Developing accurate, thorough and defendable cost estimates on a consistent basis is an arduous and – sometimes – imposing undertaking. But cost item assemblies can make estimators’ jobs easier by providing trusted components that are already vetted for scope completeness and price accuracy.
Achieving sustainability begins with innovative design that embeds resource utilization and responsibility in every part of the building and construction lifecycle. Fortunately, Gordian has tons of experience helping our clients procure and provision sustainable construction projects and services.
Principle Engineer Bob Mewis highlights the seven primary infectious disease/COVID precautions that impact labor cost and the additional raw materials needed on job sites. Read the blog for insights on how construction estimates can be built to account for cost changes due to COVID-19, the impacts social distancing could have on project timelines and how new technologies can combat productivity loss.
There’s no single solution for untangling the complex web of factors that threaten to drive up the costs of every DOD construction project. But possessing current construction costs can make that web a whole lot looser.
How can you build an estimate for a large, complex project and be confident that your figures reflect actual market costs for different locales? It’s a difficult task. Luckily, there are tools designed to address this exact problem: The City Cost Index and predictive cost data.
To successfully create collaborative construction cost estimates, you need to understand the roles being played, appreciate how roles affect each other, establish a common organizational framework and designate a “conductor.” Learn more in this blog post.
Construction estimators are a crucial part of the construction process. It’s a construction estimator’s job to determine the cost of a building project. But as simple as that may sound, construction estimating requires a lot of skill.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently updated their Cost Estimating and Assessment Best Practices Guide. Read this to learn how RSMeans Data Online can help Federal estimators apply the new GAO recommendations to construction cost estimates.
The COVID-19 pandemic has upset the North American construction industry in a variety of ways. Disruptions in work have been particularly painful for public construction. Read this blog post for an overview of four disruptions to public projects and one way to curb them.
A Scope of Work defines the who, what, when, where and how of a construction project. That’s a lot of work, but putting in the time is worth it. To help you with your next Scope of Work, we’ve put together a list of four productivity hacks for scoping construction.
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