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Top Construction Estimating Services for Accurate Project Cost Estimation

The Architecture Designs

Construction projects can be complex, and accurate cost estimation is critical to your success. Considering many factors, including materials, labor, equipment, and more, it can be challenging for construction companies to provide accurate cost estimates. Thus, construction estimating services are essential.

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Oceanwide Plaza, LA's unfinished high-rise graffiti mecca, faces impending sale

Archinect

The LA Times also reports the brokerage firm Colliers to have submitted an application estimating the property’s current value at $485 million and stating it is still just 60% completed. Taggers recently covered its outer walls with graffiti visible from far away.

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Free Webinar: How to Estimate Fees (An Architect’s Guide to Success)

Architizer

We’re excited to be joined by Douglas Teiger, FAIA , founder of Teiger Consulting, for an insightful new webinar that will demystify the process and help you (and your firm) become more profitable. By the end of the session, you will learn how to: Identify the correlation between project scope, estimated cost of project, and fee.

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An updated study led by Gensler tracks progress of office-to-residential conversion data

Archinect

Gensler Principal Steven Paynter shares an update announcing important statistical findings related to his firm’s work surrounding the adaptive reuse and conversion of office buildings worldwide. The firm shares that an estimate of only 25% of buildings (from Gensler's original assessment) are suitable for conversion.

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Steven Holl and SKUPINA-designed Terezín Ghetto Museum advances

Archinect

The firm was named the winner of an international competition to design an extension of the existing museum in 2022 and will deliver the project on the site, which was first constructed as a citadel in 1780. Steven Holl Architects is advancing toward the start of their Terezín Ghetto Museum project in the Czech Republic.

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10 Best Criteria to know the Estimation of Your Dream House

Design Thoughts Architects

10 Best Criteria to Know the Estimation of Your Dream House. Before you start building your house, you should estimate some important elements like affordability, land availability, legal formalities, location, house construction cost, and time till you put the final brick in the wall. CARPET AREA + WALL AREA = BUILT UP AREA.

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Frank Gehry's Ocean Avenue Project gets the final go-ahead in Santa Monica

Archinect

The estimated cost of the project is around $243 million, and the firm says it will include a cultural program and employment package that will deliver an estimated $53.3 million in economic benefits to the Westside community.