Progress Payment in Construction: How Contractors Get Paid
A progress payment in construction is a partial payment for work already done, not one lump sum at the end of a project. An owner or general contractor pays it to a contractor or subcontractor as work moves forward. This keeps cash flowing through construction projects that might last months or years. It also ties […]
BIM Coordination: Process, Tools & Best Practices
A mechanical coordinator opens the federated model two weeks before ductwork installation. A duct run cuts straight through a structural beam. The clash sits on screen, not on the jobsite, and nobody has to tear anything out to fix it. That single catch isn’t an isolated win. As per a 2020 study in the Journal […]
Construction Surveying: How Reality Capture Helps
A survey crew sets up a total station at 6 AM to re-shoot control points on a five-story building. A column on the third floor landed four inches off the grid line the drawings called for. Now the general contractor needs an answer before the concrete crew arrives. As per NIST’s interoperability cost study, poor […]
The Benefits of a Construction Executive Dashboard
Picture this. It’s Monday morning. You open your project report and something feels off. The cost code is running hot. A trade is behind schedule. But here’s the catch. This “current” report is actually describing last week. Whatever caused that problem has already gotten worse while you were reading about it. That’s the reality for […]
What Good Electrical Rough-In Progress Monitoring Looks Like
An inspector arrives for a scheduled electrical rough-in inspection. Nobody has actually run the wiring behind one wall yet. The general contractor called for the inspection based on the schedule, not a confirmed check of the work. The inspection fails, and drywall waits another week. NIST studied poor data handoff and coordination across the U.S. […]
Construction Scheduling and Planning: A Complete Guide
Construction scheduling and planning is the process of mapping out every phase of a build, from site layout to final walkthrough, so crews, subcontractors, and owners know what happens next and when. A good schedule turns a long list of tasks into a sequence people can actually follow. A weak one turns into daily guesswork, […]
Ground Control Points: A Complete Guide for Drone Mapping
The number of construction teams moving to new tools like drone mapping is steadily increasing. However, drone mapping alone is not enough. What you need is an accurate report with little room for error. This is where GCPs come into the picture. Ground control oints are physical markers placed on the ground at specific locations […]
The Last Planner System in Lean Construction
The Last Planner System is a collaborative planning process used in Lean Construction. It shifts scheduling authority from top-down pushing (Executives → Foremen) to bottom-up commitment (Foremen → Executives). Key Takeaways: What is the Last Planner System? Picture a schedule built entirely in an office, far from the crew who will carry it out. No […]
Two Aerial 360 Capture Drones, and what they are built for
Track3D’s aerial 360 capture library now includes footage from two drones, the DJI Avata 360 and the Antigravity A1. Both fly a full 360 camera through overhead space and feed the same Reality Intelligence workflow. Key Takeaways Track3D Now Flies Two Drones A construction site is not one kind of space. Some rooms are […]
Types of Construction Delays & How to Manage Delays in Construction Projects
A superintendent pulls up the three-week lookahead on a Monday morning. The drywall crew is scheduled for Zone C. But Zone C’s electrical rough-in hasn’t passed inspection yet. The crew shows up anyway, because the schedule said so. By Thursday, the wall comes down. That single week costs more than the original delay ever would […]