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Pricing of Construction Claims and Change Orders

Construction Dive

By Paul Levin Pricing of claims and change orders falls into two categories: forward pricing, where the price and time is negotiated before the work is done; and post pricing -- pricing and schedule adjustments made during or after performance of the work. Many different methodologies have been used to successfully price claims.

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Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

coefficient (reference table of allowable overhead). Each Job Order is broken down into individual tasks of work, and a total price is developed based upon the. The contractor typically bears overhead costs as part of the proposed coefficient of the JOC program. authorization. UPB rate and the Contractor’s multiplier.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A Savings Analysis!

Rory Woolsey

However, I received many comments and questions on the “Negotiating JOC” blog from last week that really should be answered. If you think about it there is a direct relationship to change orders on public funded design-bid-build jobs and the quality of the bidding documents. Thursday, February 16, 2012.

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No Damages for Delay: What It Means and What Can You Do

Best Practices Construction Law

If this happens, you want to know that you can recover your losses for additional labor, extended overhead, and other monetary damages. The real lesson is to make sure to review your contract for these types of provisions and try to negotiate the terms. In the recent case of Plato General Construction v. " What it means?

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What is JOC – JOB ORDER CONTRACTING? A JOB ORDER CONTRACT?

Building Information Management

The contract includes a unit price book (UPB) that establishes a unit price to be paid for each of a multitude of construction line items including pre-priced/pre-negotiated items of work and materials. Advantages typically associated with JOC – Job Order Contracting Programs: Fast and timely delivery of projects.

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Every Owner Should Implement JOC – JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – for Renovation, Repair, Sustainabilty, and Maintenance Construction Projects

Building Information Management

Items that are not in the UPB can be negotiated, priced, and added to the UPB at any time. The contracts price is put in terms of a coefficient, which is a multiplier that covers the contractor’s overhead and profit as well as any adjustment between the UPB and actual local prices. Reduced or Eliminated Change Orders.

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Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders.

Job Order Contracting

Adversarial, change-order-oriented environment is common between owner, A/E, and contractor. Bid shopping can occur and actual overhead and profit amounts are unknown. Change orders may be reduced versus DBB due to A/E-contractor collaboration and contractual relationship. Disadvantages.

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