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Industrial Construction: Examples of Industrial Projects

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When viewing construction, one commonly recognizes three sectors: residential, commercial and infrastructure. For example, commercial construction can be classified into three subcategories of retail, office, multifamily and industrial construction. What Is Industrial Construction?

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How to Manage a Residential Construction Project

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There are four types of construction projects: commercial construction, industrial construction, infrastructure construction and residential construction. Residential construction might be the easiest for laypeople to understand as most of us live in these types of structures.

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General Conditions in Construction: Definitions & Best Practices

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The general contractor is responsible for all the construction contracting activities that occur on a construction site. These general conditions in construction are varied and costly. If you’re a general contractor working in construction project management, you’ll need to know about general conditions.

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What Is a Construction Site? Site Planning and Site Inspection 101

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There’s much to plan in construction. For example, the construction site. The building site requires site inspection, construction site safety and more. Let’s take a closer look at this often-neglected side of construction project management. What Is a Construction Site? What Is Site Planning?

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Construction Delivery Methods: A Quick Guide for Projects

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Construction delivery methods matter. They are the means by which a construction project gets from idea to completion. That’s a long and complicated journey in construction project management, which is why knowing the best construction delivery method is so important. What Is a Construction Delivery Method?

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Construction Engineering: A Quick Guide With Definitions, Roles and More

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Construction is a field with a lot of disciplines. Every process is important to construction project management, especially construction engineering. But what is construction engineering and is it the same as civil engineering? We’ll explain what a construction engineer is and how it differs from a civil engineer.

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Public Infrastructure: Project Management as a Key Success Factor

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Even though this project not quite reaches the epic financial miscalculation of Berlin’s BER airport, it again shows the difficulties realizing public infrastructure projects within their tightly constraint project plan. Public construction projects require approval. There are others, which are entirely preventable.