Construction is one of those industries where quality has a direct impact on project costs and timelines, the structures themselves, the environment, people's well-being, and the construction company's business reputation. In recent years, project...
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Construction is one of those industries where quality has a direct impact on project costs and timelines, the structures themselves, the environment, people’s well-being, and the construction company’s business reputation. In recent years, project owners have also been raising the bar not only on quality but on project requirements. How can this higher expectation be […]
Infrastructure and capital projects are soaring in activity and number, and so are their expenses. External factors such as rising prices for materials, along with fluctuating supply chain issues and difficulty in finding sufficient labor resources all play a part. Further amplifying this cost trend is the growing size and complexity of capital projects themselves, […]
While there may be some debate over when the practice of building commissioning actually started, it’s safe to say it became part of the regular construction workflow in the early 1980s. That’s not so long ago, given construction’s long history. Back then, the commissioning process would gear-up just as the project completion date was nearing […]
Commercial construction projects require the involvement of many subtrades with many hands from various entities contributing to the work. Often, the work of one group of subcontractors in their respective subtrade has a direct impact on the next subtrade. Therefore, subcontractors must ensure that all inspections are properly tracked and reliably documented. We do this […]
Construction projects are huge efforts of design, permitting, material management, labor, specialty work and commissioning all of which produce many forms of required documentation through each phase of the project. Every document is meant to reduce risk throughout the process for each of the players participating in the project such as owners, contractors, subcontractors, designers, […]
Project certainty is the holy grail of all construction projects, and for good reason. Yet why does it still seem so elusive? It can help to remember that the natural counterpart of certainty is risk. Therefore, it’s only logical that if you want increased project certainty, you have to reduce risk. Fortunately, there are proactive […]