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The Rise of Business Intelligence in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Business intelligence in its simplest terms is the gathering of data — largely produced through construction management and project management software — and sorting and analyzing it to make intelligent business decisions. But software that analyzes that same data in real-time creates opportunities to make a difference in the here and now.

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The Unique Challenges of Procurement Planning for Construction Companies

ProcurementExpress.com

With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning. Re-skilling challenges aside, there is no excuse for avoiding software solutions. Meaning, teams need to seek out software tools that allow for better planning and streamlined communication.

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The Unique Challenges of Procurement Planning for Construction Companies

ProcurementExpress.com

With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning. Re-skilling challenges aside, there is no excuse for avoiding software solutions. Meaning, teams need to seek out software tools that allow for better planning and streamlined communication.

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The applications and advantages of construction cost estimating software

Construction Cost Estimating

Presently, lots of contractors, architects as well as civil engineers utilize construction cost estimating software for determining the approximate cost of any construction project. Construction cost estimating software facilitates to prepare proper bid and budget.

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What are Preliminaries in Construction Contracts?

Lets Build

The easiest way to define preliminaries in construction is as a group of items necessary for a construction company or contractor to complete a project but that won’t become a part of the finished work—site overhead, scaffolding, powering the site, etc. Planning and design costs. Free eBook: Guide to a digitised QHSE organisation.

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(Still) Waiting for the Home Building Technology Revolution

Pro Builder

They thought scheduling was “pretty good.” . But despite access to an online scheduling portal from a big-name software company, most of the actual scheduling and updates were done by the field superintendent by phone. The very best ran schedules of 60 to 65 days, with some even in the low 40s. Why is that?

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Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

ENR Construction

Survey Schedule. Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers. I was recently asked to participate in a debate on scheduling specifications at Stanford University. A representative from the contractor sponsoring the conference would take the position that most scheduling specifications were onerous or unnecessary.