Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. Today, we're going to be talking about installation. We've had a lot of questions come in lately about how to be effective at building automation installation. So, we're going to be talking about several tips that I have picked up over my career that have come to really help with building automation installation, and I hope that you're able to take some value from these.
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BAS Installation Tips and Tricks
By Phil Zito on Mar 7, 2023 5:00:00 AM
Topics: Building Automation System building automation smartbuildings documents installation safety efficiency
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How to Program from Submittals
By Phil Zito on Mar 29, 2022 4:00:00 AM
Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we're going to be covering how to program from submittals or basically just how to program from any sequence of operations documentation.
Topics: Building Automation System projects Sales how to smartbuildings documents program
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How to Perform Graphics and Front-End Setup
By Phil Zito on Mar 24, 2022 4:00:00 AM
Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to be discussing how to perform graphics and front-end setup.
Topics: Building Automation System projects Sales how to smartbuildings graphics documents front end setup
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How to Manage Project Costs
By Phil Zito on Mar 17, 2022 4:00:00 AM
Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back! In this post, we are going to be discussing how to manage project costs. This post is sponsored by ourProject Management Bootcamp course.If you are looking to learn more about project management, and you would like to learn how to run your building automation projects profitably and on time, then you definitely need to check out this course.
Topics: Building Automation System projects Sales how to smartbuildings documents costs
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How to Schedule out Labor and Common Tasks
By Phil Zito on Mar 15, 2022 4:00:00 AM
Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to be discussing how to schedule out labor and common tasks for your building automation projects. So, up to this point in our BAS project management and operations series, we have talked through sales to operationshandoffs, performing takeoffs and re-estimates, creating submittals and project documents, and lining out our subcontractors.
Topics: Building Automation System projects Sales how to smartbuildings documents labor scheduling
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How to Line Out Subcontractors
By Phil Zito on Mar 10, 2022 4:00:00 AM
Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back.Today, we're going to be talking about how to line out subcontractors. So, up to this point we've talked about performing a sales to operations handoff, we have talked about performing takeoffs and re-estimates, and we've talked about creating submittals and project documents.
Topics: Building Automation System projects Sales how to smartbuildings documents line out subcontractors
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How to Create Submittals and Project Documents
By Phil Zito on Mar 8, 2022 2:24:06 PM
Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back! In this post, we're going to be discussing how to create submittals and project documents. So, if you've been following the series and you are of the operations or technical side of the business, you're definitely going to want to read each of these posts because it's really going to make clear to you exactly how projects are executed, what deliverables are required during the execution of projects, how to manage those deliverables, and you're also going to get some tips and tricks along the way.
Topics: Building Automation System projects Sales how to smartbuildings documents submittals
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How to Perform Takeoffs and Re-estimates
By Phil Zito on Mar 3, 2022 10:34:03 AM
Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to be talking about how to perform takeoffs and re-estimates.