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Hard Costs vs Soft Costs in Construction: Definitions & Examples

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LEED Certification for Commercial Real Estate Projects: As sustainable buildings become more in demand, you may need to acquire a LEED certification. Land, Permits, Survey Fees: This includes land and real estate development costs associated with the legal process.

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Most Common Project Management Roadblocks to Avoid for Better Outcomes

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Here are six of the most common project management challenges and what to do in order to achieve better outcomes for your team and your projects. Project Bidding Issues. Accurately estimating project costs for bidding is important for landing the project and making it profitable.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Operations management focuses on maximizing efficiency while minimizing costs. Projects cost money and mess up efficiency by changing ways of working, but when a project finishes, the end product is handed over into the operational environment. More on that later.

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Commercial Construction Management: A Quick Guide

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There’s also a boundary survey to certify the site’s elevation. With the site determined, you next need to set a budget that outlines your hard and soft costs. This requires researching prices for similar buildings and the cost per square foot will vary widely depending on where you’re building. Construction Estimate Template.

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A Short History of Project Management

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Another major project related happening was the growing popularity of value engineering (VE), which was widely used at General Electric. This functioned to help measure the value of alternatives (for example, using cheaper resources and/or materials to reduce project costs or design-to-cost) especially when there was a scarcity of resources.

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2020 Challenges and Trends in Construction

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There’s a worldwide certification program called LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) that sets up standards for improving construction processes to make them more environmentally friendly. . Besides, it also reduces the lead time, costs, and resolves the problem with the workforce shortage. USA and Canada.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

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Project management terminology can be complicated. It doesn’t matter whether you’re working towards your PMP certification or simply managing projects casually in your organization, knowing core project management terms always helps. Baseline Schedule: The planned schedule of different activities in a project.