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How to Hire the Right Contractor for Your Construction Project

by InEight | Oct 23, 2020

You can see your project in your mind, and you’re eager to break ground. That means it’s time to hire a contractor who has the proven skills to make your vision a reality. There are many best hiring practices common to multiple types of projects,...

Avoiding the Cost Impacts of Estimate Assumptions

Predicting cost to deliver a project is a challenge for owners and contractors alike. As an owner, the responsibility to pay for changes in estimated costs depends largely on the terms of the individual contract that was awarded. How many in our industry have prepared estimates with costs that shot up far beyond predictions without […]

3 Ways to Bridge Communication Gaps with Capital Project Owners

Whether you’re about to ink the contract, are in the middle of a multi-year project, or are in the home stretch as you close in on handover, maintaining open lines of communication with the project owners is vital to achieving a successful project. They can provide direction or answers to questions about scope or project […]

Key Ways Accurate Tracking Builds Project Certainty

“Project certainty.” Depending on who you ask, it can mean something slightly different — predictability, assurance, verifiability, confidence, control. Any or all of these is what many construction managers strive for with every capital project they oversee. And yet, achieving any nuanced interpretation of project certainty remains unattainable for most capital projects, if the rather significant […]

3 Ways to Win at Construction Budget Accuracy

Capital projects don’t come with blank checks. Hence, the need for budgets. And yet, too many projects — even the most successful ones — wind up becoming money pits. Contractors and owners often watch as their projects’ budgets gradually creep, and often soar, past the limits established and agreed to during the planning stage. Though […]

Aligning Cost Breakdown Structure with Work Breakdown Structure

An adage in construction is that a successful project is any project that comes in under budget and ahead of schedule. Or at least one that doesn’t considerably over-run either one. In some cases, however, we have completely different audiences monitoring each of these two pillars within the triangle of scope, cost and time. While […]

Beyond the Model: Managing Your Completed Assets with Digital Twins

A digital twin is a virtual exact copy of a physical object. But it’s more than just a digital representation of a real-world project. Such a replica provides new ways to think about and manage projects (and assets) at a very fundamental level. Digital twins are gaining traction among construction companies that have implemented building […]

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