Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Collaborative Construction Procurement Planning and Project Delivery is a robust process for consistently achieving long-term best value for all participants and stakeholders. Following these best practices leads to major gains in productivity and significant improvement in resource utilization.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Best Value Facilities Construction/O&M Planning, Procurement and Project Delivery can only be achieved with a concerted focus upon change management, education, and leadership. The post Best Value Facilities Construction/O&M Planning, Procurement and Project Delivery appeared first on 4BT.

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Procurement Plans Life Cycle CSI 150

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 1, 2019

LEAN Construction Cost Estimating Drives Optimal Performance. Eighty percent (80%) of all construction projects are late, over-budget, or incorrectly completed. Based upon the size of the project, there is great value for an owner to develop an internal detailed line item estimate to compare against a builder’s estimate.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 12, 2022

JOC Procurement Processes. • JOC Cost Estimating. • Public sector procurement and facilities management professionals are re-evaluating their Job Order Contracting and capital planning processes, and setting ambitious process improvement goals. Increase productivity. JOC Construction Best Management Practices. •

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Contract Procurement Renovating Budgeting 211

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 24, 2020

-+. Construction Cost Estimating – LEAN. This paper ” Construction Cost Estimating-LEAN” discusses the positive impacts of collaboration, a common data environment, and locally researched detailed line item construction cost data. Failure to adapt to readily available, proven and robust cost estimating practices.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 31, 2019

BEST VALUE Public Sector Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery requires the LEAN integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology. Learn more… The post BEST VALUE Public Sector Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery appeared first on 4BT.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 19, 2023

The application of systems thinking to ALL projects via a robust PROCESS ensures consistently well planned, executable quality outcomes on time and on budget. Continuing through latter prescribed phases provides the framework for productive and progressive construction. Sustainable Facilities Management [contact-form] 4bt.us

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Over eighty percent (80%) of construction projects are over-budget, late, or not competed correctly. The fundamental reason for poor outcomes is the failure to implement and properly manage robust and integrated LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery processes.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Open Construction Cost Estimating for 2018 and Beyond! Create you own line items from a core line item database, build estimates, manage projects, store and view virtually all forms of documents. Begin to improve your planning, budgeting, and construction management decisions today. Furthermore, our platform is IFC compatible.

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Estimating Life Cycle Construction CSI 100

Job Order Contracting

JULY 1, 2019

Any real property owner can develop and deploy a robust Framework for Integrated Facilities Planning, Procurement, and LEAN Project Delivery. A UPB eliminates the sole reliance upon contractor and subcontractor quotes or “back of the envelope” estimates. Simplifying a System to Meet Actual Facilities Needs.

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ProcurementExpress.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Construction teams face unique procurement challenges due to the complex nature of the business. As technology changes the game, procurement is becoming a strategic juggling act. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning.

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Procurement Plans Construction Budgeting 63

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 9, 2017

Here are a few lessons learned with respect to improving construction productivity, and overall life-cycle management of the built environment. Thus, a road map to improving the woefully low productivity associated with the AECOO sector is there for everyone’s use. It is NOT solely a procurement method. Best Value Procurement.

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Contract Products Life Cycle Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Integrated internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams. Productivity. Productivity Press, Portland, 510 p. International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, New York, 84. (3) International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, New York, 84. (3) Regular third-party audits.

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ProcurementExpress.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Construction teams face unique procurement challenges due to the complex nature of the business. As technology changes the game, procurement is becoming a strategic juggling act. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning.

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Construction Marketing

JUNE 17, 2010

Improving the effectiveness of a new product launch is of critical importance to most companies and brands as new product development costs can be stratospheric, coupled with extremely high failure rates. Some estimates of new product failure as high as 90%! Product evaluation (interviews, focus groups).

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 1, 2019

Most of these results define LEAN Construction as a variant of the following ” Lean construction is based on the lean manufacturing popularized by the Toyota Production System developed by Taiichi Ohno after World War II. Core Elements of LEAN Construction Services Procurement and Project Delivery.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

While traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems, Job Order Contracting can consistently deliver quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. The latter used for estimating, negotiating, project control and closeout. JOC requires a focus upon change management.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 17, 2020

Anyone with the appropriate levels of motivation, expectation, leadership, and competency can begin to implement LEAN, integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery today. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” ” Henry Ford.

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Construction Change Orders Procurement Legal 149

Job Order Contracting

JULY 31, 2020

Proven Job Order Contracting Practices have evolved to enable the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction project on-time and on-budget. Tools and services are readily available to support collaborative construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. PROCESS VERSUS TECHNOLOGY.

