Construction services procurement best management practices focus upon collaboration and change management. LEAN alliance contracts such as Integrated Project Delivery, IPD (for major new construction), and Job Order Contracting, JOC (for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction) has a proven track record demonstrating the positive impact of mutually beneficial procurement and contracting practices.
While we all know what can go terribly wrong if there is lack of financial and technical visibility, quality issues, and/or lack of a mutually understood defined project scope early in the process, many are unaware that solutions have existed for over thirty (30) years.
Solution – The owner is central and leads the facilities/built-environment stewardship process by defining long-term value and developing process-based, well-defined collaborative long-term relationships with service providers (architects, engineers, contractors) and “building” users. These relationship are DIRECTLY between service providers and owners, without intermediate “consultants”. (Consultant or integrators do have a role in terms of training, auditing, supplying tools, structured data, etc.)
The following are all resident within a LEAN construction alliance contract and/or integrated LEAN collaborative construction procurement and project delivery method.
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- Best value procurement
- Focus upon outcomes
- Full financial and technical transparency (locally researched unit price book)
- Mutual trust/respect
- Metrics/key performance indicators
- Continuous improvement
- Shared risk/reward
- Written process-based Operations Manual/Execution Guide as part of contract
- Long term relationships with local service providers
- Enabling collaborative technology (full program, contract, project, estimate, document, and issues management)
- Mandatory initial and ongoing training for all participants and stakeholders
- Organizational commitment to change management
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Construction Services Procurement Best Management Practices