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De-Risk Construction Bids
Here are five tips to help general contractors and developers bidding for big projects reduce their exposure to risk by successfully navigating this perilous process and laying the groundwork for more successful bids.
By René Morkos
November 17, 2021
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by René Morkos
René Morkos is the founder and CEO of ALICE Technologies. The son of a civil engineer, René grew up in the construction industry, working on a wide range of projects with international impact managing infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, building an underwater pipeline in Beirut, engineering the automation of a gas refinery project in Abu Dhabi and leading development of virtual design and construction models for Amsterdam’s cruise ship terminal—before creating the world’s first Artificial Intelligence for use in construction.
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