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Why every residential project needs a real-time GPS, not a paper-based map

Lets Build

During one of our recent LetsBuild webinars, a Senior Project Manager on a residential project made a great analogy. The way we plan a residential project today is similar to the way we planned a road trip 40 years ago. . Imagine you go on a road trip with friends in 1980.

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What Is a Residential Building | Types of Residential Buildings | Site Selection for Residential Buildings

CivilJungle

What Is a Residential Building? A residential building is one or more family dwellings, lodging or boarding houses, hostels, dormitories, apartment houses, flats, and private garages in which sleeping accommodation is provided for conventional residential purposes, with or without kitchen or dining facilities.

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SITE PLANNING

The Constructor

Site Selection for Residential Buildings Following are some of the important factors which should be considered while selecting site for any residence. are considered good for residential site but these facilities do not carry any significance in the selection site for other public buildings.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

Pro Builder

Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction. Faster and more reliable scheduling. The road map will outline a successful transition of a builder’s overall business model—not just the construction silo—to fully integrate IC into its operations and realize IC’s benefits. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 14:02.

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J S Wright lands latest package for Hill Group

Construction Enquirer

The Birmingham-based company is to design and build the mechanical services for all 97 apartments and communal spaces at Thames View House on Felix Road in Walton-on-Thames. It will replace an outdated existing nine-storey residential block comprising 64 homes built in 1972.

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I use MS Project. Why would I want to use something else?

Lets Build

Are you using MS Project or Excel to stay on top of your schedule? You plan your project in MS Project and distribute it, but as soon as there is an obstacle, your schedule becomes obsolete causing stress and confusion because the information is coming to you late. And this is where the problems begin. But it should not be like that!

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Bringing your programme to the site: How to know everything and build better

Lets Build

In one of our recent webinars, Olivier Luxen, Senior Project Manager on a residential project, compared the way we do planning in construction today with the way we did on a road trip 40 years ago. siloed MS Project schedules. Move your schedule to the cloud and say goodbye to silos. unnecessary phone calls.

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