Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2017

Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

Procurement 100

Procurement Construction Life Cycle Contract 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Sharing risks and rewards through integration and collaboration throughout the project life-cycle, from concept through completion and beyond delivers major gains in quality, productivity, and overall satisfaction. Owners should thoroughly evaluate their requirements and assure a match with products and services available.

Procurement 100

Procurement Renovating Life Cycle Risk 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Improve Construction Productivity Via Relationship Management has proven to be highly successful. Here are the 4 Steps to Improving Owner/Vendor Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Construction Productivity. Best Value Procurement – Put aside cost low bid/lowest technically acceptable procurement strategies.

Products 100

Products Management Life Cycle Construction 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2012

Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Collaboration.

Life Cycle 81

Life Cycle BIM Environment Management 81

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.

Contract 100

Contract Products Life Cycle Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 18, 2020

in combination with LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery is the only proven pathway to improved financial, environmental, and functional performance outcomes. Building an integrated facilities knowledge management / LEAN environment is far from complex. Facilities knowledge management.

Management 150

Management Procurement Life Cycle Environment 150

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 17, 2020

All of the necessary tools and services are readily available to maximize productivity and overall levels of satisfaction via LEAN integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery. Both the 4BT OpenBUILD(TM) and 4BT OpenJOC systems incorporate the following within a collaborative, fully transparent, and compliant environment.

Life Cycle 132

Life Cycle Procurement Documentation Construction 132

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework. Public and private sector real property owners and facilities management professionals can leverage LEAN JOC to achieve more efficient use of existing capital resources in a full transparent and compliant planning and operating environment.

Contract 165

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 20, 2023

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. Locally researched labor, material, equipment, and productivity data is essential in the devlopement of a credible construction cost estimate. The follow elements are common to a credible construction cost estimate.

Estimating 217

Estimating CSI Life Cycle Construction 217

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework. Public and private sector real property owners and facilities management professionals can leverage LEAN JOC to achieve more efficient use of existing capital resources in a full transparent and compliant planning and operating environment.

Contract 132

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 132

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

with the result being improved overall productivity. I have dedicated a fair portion of my life to improving physical asset life-cycle total cost of ownership management. The issue with the endemic lack of productivity across the AECOO sector has little to do with technology related issues.

Life Cycle 115

Life Cycle Procurement Renovating Budgeting 115

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 10, 2019

Owner Leadership and LEAN Construction Procurement and Project Delivery Save Time and Money. Nonetheless, it would be incorrect to assume that technology alone will solve the AECOO’s dismal legacy of low productivity, waste, and legal disputes. While technology use is accelerating, similar improvement is output are not.

Procurement 100

Procurement Life Cycle Legal Mobility 100

BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The built environment generates 42% of annual global CO 2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. As part of this initiative, the General Services Administration is proposing a “substantially lower” standard for materials and products as defined by a global warming potential. Of that amount, $2.15

Procurement 52

Procurement Life Cycle Construction Materials 52

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 22, 2020

Current, actionable construction cost data is a core component of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment and LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. LEAN Process Combined with Detailed, Locally Researched Construction Cost Data.

Construction 151

Construction Statistics Life Cycle Renovating 151

Building Information Management

MARCH 19, 2013

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges.

Life Cycle 53

Life Cycle Management BIM Engineering 53

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 20, 2017

Until Owners and Facilities Management improves their leadership skills and overall competency with respect to life-cycle management of the built environment, waste and low productivity will remain rampant in the construction sector. Best Value Procurement. Mutual Respect & Trust. Financial Transparency.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Construction Procurement Architecture 100

Job Order Contracting

MAY 17, 2022

Modify and refurbish instead of demolishing or adding to avoid unnecessary production and transport of building materials. The journey towards efficient life-cycle management of the built environment, carbon literacy, and LEAN process is not easy. Ensure that waste and off cuts are reduced by specifying standard sizes.

Regulation 227

Regulation Risk Equity Organization 227

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 16, 2018

LEAN construction adoption rates need to increase significantly in order to achieve any measurable improvement in productivity. The AECOO industry would be much better served if Owners took on their responsibility as stakeholders of the built environment. Best value procurement. Long term relationships. Shared risk/reward.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Construction Environment Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 20, 2018

LEAN Job Order Contracting, JOC, is a proven efficient, transparent, best value construction procurement and delivery method. LEANJOC(TM) provides an adaptable process-centered, systematic approach that supports improved physical asset life-cycle management (repair, renovation, and construction) and measurable enhanced financial outcomes.

