Smarter, faster, better…
Alternative Project Delivery (APD) offers the opportunity to achieve significant added value versus traditional design-bid-build, design-build, Construction Management at Risk (CMAR), Agency‐CM , and other “traditional” methods.
Leverage LEAN Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery to Consistently Achieve Best Value
There are multiple types of alternative project delivery, with the most robust and well known being Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for major new construction, and LEAN Job Order Contracting (OpenJOC-TM) for repair, renovation, maintenance, and “minor” new construction.
From concept to completion and beyond, LEAN alternative delivery, including IPD and LEAN JOC, improves the efficiency and effectiveness of virtually any repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, or new construction task.
While the robust forms of alternative project delivery have been available for decades, new integrated frameworks of tools and services that emphasize upfront collaboration with project owners, the public, designers and contractors have become available to dramatically reduce project delivery times, reduce costs, and improve overall levels of satisfaction. These methods allow for greater team-based solution exploration on an early and ongoing basis and create added efficiencies. improved cost visibility and cost control is provide through the use of locally researched detailed line item unit price book. Additionally, the knowledge of contractors is leveraged in design phase, drawing on their experiences to improve the proposed solution.
We have assisted numerous public sector agencies in exploring options for more effective project delivery, in developing the systems and processes to add these more efficient methods of planning, procurement, and project delivery to their programs. We have built entirely new solutions and have also helped to refine existing systems.
We are Four BT, LLC, the “new kid on the block”, and we focus exclusively upon LEAN, BEST VALUE construction planning, procurement, and project delivery to drive optimal life-cycle management of the built environment.
Benefits of Alternative Project Delivery
- Best Value
- Easier, Lower Cost Procurement and Contracting
- Consistent Ability to Meet Budget
- Consistent Ability to Meet Schedule
- Consistent Ability to Achieve Quality Requirements
- Regulatory Compliance
- Defined and Streamlined Workflows
- Faster Mobilization
- Full Financial Visibility and Transparency
- Integration and Leverage of Team Experience
- Reduced Project Risk
- Significantly Improved Efficiency/Cost Effectiveness
Manage the PROCESS, Don’t MICROMANAGE PEOPLE!
1) Getting Detailed Line Item Proposals from Qualified
Contractors?(2) Do you have definite LEAN workflows within a collaborative cloud environment?
3) Requiring initial and ongoing training for ALL participants?
4) Measuring acceptance of LEAN processes?