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The Top 100 Project Delivery Firms Balance Increased Risks

ENR Construction

With projects facing rising material costs, crunched schedules and labor shortages, project delivery firms say owners are finding themselves at a fork in the road when it comes to design-bid-build versus alternative delivery models.

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The Preconstruction Phase: Understanding the Process & Risks

Levelset

Before a construction project can begin, there is a lot of planning, number-crunching, designing, and scheduling that needs to occur. The designer helps the client develop budgets, schedules, potential issues, the scope, and other details related to the planning of the entire project. What is the purpose of a preconstruction meeting?

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Top 5 Challenges for Construction Project Managers

Fieldwire

The on-schedule delivery of a construction project depends on effective project management. It’s like going on a road trip with no destination in mind — you end up wasting time and fuel, ending up in the middle of nowhere. All of these time management issues can be managed with project scheduling and tracking methods.

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How To Properly Transport A Crane

Construction Marketing

Once all the details are collected, the next step is to evaluate the budget, schedule the pick-up and delivery times, and analyze any risk to ensure smooth and safe transportation. . Having a route mapped ahead of time and an actual on-the-road-through can ensure that such nightmares won’t happen. . Map The Route Ahead Of Time.

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What are Preliminaries in Construction Contracts?

Lets Build

A general allowance for risk. Every construction project requires planning the work and creating and maintaining schedules, and it’s not possible to assign all of these prelim costs to just one work section. You also have to consider the added costs for reporting on the schedule progress as required by the owner. Site security.

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Mortenson Highlights BIM for Road Construction and Infrastructure Project

Best Practices Construction Law

Call it "BIM Leaves the Building and Hits the Road." " Whatever you want to call it, you will want to see this Autodesk video about Mortenson Construction that highlights the advantages of BIM for road construction and other infrastructure projects. Fast-track schedules. Disruption avoidance.

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All You Need To Know About Construction Project Management To Get Started

Construction Marketing

Even infrastructure projects like roads and sewers. Safety is another huge concern of construction project management, and thus they are responsible for the supervision of the work site and assessing any current and potential risks that can occur. . Tall skyscrapers, tourist attractions, factories, homes.