Contractor Bookkeeping

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Cutting costs can be a quick and easy way to improve the profitability of your construction business. Introducing cost-control measures can bring immediate savings and ensure you remain profitable in the long term. But cost-control measures must be carefully managed. Eliminating errant expenses is beneficial, but indiscriminate cost-cutting could lead to a drop in quality or poor morale if staff fear being made redundant or are not given the tools they need to do their job efficiently.

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Cost Control Quality Control Risk Management Change Management 114

Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The data center market estimates a growth of ?$615.96 billion ?by 2025. Hinging on this monumental projection is an immense uptick in demand in the construction industry to build these facilities and build them fast. . Modular Power Solutions (MPS),—a subsidiary of Rosendin Holdings—is the premier provider of end-to-end design, engineering, and offsite modular manufacturing services for large-scale data center projects. .

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Modular Construction Building Standards Controls Manufacturing Quality Control 98

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Industry's jobless rate is down from October, year-earlier levels.

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Learn Civil Engineering

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In construction, the tender process is a very technical procedure. Well, there are many misconceptions about tendering process. And, many contractors make this process an impossible task for small companies. Thus, if you are one of them, this article is for you! Now, you don’t have to worry about this step during the construction of […].

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Engineering 52

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Steel manufacturer agrees to new pollution controls and civil penalty as part of federal settlement. .

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Controls Manufacturing 74

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Shimmick/Danny’s Joint Venture says the project is now expected to cost more than double the price of its contract and finish about five years late.

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Painting/finishing Contracts 69

Practical Law Construction

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When the courts are faced with questions of contractual construction there remains a tension in the approach they should take. As Sir Kim Lewison said in The Interpretation of Contracts , there is a tension between: “… a decision of the Supreme Court which had emphasised the primacy of the contractual language over background facts on the one hand, and the repeated statements that contractual interpretation is an iterative exercise which requires consideration of the commercial cons

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General Contracting Contracts 52

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Steel manufacturer agrees to new pollution controls and civil penalty as part of federal settlement. .

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Controls Manufacturing 69

Natural Building

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Trees for the Future has released a report that shares the short and long-term effects of agroforestry systems on hunger, poverty, and landscape restoration. The report confirms that their Forest Garden Approach effectively achieves the triple bottom line of food security, economic resilience, and environmental impact. “Farming and agricultural land use are key factors in the climate crisis and are closely tied to food and income insecurity,” says Andrew Zacharias.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Why Job Order Contracting was developed. Job Order Contracting (JOC), an alternative to the sealed bid method of procuring facility construction and repair services, was developed by the Federal Government in the 1980s to reduce the processing time and administrative effort required for smaller construction jobs ( Source ). That said, JOC has evolved significantly since its early beginnings and many users and vendors have not kept pace.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Shimmick/Danny’s Joint Venture says the project is now expected to cost more than double the price of its contract and complete about five years late.

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Contracts 36