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An Introduction to Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

JOC reduces unnecessary levels of engineering, design, and contract procurement time along with construction project procurement costs by awarding long- term contracts for a wide variety of renovation, repair and new construction projects. Smaller projects were taking up to 1 year to procure creating a growing backlog of work.

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Secrets of a structural engineer

BD+C

This changed in 2016 when I had the opportunity to focus on just one project in California helping a major entertainment company design and build a futuristic theme park expansion based upon a series of outer space movies dating back to 1977. I have carried this lesson to every project I have managed since then.

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Best Practice Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

County, State, and Local Governments, include secondary education unfortunately continue to use JOC simply as a means to speed delivery and bypass traditional procurement versus as a LEAN collaborative construction delivery method. through discussions and negotiations. d) Negotiations. (1) Best Practice Job Order Contracting.

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015. How many cycles were required for owner/contractor negotiations per task order? Shorter procurement times. What is average variance between owner estimates and contractor estimate? How many task orders were completed on-time, on-budget?

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The credit is applicable to work performed before July 1, 2016 for the North Slope and Cook Inlet; for areas outside the North Slope and Cook inlet the credit is applicable to work performed before January 1, 2022 as part of the More Alaska Production Act passed in 2013. ARIZONA – updated for 2014.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JOB TRAINING PROGRAM: Originally set to expire in 2011, the Arizona Competitiveness Package extended the program an additional five years until December 31, 2016 and modified the definition of a “rural area.”. $25 The program ends December 2016. This continues a 10-year trend of reducing property taxes in Arizona.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

Procurement and Contracting Requirements Group (Division 00): Introductory Information: Indexing and general information documents. Procurement Requirements and Contracting Requirements. 00 00 00 Procurement and Contracting. 00 20 00 Instructions for Procurement. 00 23 00 Procurement Definitions. Requirements.