Economic changes.

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