Using Technology to Improve the Cost Estimating, Revenue Capturing and Actual Cost Incurred of Engineering and Design Deliverables on Capital Projects
For engineering and design consultants, using traditional cost estimating tools that are usually configured for estimating the cost of a...
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Using Cost Estimate Checklists to Ensure the Quality of the Estimated Capital Project Cost During the Engineering Design Phases
The Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) defines cost estimate as the process of developing an...
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The Need for Lean Meetings in Engineering and Construction Projects
The Corona Virus, or COVID-19, has proven that online meetings can perfectly replace the very costly and less efficient meetings...
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How Can Technology Bring the Much-Needed Transparency and Objectivity in Assessing Engineering Consultants and Contractors Prequalification Documents on Capital Projects?
For a capital project owner, one of the proven response strategies for reducing the project’s risk exposure is to outsource...
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The Emerging Role of Digital Reporting Engineers on Capital Construction Projects
The growing adoption of Project Management Information Systems (PMIS) like PMWeb in managing the massive volume of the daily transactions...
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Managing, Monitoring and Evaluating Value Engineering Change Proposals (VECPs) on Capital Construction Projects
Although the practice that is commonly adopted on capital construction projects is to have value engineering during the design development...
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Documenting Recommendations for Shortlisted Value Engineering Ideas During the Develop Recommendations Phase of Value Engineering Workshops on Capital Construction Projects
Similar to any other business process needed in managing the execution of capital construction projects, documenting value engineering workshops not...
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Documenting the Value Engineering Ideas Evaluation During the Creative Phase of Value Engineering Workshops on Capital Construction Projects
Similar to any other business process needed in managing the execution of capital construction projects, documenting value engineering workshops not...
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Documenting the Function Analysis Phase of Value Engineering Workshops on Capital Construction Projects
Similar to any other business process needed in managing the execution of capital construction projects, documenting value engineering workshops not...
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Using Checklists to Enforce Formal Implementation of Value Engineering Best Practices on Capital Construction Projects
With the growing demand to optimize capital project investments and to do more with fewer funds, project owners are now...
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Using Earned Value Management (EVM) for Reporting the Performance of Engineering Deliverables on Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) Projects
The engineering stage of an Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) project is of critical importance for all entities involved in delivering the project....
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How to Fulfill the Specification Requirements Set for Submittals Using PMIS
The Construction Specification Institute (CSI) specification section for submittals is an example of specifications for managing submittals that are a...
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How Planning Engineers Can Use PMIS to Ensure Complete Fulfilment of the Project Schedule Specification
Similar to other capital construction projects’ deliverables, there is a growing trend among Project Owners to include a detailed specification...
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The Earned Performance for Engineering and Procurement Deliverables on EPC and LSTK Contracts
One of the key requirements on Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) and Lump Sum Turnkey (LTSK) contracts is the formal documentation, monitoring, evaluation,...
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Are You Ready for the Emerging Impact of Social Distancing on Managing Engineering and Construction Projects?
A special task force at Harvard University has stated recently that social distancing could be required until 2022 to mitigate...
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Monitoring, Evaluating, and Reporting Planned and Actual Resources Usage and Performance Efficiency During the Capital Project Engineering Phase
For Engineering Consultants, EPC Contractors, Design-Build Contractors, and other entities whose work scope includes creating engineering deliverables such as drawings...
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Objective Evaluation and Appraisal of Engineering Consultants Performance on Capital Projects
Project Owners need to monitor their engineering consultant’s performance throughout a contract stages of design and construction supervision. In addition,...
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