Contract 100

Contract Sustainability Life Cycle Renovating 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 25, 2019

Talking about collaboration and actually working in a truly collaborative environment supported by LEAN processes, workflows, current actionable and standardized information and digital technology are two very different things. We at Four BT and our partners at Building in Cloud , have been inspired by this concept from the beginning.

BIM 130

BIM Life Cycle Environment Visualization 130

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 8, 2018

OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting provides all the tools, information, training, and technology needed to design, implement, and execute a cost-effective, transparent, and highly productive approach to reducing repair, renovation, and minor new construction backlogs.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Procurement Renovating 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2021

While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Lean principles in industrialized housing production: the need for a cultural change. LC Journal 4(1), 20-33.

Construction 164

Construction Procurement Contract Management 164

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 9, 2018

LEAN construction is a collaborative process that drives significantly enhanced productivity. Properly designed and implemented JOC Programs can optimize school operations budgets and construction bonds, resulting in more dollars spent on actual construction versus procurement costs and waste. What is “ LEAN Construction ?”.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Construction Procurement Budgeting 100

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Our team brings together the best of the best in construction cost estimating, LEAN construction management, and facilities capital planning to provide the next generation of cost information and productivity tools. Understand and explore solutions jointly using a common data environment based upon CSI Masterformat.

Estimating 100

Estimating Life Cycle Construction CSI 100

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Traditional construction procurement and construction delivery methods, as well as ‘ad hoc’ daily facility management operations are unreliable and costly. Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Construction Change Orders Procurement 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 27, 2012

Link built environment to organizational mission and efficiently manage all physical and functional aspects. The future of BIM modeling is to expand the information model to include more of the life cycle phases (ie: real property commerce, maintenance and operations, environmental simulation, etc.), Organizational Resources.

BIM 49

BIM Environment Life Cycle Modeling 49

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

JOC Contract strategy, development, implementation, and management involves a thorough understanding of LEAN Construction and Life-cycle Asset Management. Development of acquisition/procurement approach. JOC procurement/award process. Facility management/engineering planning. Work execution and contract administration.

Contract 100

Contract Procurement Renovating Life Cycle 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The lack of robust, standardized processes and common, standardized information, combined with the excessive use of JOC consultants and limited market options, has been the primary reason for rampant waste and lack of productivity in certain sectors, especially State, County, and Local Government. Simplify project task management.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Renovating Management 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 30, 2017

OpenJOC, a LEAN Job Order Contract, provides an environment that efficiently supports core facilities management functions, including renovation, repair, maintenance, and minor new construction. Relationship Management: procurement-technical-management-building users-oversight groups. Setting up a LEAN Job Order Contract.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Procurement Environment 100

Building Information Management

JULY 31, 2014

Construction delivery methods that better integrate people and technology such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Job Order Contracting (JOC)* have proven to help address the issue of poor productivity across the AECOO spectrum (architecture, engineering, construction, operations, owners). Life-cycle cost vs. first-cost focus.

Products 40

Products Life Cycle Procurement Construction 40

Building Information Management

JANUARY 17, 2014

Building Information Management (that’s right forget the “modeling” distraction), BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. change management JOC life-cycle metrics procedure STRATEGY tools' What is required to accomplish BIM? Simple right?

Life Cycle 49

Life Cycle BIM Architecture Budgeting 49

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 7, 2017

Job order contracting information is key to improving construction productivity. Related Resources: ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management. Job Order Contracting – A Procurement Success Story, 1998 – Moore, W., public contracts.

Contract 100

Contract COAA Life Cycle BIM 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Here’s a CHECKLIST to begin to improving productivity and efficiency today! Productivity improvement and associated economic and environmental resource conservation requires a focus upon improved outcomes and the delivery of benefits. Thus physical and functional performance of the built environment must be proactively managed.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Renovating Transportation Education 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 3, 2016

Eight Steps Toward Improving Construction Productivity. Until this occurs, there is little hope for construction sector productivity improvement. Best Value versus Lowest Bidder Procurement. Best Value versus Lowest Bidder Procurement. Best Value Procurement. Owners Foster and Mandate Collaborative Construction.

Products 40

Products Construction Procurement Contract 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 8, 2017

Creating an open information environment. ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management. Job Order Contracting – A Procurement Success Story, 1998 – Moore, W., Alignment of risk and reward with a party’s ability to control risk.

Contract 100

Contract COAA Life Cycle BIM 100