Builder’s Preliminaries and Site Costs image
A building site is a temporary outside factory... producing a million dollar, or more, prototype… so the cost of setting it up and running it is often bigger than ...
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The Goods and Services Tax influences the way we do business and the cost of products, fees and services … and also cash flow. Consider this when ...
Continue ReadingSite Penalties : Unstable, volatile or reactive soils image
Locating a new building on unstable, volatile or reactive soils can really eat into a projects’ budget. This is a site penalty that makes the substructure often ...
Continue ReadingTendering Etiquette image
Tenders may be conducted in many different ways. And sometimes the methods used can be a real concern. Tendering (for both the main contract ...
Continue ReadingPrime Cost Sums and Provisional Sums image
A fitting or item that is part of the contract (of works), but the specific type, model or brand of the item has either not been selected ...
Continue ReadingEscalation and Indices – Time is money … (or Rise and Fall) image
Escalation allowances (also known as Rise-and-Fall) are allowances included for potential cost changes to products, materials, wages, etc. for the time ...
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