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Work in Progress (WIP) Report in Construction (Template Included)

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General contractors strive to maintain each job’s profit margin, so it makes sense that the construction project will be monitored closely to ensure it’s progressing as planned. A WIP report, an abbreviation of a work-in-progress report, is the tool general contractors use to monitor costs.

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Project Monitoring and Control: Tools & Steps

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All are important, especially project monitoring. Project monitoring and control is how a project manager ensures the plan they’re implementing with the project team goes off without a hitch. Project controlling involves a lot of steps to thoroughly monitor the project schedule, resources and costs.

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How to Manage Project Environment from Initiation to Close

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A project has five phases: initiation, planning, execution, monitor and control and close. Monitoring and controlling: These two activities take place at the same time as the project execution. This is followed by a review of the project, documenting all lessons learned and closing all project records.

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Project Management for Professional Services Providers

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This is done through project management processes, such as planning, scheduling, executing and monitoring projects. Project management methodologies and techniques are employed to achieve these goals, such as planning, monitoring and controlling the project through its execution and so forth.

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What Is a Program Roadmap? (Example & Template Included)

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Multiple Project Tracking Template Use this free multiple project tracking template for Excel to monitor the progress of all the projects in a program. Project Dashboard Template Another way to monitor progress, tasks, workload, costs and more is with this free project dashboard template for Excel.

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Post-Construction Phase: How to Close a Construction Project

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Related: 11 Free Excel Construction Templates Post-Construction Documents Some consider the post-construction phase the most important of a building’s life cycle because it involves a close working relationship with the general contractor and the building owner. To manage that transition are many post-construction documents.

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10 Best Construction Software for Mac (Free & Paid)

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That includes making schedules on Gantt charts, project calendars and task lists and having dashboards and reports to monitor and control the construction project. Cost management: Costs can be monitored and controlled across construction features, such as timesheets , dashboards and budget baselines.