10 Tips to Job Costing
0According to the United States Census Bureau, there are over two-and-a-half million firms involved in the construction industry in the U.S. That’s a lot of competition! Read More »
According to the United States Census Bureau, there are over two-and-a-half million firms involved in the construction industry in the U.S. That’s a lot of competition! Read More »
What are the ‘appropriate’ markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects? Read More »
Good Shepherd Catholic Church and the St. Joseph Diocese of Kansas City hired HMN with Castrop Design Group to design a new church for the parish relocation. Creating a master plan for the 32 - acre site was the first step. It included space for the church, chapel, school, gym, daycare, outdoor recreation and rectory. After completing the master plan, the HMN design team began designing Read More »
As an estimator approaches any cost estimate, he should keep in mind what is shown on the documents he’s estimating, along with what’s not shown, that will affect the pricing (an example would be that a door is shown but the door hardware has yet to be selected), and outside influences that could have a financial effect on the estimate value. Read More »
Housing is still leading the construction parade with sustained growth at 10% for 2014. Commercial construction is following, but at a slower rate of growth (5%) projected for the year. Public construction is expected to lag the private sector - showing little or even negative growth. Yet, overall these are positive trends for our industry, and a signal that the long construction drought may be coming to an end. Read More »
Construction Material Costs for September/October - Housing and commercial construction are up and in recovery mode. Read More »
