Posted on July 7, 2008 by Teppo Grén
How well are quantities and costs actually monitored and controlled on a construction project? How transparent is the information produced and how it can be verified with ease and accuracy? There are very elaborate project control systems in use, but do they really produce accurate, undisputable information and reports to top management?
A potential client of [...]
Filed under: Construction Quantity Surveying, Construction Scheduling | Tagged: better managed project, BIM, building information modelin, cost management, information transparency, logistics, management reporting, procurement, QIM, quantity information management, quantity management, quantity surveying, resourcing, scheduling | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 2, 2008 by Teppo Grén
The age old problem of managing the civil works on industrial projects became apparent yet again at the recent PowerGen Europe 2008 exhibition in Milan on June 3-5th, 2008.
The usual comment received from process automation people regarding civil works is that it always goes over budget and causes problems. Civil works seem to be regarded [...]
Filed under: Construction Accounting & Business, Construction Data Technology, Construction Process Improvement, Construction Quantity Surveying, Construction Scheduling, Industrial Construction | Tagged: civil works, cost management, heavy industry, information management, Powergen, return on investment, ROI, savings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 8, 2008 by Janne Saarikko
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the key concepts required for successful information management throughout the project. BIM works as the center of the design phase and is a must for any construction design practitioner. Besides of being important for the design disciplines, it’s an enabler for quick creation and uniformity of data for the rest of the [...]
Filed under: Construction Design, Construction Project Management, Construction Quantity Surveying, Construction Scheduling | Tagged: BIM, building information modeling, costing, QIM, quantity information management, quantity surveying, scheduling | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 28, 2008 by Janne Saarikko
A very common question that everybody needs to face in their life. People will try to hold onto it, and most of the time they will.
But not in the business of building. In the beginning there is a budget, which has good reasoning for it. And then – very, very often in the end the [...]
Filed under: Construction Accounting & Business, Construction Design, Construction Process Improvement, Construction Project Management, Construction Scheduling, Construction Site Management | Tagged: construction, budget, ignorance, people | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 22, 2008 by Janne Saarikko
Welcome!
This is a blog for those interesting in solving the huge paradigm of effective management of a building project.
We have been fed up for some time with the fact that many, many buildings are being finished late from the schedule, over the budget and with lower than expected quality.
We believe that these problems can be solved.
We [...]
Filed under: Construction Accounting & Business, Construction Data Technology, Construction Design, Construction Process Improvement, Construction Project Management, Construction Quantity Surveying, Construction Scheduling, Construction Site Management | Tagged: construction, building, problems, change, manifesto | Leave a Comment »
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