3 Good Reasons to Use Current Construction Cost Data
Here are three reasons why using current construction cost data is a best practice for construction professionals and project owners alike to navigate shifting material and labor markets.
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Tackling Preconstruction Problems with Data: 2019 Resource Roundup
Over the last year, we’ve produced and published resources to help architects, engineers, contractors and project owners/managers use construction cost data to overcome industry challenges. Here are a few resources to help you with preconstruction budgets, estimates and designs.
Can Your Facilities Data Be Trusted for Decision-Making?
Gathering facilities data with discipline ensures a trustworthy database and organizational understanding to make strategic, data-driven decisions.
Ask an Estimator: Quantity Takeoffs, Estimate Training and the Future of Construction
Certified Estimating Professional Rory Woolsey has been in the construction industry for 40+ years. A master facilitator with over 8,000 hours of classroom instruction under his belt, Rory answers questions from construction professionals in this blog post.
Data Detail, Business Strategy and the Facilities Assessment
Facilities condition assessments (FCA), are a powerful tool for weighing day-to-day demands against long-term capital needs. But only if the FCA is done right. Read this to understand more about taking a balanced assessment approach.
Employee Spotlight: Partnering for Success
Work hard and treat yourself! Cammie Keeter does both. In our interview, Cammie discusses how her personality directly correlates to her work, how she defines and achieves success and why it’s okay to eat cake.
Employee Spotlight: Continuous Improvement is Her Way of Life
The statistics for women in tech aren’t high but Belinda did the math and became the boss. Read this interview to discover why she loves her job, how she progressed in a male-dominated industry and her advice for achieving professional success.
Strategic Construction Estimating Tips
With bowling and golf, one miscalculation will drastically alter the end result. Similarly, construction estimating is a precision sport. Estimating expert Chris Randall discusses strategies to adjust estimates to market conditions and avoid gutter balls and bogeys.
Q&A: Making Value Engineering Easier with Construction Cost Data
Our webinar in partnership with Building Design + Construction magazine taught attendees the importance of accurate construction cost data to the value engineering process. Read the panel’s answers to webinar attendee questions regarding the use and best practices of value engineering and construction cost data.
Efficiencies in Construction Estimating: 4 Critical Elements
The sweet spot of efficient construction estimating is in the convergence of cost, accuracy and speed. Here are four critical elements to make sure you have optimal efficiency in your estimating and preconstruction processes.
