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Why Use Project Management?

There is some feeling in the construction industry that an overall strategy for project management and control is not really necessary — that one can monitor the job effectively enough by walking around the site to ensure on-time completion and a profit. In reality, the current state of the construction industry is such that more effective techniques for control and management on the job are essential.

Audited Financial Statements

There is no function more critical to success in construction than effective management of financial and other records. 

Earn AIA CEU Credit Attending RCD Webcasts

Reed Construction Data webcasts provide timely and reliable insights into construction industry trends, with analyses and forecasts by a team of experts from Reed Construction Data, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. AIA members can receive continuing education credits for attending these webcasts, and non-members can request a certificate to apply toward Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE) state requirements.

Windows & Glass: Security Measures

Reinforcing or “beefing up” a building might be referred to as the “fortress solution.” A collateral approach might be to protect a building’s structural system as well as its vital vertical systems for fatal damage, while at the same time permitting violent impacts or explosions to expend themselves on more absorbent flexible materials.

Accounting and Record Keeping

There is no function more critical to success in the construction business than effective management of financial and other records. Solid accounting and record-keeping policies are a must. 

Estimating Doors: Tips from the Experts

A proper door schedule on the architectural drawings will identify each opening in detail. Define each opening in accordance with the items in the schedule and any other pertinent data. Installation information should be carefully reviewed in the specifications.

LEED® v3: The Rundown

Not too long before summer rolled around, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) introduced their online green building certification process, LEED Version 3 (LEED v3). Designed with a better user experience in mind, LEED v3 consists of three main components.

Exterior Security Lighting

Exterior lighting can enhance building security. Here are some basic precepts of exterior security lighting.

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How to Cut Builder Tech Costs without Cutting Effectiveness

In any business, large or small, there is one mantra that gets chanted over and over anytime the economy goes even a little weak: cut costs. Of course when the economy completely tanks and ordinary citizens start wondering if they should keep their money in their mattresses instead of the major banks, the mantra does seem to get noticeably louder.

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