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LEAN Construction Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Certainly there are multiple variances from project to project, including but not limited to, labor skill requirements, capabilities, and availability, location/site issues, weather, construction means and methods, material/equipment costs and availability, regulations, and procurement processes. Shared risk/reward.

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An SBA Public Service Announcement: If You See Something, Say Something

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

The Area Office notified a Sanford representative of the protest and requested that, within three business days, the company provide certain financial information for the five previously completed fiscal years preceding Sanford’s self-certification for the subject procurement. OHA agreed with Sanford that the size protest was non-specific.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

Benefits of an OpenJOC Job Order Contract implementation include an expedited procurement process, and consistent completion of quality projects on-demand, on-time, and on-budget per owners/contractor expectations. Best value procurement. Owner technical and procurement staff is supplemented. The Origins of IDIQ and JOC.

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EPC Contractors Procuring from Foreign Companies need to Reconsider their Contracts

Construction and Infrastructure Law

A recent California case may force engineering, procurement and construction companies doing business with foreign suppliers to reconsider—and maybe rewrite—their contracts. EPC company procures materials, parts, and equipment from foreign companies, it typically requires the foreign company to resolve its dispute in U.S. When a U.S.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and team. The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., procuring partners in construction projects. cooperative procurement procedures.

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Facility programming: The driving force behind healthcare design

The Korte Company

And because most of those functions are heavily regulated, healthcare leaders and builders join forces for a rigorous process known as facility programming. Over time, as procurement decisions are delivered and design challenges are overcome, a program (and the drafts and renderings that bring them to life) becomes more detailed.

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Top 10 Compliance Laws for Federal Highway Contractors

Best Practices Construction Law

In 1991, after defense contractor scandals, the U.S. False claims; Antitrust; EEO; OSHA/safety and health; DOT (commercial driver’s licenses); DBE; Environmental; Procurement and government contracting; Finance and tax; and. DOT revised the DBE regulations. Labor/employment. Keeping current is obviously a concern.