It is important to keep bid forms as simple as possible! The Prime Contractor has a full plate as it is receiving last minute bids from subcontractors and vendors and trying to verify they have a complete bid at the best price possible. Complex bids only increases the chance the estimator will make a mistake [...]
Even now, with all the hoopla on the poor state of the economy, I find it hard to believe that people are interested in really saving money on the construction delivery process. It seems they are just talking about saving money and not taking the right steps. Projects are being scaled down, postponed or cancelled. [...]
This is a question that matters to most of the people involved in preconstruction services, whether the owner, architect, or construction manager. However, very few even give it much thought. After all, what is the difference between preparing an estimate following the trades (MasterFormat) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) or the elements methodology (Uniformat)? This discussion [...]
