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Successfully Navigating NEC4, Early Warning and Compensation Events

by InEight | Sep 14, 2023

Most people would agree with the general statement that increased collaboration in a business is a good thing. Since the new engineering contract model, version four (NEC4) has a reputation for improving collaboration between construction clients...

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 […]

Taking the Complexity Out of Quantitative Risk Assessment

When thinking about your latest capital project, many questions naturally arise. What if the steel supplier can’t deliver on time? What if engineering doesn’t approve design submissions in three iterations and instead takes eight? How will a supply chain delay in procuring equipment affect turnover to operations? And what will each of these cost in […]

Everything Project Managers Need to Know About Construction Schedules

Construction projects can get complicated. With so many contingencies and moving parts, creating schedule realism can feel overwhelming. Fortunately, construction scheduling software offers several benefits for project managers and their teams. Construction Scheduling Software to Better Plan Capital Projects When you’re working on capital projects or any project of a massive or particularly complex nature, it’s […]

Construction Design Management: Raising the Technology Bar

The methods and tools used in construction design have evolved considerably over the last 40 years, from the early days of computer-aided design (CAD) to today’s multi-dimensional building information modeling (BIM). In that time, capital projects have matured as well, becoming more technically sophisticated, being subject to stricter standards and involving a wider array of […]

How Planning Throughout Project Execution Averts Risk

Construction is built around plans. Those plans involve more than simply organizing how, when and where job tasks will be done, and saying “go!” They have to also ensure those tasks will be free of the constraints and risks — known and unknown — that can throw them off track. That’s why planning doesn’t […]

4 Key Infrastructure Project Delivery Risks and How to Avoid Them

Ultimately, construction project delivery is about handing over a project that meets the owner’s schedule, cost and quality expectations. More often than not, however, those expectations aren’t completely met, and can even far exceed original estimates by the time the project is turned over to the owner. This is particularly common among infrastructure projects […]

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