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Public Procurement of Construction Services

Job Order Contracting

Public procurement of construction services could be improved through the adoption of currently available best management practices. References: AIA (2007). Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide.” The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington, DC AGC (2010). ‘The The Lean Project Delivery System”, Lean Construction Journal, 2008 Cohen, J.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Organizations that provide leadership and commitment to collaborative environments are rare. 2004; Black et al., Reduced project related cost growth per change order. Partnering: An Innovative and Effective Project Organization Concept. 2000; Grajek et al., 2000; Gransberg et al., Lower project related cost growth.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

The ability to successfully account for and manage change during a project lies in an organization’s leadership and level of maturity relative to its strategies, processes, goals, and resources. Mature organization don’t react to change, they address change according to their programmatic process.

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Public Sector Real Property Management – Quality Construction Cost Estimating – Earned Value Management

Building Information Management

Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Just Trust Me!

Rory Woolsey

This week I have chosen to change things up a little bit with an article I wrote back in 2004. As an example, Job Order Contracting has a strong partnering component that thrives when founded in TRUST. Building Trust: So how do you go about building a high-trust business organization? Saturday, March 10, 2012.

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FAQ's About Outsourced Contractors Bookkeeping Services

Contractor Bookkeeping

You don''t need to organize for us because we have a system from having owned and operated several construction companies in the past, we are not pansy construction bookkeepers that need to be pampered and are easily offended; quite the opposite. Have Change Orders. QuickBooks Works Best If You: Takes Job Deposits.

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