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Public Sector Facilities Stewardship and Data-driven Decision Making

Job Order Contracting

Low bid is an acceptable form of procuring repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction services. Lumps sum bids from contractors or subcontracts, historical costs, or benchmark cost data are reliable forms of cost estimation.

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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Any real property owner can control construction costs for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects. Validate Contractor and Subcontractor Quotes Obtaining comparative bids on all subcontracted work will not provide sufficient cost visibility. Controlling Construction Costs is not rocket science 1.

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Turnkey JOC Program

Job Order Contracting

Powerful, yet easy-to-use services and tools that support efficient project delivery, including LEAN job order contracting that simplify administrative and operational processes, and drive best value repair, renovation, and new construction outcomes. Improve work packaging and subcontracting to reduce project complexity.

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Avoiding Construction Cost Overruns

Job Order Contracting

The exclusive use of historical information, subcontract quotes, national average cost data, parametric estimating do not provide the requisites levels of local market cost visibility and transparency. Avoiding Construction Cost Overruns (repair, renovation, maintenance, or new builds).

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Choose With Care: Tennessee Federal Court’s Prompt Payment Conclusions Turn on Choice of Law Clause

Constructlaw

May 27, 2022) This case arises out of the renovation of a U.S. Relyant subcontracted with Federal Engineers and Constructors, Inc. (FE&C). Relyant later terminated its subcontract with FE&C. The subcontract provided that Relyant “may retain … a maximum of ten percent (10%) of the amount of each invoice.”

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The pros and cons of becoming a subcontractor

Fieldwire

If you decide to start your own subcontracting business, you’ll be able to reap many of the most significant benefits of working as a general contractor — like greater flexibility in job hours and scheduling. You may need to pay quarterly estimated taxes, depending on how much you make from your subcontracting work.

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NY Appellate Court Reaffirms Pay-When-Paid Provisions Are Void as Against Public Policy

Constructlaw

Sweet) to renovate a commercial space in Manhattan’s Diamond District (the Project). Arenson subsequently entered into a subcontract with Sweet to complete the Work (the Subcontract). Arenson subsequently entered into a subcontract with Sweet to complete the Work (the Subcontract).