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What Does a Building Inspection Cover? (Checklist Included)

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Construction projects must adhere to many codes and regulations. Before a construction project can be completed, it must pass a building inspection. Building inspections vary, but they’re part of the construction process for commercial, residential and industrial projects. What Is a Building Inspection?

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The Gantt Chart in Construction Project Management: Understanding the Best Planning & Scheduling Tool

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Gantt charts have been a fundamental project management tool for over a century, and it’s easy to understand why. Construction Gantt charts, therefore, are a natural fit. Gantt charts in construction can be used for any number of different activities. What Is a Construction Gantt Chart?

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How to Make a Contractor Payment Schedule in Construction (Template Included)

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Construction projects are often long and complicated endeavors. Let’s look at the construction payment schedule to fully understand its benefits. The contractor payment schedule is how contractors in construction projects are paid. The construction payment schedule can be looked at as a sort of insurance.

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What Is a General Contractor In Construction? Role & Responsibilities

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Construction projects are notoriously difficult. That’s what a general contractor is in construction project management. That’s what a general contractor is in construction project management. Project management software can help run the project more efficiently. What Is a General Contractor?

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Construction Reporting: Types of Construction Reports

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All projects use reporting to monitor progress and performance, but in construction reporting is especially important. Construction reports are more varied and chart everything from project status to incidents and compliance. First, let’s define what construction reporting is and then explain why construction reports are so important.

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Construction Reporting: Types of Construction Reports

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All projects use reporting to monitor progress and performance, but in construction, reporting is especially important. Construction reports are more varied and chart everything from project status to incidents and compliance. First, let’s define what construction reporting is and then explain why construction reports are so important.

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An Introduction to Construction Management

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” They did it with construction management. Construction is, of course, a project, one that tends to be long, complex and involves many different parties to deliver. In order to control all those moving parts, construction professionals use construction management for all project delivery methods.