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Project Control System (PCS) on Building Information Modeling (BIM) Enabled Projects

For projects where Building Information Modeling (BIM) is used by the contractor for developing the shop drawings (LOD 400) based on the issued for construction (IFC) documents (LOD 350) and later the as-built documents (LOD 500), associating the BIM model objects with the project WBS levels and activities will be Read more…

By Tony, ago

Digitization Vs. Digitalization of Project Control System (PCS) Functions

There is always a misunderstanding on the differences between digitization and digitalization of project control system (PCS) functions on construction projects. For example, PCS functions digitization is when standard templates are created to capture the data associated with the different project management processes, such as potential variation/change orders, variation/change orders, Read more…

By Tony, ago

Why Contractors Should Give Great Care in Estimating, Monitoring, Evaluating, and Reporting Preliminaries on Capital Construction Projects

One of the common line items of every single capital construction project’s bill of quantity or schedule of values is preliminaries. Those are the cost of operating the construction project and would typically include the cost of  Site staff, including the project manager, engineers, foremen, quantity surveyors, office manager, storekeeper, Read more…

By Tony, ago