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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Any real property owner can control construction costs for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects. Consistently delivering quality projects on time and on budget simply requires leadership, accountability, and commitment. Controlling construction costs is not rocket science, nor does it involve time travel.

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Job Order Contract Program Implementation

Job Order Contracting

It’s generally considered that numerous and repetitive renovation, repair, maintenance, and/or sustainability work, and minor new construction with a minimum annual volume of $2M is appropriate for job order contracting. Historical and planned budgets also are evaluated to assure long term, consistent execution of the JOC program.

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Job Order Contracting in Canada

Building Information Management

Job Order Contracting (JOC) was born of the United States military contracting world, where small construction projects were taking up to 18 months and 20 per cent of project budget to design and procure. Typical JOC projects might include renovations, upgrading classrooms or conference rooms, lighting replacements, paving, or fencing.

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How to Avoid Construction Disputes

Job Order Contracting

While the construction sector is notorious for its low productivity and waste, any facilities management team can consistently deliver project on-demand, on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. This is greatly aided by a cloud-based program/project/estimate/document management systems.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” ” I get this question a lot from my architect friends when helping them budget their projects through the design process. Thursday, May 31, 2012. Mark It Up!

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What every Owner should know about Construction Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Budget and other factors. Competitive bidding with selection being the lowest cost selection of the bidder compliant with the scope of work and associated the bid documents. ? Risk dependent upon completeness and accuracy of construction documents within a relatively ‘ad hoc’ process. Design-Bid-Build. ?

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A New Resource for JOC – Job Order Contracting Services

Building Information Management

The new company has been established to help Owners bring sophisticated thinking and efficient, scalable processes ongoing renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction programs. Historic and budgeted volume and project type are reviewed. Strategic Planning for JOC. RFP Development.