Sharepoint

Friends don’t let friends drive Sharepoint

Friends don’t let friends drive SharePoint. When it comes to a document management system for your mining project, I can’t think of anything positive to say about Microsoft SharePoint. I have worked for a few different employers as well as clients who neglected to thoroughly analyze their document management requirements (scope) and subsequently deployed SharePoint…

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Construction project controls

Enabling improved construction project controls. If not now, when?

Enabling improved construction Project Controls, if not now, when? Today’s Owner and EPC Companies are frequently dealing with significant budget overruns and schedule delays, placing significant pressure on them to adopt project controls strategies which better fit their company and the projects they execute. Fred Wellman discusses strategies to rapidly transform project controls for organizations…

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Construction dispute resolution

Your construction dispute resolution process is missing: Here’s the evidence

Your construction dispute resolution process is missing: Here’s the evidence Every little claim is a legal battle. Time, dates, photos, evidence. Whoever has the better records of the construction work wins. As a General Contractor, responsible for delivering the largest and most complex construction projects across the world, your project might involve hundreds of people…

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Construction project management software

Dear general contractors, stop building construction management software

Dear general contractors, stop building construction management software. During the web boom of the early 2000s, companies like Aconex, QA Software (Team Binder) and Procore launched onto the scene with new document management systems to significantly improve the way a construction document was being shared during a construction project’s lifecycle. Leighton Contractors (now CPB), under…

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