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Contract Procurement Construction BIM 158

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 1, 2019

LEAN Construction Cost Estimating Drives Optimal Performance. LEAN construction cost estimating, procurement, and project delivery, drives optimal performance for the numerous repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects encountered by real property owners, facilities managers, and their service providers.

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Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2015

Better Estimate, Bid, Procure, & Execute More Projects… On-Time and On-Budget! . For Owners, Contractors, & AEs using RSMeans Cost Data, Pick the class that delivers… A great introduction to RSMeans Cost Data and line item cost estimating. Tips on how to better leverage RSMeans Cost Data.

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Estimating Jacksonville Procurement Bidding 40

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 2, 2019

LEAN construction cost estimating, procurement, and project delivery jointly drive optimal, best value execution of the numerous repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects encountered by public sector real property owners, facilities managers, procurement professionals, and their service providers.

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Estimating Procurement Change Orders Comparison 100

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2019

Prioritize and Budget Requirements Every real property owner is face with aligning organizational requirements with facilities repair, renovation, and construction needs as well as available current and projected multi-year resources. Repair, Renovation, & Construction Project Cost Management.

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Renovating Estimating Construction Budgeting 100

Lets Build

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Managing costs, removing waste, and increasing productivity should be top priorities for organisations wanting to overcome rising costs due to construction inflation. Prioritise value over competition One mistake project owners and procurement teams often make is prioritising bidding price over value.

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Construction Materials Risk Management 148

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 31, 2023

The past is scarred by decades of declining productivity and conflict. Many of the industry’s productivity problems can be traced back to bad data and poor processes, which hit the budget through delays and the need for rework. A vicious circle Productivity is a big concern in the construction industry.

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Industrial Construction Products Procurement 98

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 25, 2018

Over 90% of all repair, renovation, and minor new construction projects can be accomplished on-time, on-budget, on-demand, and to the satisfaction of building owners, users, and construction contractors… with complete financial transparency and in full compliance. Rapidly and Easily Cost Estimate All Construction Requirements.

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Renovating Sustainability Life Cycle Construction 100

Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For construction companies, productivity – and so profitability – can increase. And as an owner, you can expect greater certainty over the schedule and budget. Avoiding early blockers Despite these advantages, many companies run into challenges adopting prefab – often during the procurement process.

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Procurement Maine Site Products 52

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN JOC integrated People, Process, Information, and collaborative Technology to consistently yield quality projects on-time and on-budget. Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework. A written Operations Manual / Execution Guide as party of a the associated multi-party contract.

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Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Development of acquisition/procurement approach. JOC procurement/award process. Public sector real property owners can significantly improve the percentage of quality construction projects delivered on-time and on-budget and to the satisfaction of all stakeholders. Facility management/engineering planning. Monitoring.

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Contract Procurement Renovating Life Cycle 100

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2022

Should Areas Cost Factors be used for Construction Cost Estimating? As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the federal government is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) variances.

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Estimating Construction Procurement Budgeting 216

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Total estimated award value to awarded vendors is approximately $3,000,000. Four BT, LLC a veteran-owned small business – recently formed by industry thought leaders in the production of cost data, LEAN collaborative construction delivery methods, and cloud-based software – announced today the first of several pending awards.

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Consulting Contract Estimating Bidding 100

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2022

Unlock Public Sector Construction Productivity[1] with Proven Strategies: A White Paper. Robust tools and processes have existing for decades that can assure quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds are consistent delivered on-time and on-budget. Integrated Project Planning, Procurement, and Delivery.

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Products Procurement Construction Plans 228

Building Information Management

JANUARY 23, 2015

All organizations need to increase productivity and transparency. The fastest way to achieve organizational improvement is to implement proven integrated project delivery methods. All parties get more projects completed on-time and on-budget, while procurement times are significantly shortened.

Contract 40

Contract Products Innovation Estimating 40

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

It’s important to recognize that Job Order Contracting (JOC) is not simply a way to speed projects through procurement “red tape” In order to obtain the major benefits of JOC* the following are required. Owner leadership and competency – JOC is a collaborative process, however, owners provide leadership.

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Renovating Contract Construction Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors There are multiple false assumptions associated with Military Construction Budgeting and Area Cost Factors. The use of area cost factors (ACFs) for capital planning and budgeting repair, renovation (sustainment) and new construction factors remains a flawed approach.

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Estimating Defense Procurement Budgeting 174

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 30, 2017

Any organization that wants to contribute to the development and creativity of their internal staff as well as external service providers can reap significant benefits with an OpenJOC Job Order Contracting Program versus traditional construction services procurement and delivery, or even “run of the mill”, or less robust JOC Programs.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Procurement Environment 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

A LEAN JOC implementation integrates People, Process, Information, and collaborative Technology to consistently yield quality projects on-time and on-budget. Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework.

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Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 132