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How to Write Tight Subcontracts

Construction Business Owner

Starting projects with excellent subcontractors and detailed subcontracts will help you make more money, finish faster and reduce field issues. When this happens, your team will encounter disputes, change order requests, late schedules and holes in the budget.

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The Five Basics of Fundamentally Sound Construction Operations

Cassell Construction Estimating

Obtain signed Subcontract quotes for the ENTIRE scope of sub tasks 2. Project Scheduling a. Print updated As Built Job Cost & Schedule reports- weekly d. Take off material in reasonable detail; don’t get bogged down in minutiae d. Focus on managing your biggest risk- LABOR i. Communicate your expectations CLEARLY 2.

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The pros and cons of becoming a subcontractor

Fieldwire

If you decide to start your own subcontracting business, you’ll be able to reap many of the most significant benefits of working as a general contractor — like greater flexibility in job hours and scheduling. You may need to pay quarterly estimated taxes, depending on how much you make from your subcontracting work.

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Is Flexible Scheduling Prudent?

Construction Dive

By Bruce Jervis A construction schedule, however stated, is usually detailed and specific. When properly updated and maintained, the schedule is a powerful tool for project control and administration. They elect to schedule the work “as directed.” ” These clauses are common in subcontracts.

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These 5 essential traits in your team are the secret to a successful construction project

Fieldwire

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING SOFTWARE Easy construction project scheduling with Fieldwire Learn more → 4. Effective project management Successful subcontracting relies on effective project management. With 77% of megaprojects globally often falling behind schedule, investing in construction project management software is practical.

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Improve Cash Flow Forecasting with Autodesk Construction Cloud

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For example, some teams lean on reports from their ERP system, then look at buy-out logs and compare against schedule projections. Others rely on their scheduling team to resource load the schedule, then use the scheduling tools bell curve for analysis. The answer is Autodesk Construction Cloud.

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#65:  Unjust Enrichment Recovery for Verbal Change Orders

NH Construction Law

Given the importance of nailing down any changes to an original scope of work along with their price and schedule effects, many construction contracts require change orders to be in writing, and even define change orders as written instruments. Section 7.2.1