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  2. Starter homes are shrinking in sizeā€”but not in price, new ...

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    Consider residential construction company BVM Contracting: The company saw a 20% increase in its total material costs post-COVID, Ryan Meagher, a business development manager at BVM and cofounder ...

  3. Construction buyer - Wikipedia

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    A construction buyer will seek quotes on prices and availability of materials from a variety of suppliers, and manage and report on the accumulative cost of all new purchases. Also required of a buyer is ensuring that all materials comply with health and safety guidelines, and that the project estimator is fully briefed on the cost of materials.

  4. Will California homeowners relocate or rebuild? Both are costly

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    For example, if someone’s insurance covers $100,000 for a property, the insurance company might cover another $20,000 — or 20% — in additional living expenses, Collins said.

  5. List of optical illusions - Wikipedia

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    The Hollow-Face illusion is an optical illusion in which the perception of a concave mask of a face appears as a normal convex face. Hybrid image: A Hybrid image is an optical illusion developed at MIT in which an image can be interpreted in one of two different ways depending on viewing distance. Illusory contours

  6. Cost database - Wikipedia

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    A cost database includes the electronic equivalent of a cost book, or cost reference book, a tool used by estimators for many years. Cost books may be internal records at a particular company or agency, [1] or they may be commercially published books on the open market. AEC teams and federal agencies can and often do collect internally sourced ...

  7. City sues construction contractors, alleging faulty work on ...

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    Sep. 16—The city of Santa Fe is suing contractors that conducted work on dams at the Nichols and McClure reservoirs, alleging faulty work is now costing the city millions of dollars in repairs.

  8. Glossary of construction cost estimating - Wikipedia

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    A Allocation of costs is the transfer of costs from one cost item to one or more other cost items. Allowance - a value in an estimate to cover the cost of known but not yet fully defined work. As-sold estimate - the estimate which matches the agreed items and price for the project scope. B Basis of estimate (BOE) - a document which describes the scope basis, pricing basis, methods ...

  9. Construction hiring in 'wait-and-see mode' amid interest rate ...

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    Data from the Labor Department showed that construction firms added 10,000 jobs in November following a modest gain of 2,000 jobs in October. Analysis from the Center for Economic and Policy ...