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Estimating & Bidding
Top 5 Must-Have Technologies for Estimators
As the days of paper plans piling up on desks fade, here are the Top 5 digital tools that can help make today's estimators the keepers of construction profitability
July 24, 2017
The key to today’s takeoff is the ability to quickly gauge the scope of work required for a trade, and adjust volumes automatically using the software's takeoff functions when plans change.
Estimating & Bidding
Understanding the Estimating Advantages of 5D BIM with Sage
With over 32% of contractors planning to buy BIM-related software in coming months, contractors who overcome challenges to gain the estimating advantages will be steps ahead
May 24, 2017
Sage's takeoff software is designed to sync directly with BIM products such as Autodesk Navisworks for a more seamless estimating process.
Business Services
NPE 2017 to Offer 40 New Conference Topics
Registration is now “live” and details of the 2017 National Pavement Expo and its 54-session conference program are now available on the NPE website, www.nationalpavementexpo.com.
August 1, 2016
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Estimating & Bidding
Happy With Your Bid-Hit Ratio? 4 Tactics Put a Smile on Your Game Face
Disciplines you can practice to identify, bid and win the type of projects that deliver sustainable levels of profit
January 27, 2016
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Business
How to Fix a Struggling Company
Survival for Petra Paving depended on learning and implementing what it didn’t know.
January 4, 2016
Chris Tammany not only enjoys being in the field but he knows Petra Paving is a better company when he’s guiding the crew. “My forte is out in the field,” he says. “Our square-foot-per-hour is much higher when I’m out there on the job than when I’m not on the job so I need to be out there.”
Business
6 Steps Every Contractor Needs to Take for Growth
January 4, 2016
When scheduling jobs ACI Asphalt provides foremen with as much detail as possible on their iPad including location, job components, which employees will be working, and what equipment and traffic control is needed among other specifics. The information is accessible through the foreman’s app.
Construction Technology
Data Drives Down Construction Costs
Using the past as a teacher, Vernox Labs helps contractors mine unstructured data to reduce costs on projects.
December 8, 2015
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Construction Technology
Real-time Data Transforms the Construction Jobsite
A digital jobsite promises a seamless flow of information from the field to the back office.
October 19, 2015
The explosion of personal electronic devices, coupled with the data generated from telematics systems, mapping software and interconnected accounting and project management systems, is making the digital jobsite a reality.
Business
How to Survive End-of-Season Sealcoating
You can’t manage the weather so manage what you can: your process, your sealer, your equipment…and expectations
October 9, 2015
“When it’s not drying, when it doesn’t cure, when you’re concerned about tracking – that’s when you’re going to get yourself into a bind,” says Tony Heffernan. “Those are signs you should stop sealcoating.”
Estimating & Bidding
How Construction Contractors Can Improve Their Bid-Hit Ratio
Construction Business Coaching
Contractors need to focus on setting themselves apart from the competition through means other than just being the lowest bid
September 16, 2015
When prices are about the same, customers make decisions on who to hire based on things that set them apart like the extra things the company offers to do for them.
Business Services
The Right Way to be the Lowest Bidder on Construction Projects
Construction Business Coaching
An original bid proposal should be for the bare minimum required by the bid documents to keep pricing lower and help get that first important meeting
June 17, 2015
Keep your original bid to the bare minimum to help get that first meeting. At the meeting, discuss every option to upgrade the project, improve the quality of materials, add-on additional items, or present prices for things required to fill the gaps and complete the work.
Estimating & Bidding
Equipment Inspections Make Traylor Bids More Profitable
Assigning excessive wear or damage to the jobs that cause it gives Traylor Bros. an accurate accounting of the cost to work in extreme environments, so bids are more accurate
June 15, 2015
Chris Chartrey, a Traylor Bros. equipment superintendent, uses an iPad form to inspect a crane on the Tappan Zee bridge job on the Hudson River. Inspecting equipment as it leaves and arrives on sites helps Traylor assign excessive wear directly to the work that causes it, so future bids can accommodate the cost.
Sweeping
How to Help Cities Develop Street Sweeping RFPs
California’s Pacific Sweeping works with cities to make sure RFPs are up-to-date and in compliance with regs
April 27, 2015
Pacific Sweeping's work with cities as an educational effort to assist the client than as a marketing ploy or sales pitch. Among the topics Pacific Sweeping might discuss with a city are new sweeping regulations, changes in equipment, sweeping frequency, routing, air quality management and storm water quality guidelines.
Business Services
Increase Your Construction Business Bottom Line By Shopping for Quotes
Construction Business Coaching
To stay competitive, construction contractors must continually seek new suppliers and subcontractors to do business with
April 15, 2015
Over time, if you get a minimum of four to five quotes per trade or supplier, your overall price will significantly go down, and you’ll get awarded more jobs to build.
Estimating & Bidding
How to Keep From Blowing Construction Bids
The Contractor's Business Coach
Estimators need to take the time to analyze historical job cost data, carefully review the project scope and properly account for all the costs of a project in order to avoid blowing a construction bid
April 1, 2015
Proper job costing, efficient review of scope and accounting for all project costs are three key elements to making sure your construction estimator does not blow a bid.
Seal Coating
Talking to Customers about Sealcoating
January 14, 2015
Business
WSA's NPE Agenda
December 22, 2014
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Business Services
10 reasons why contractors fail…
October 2, 2014
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