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How to Keep Residents Happy During a Senior Housing Community Renovation

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It’s an extremely timely topic for commercial construction firms since, as we noted in our post last year on Commercial Construction Trends and Predictions for 2016 , senior housing construction is currently booming. Englewood recently renovated this occupied senior housing community in Nevada.

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Commercial Construction Trends and Predictions for 2016

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A continuing construction labor shortage will result in higher pricing and scheduling challenges in 2016. We are optimistic this positive momentum will continue into 2016, but as always there are challenges ahead, too. Locally Grown Restaurants Feed the Construction Pipeline. Locally Grown Restaurants Feed the Construction Pipeline.

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STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors

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The use of area cost factors (ACFs) for capital planning and budgeting repair, renovation (sustainment) and new construction factors remains a flawed approach. Significant government overpayments on both large capital projects and the numerous on-going repair, renovation, and maintenance projects continues unabated.

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Area Cost Factors – Not a viable for Federal Construction Cost Estimating?

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The use of area cost factors (ACFs) for capital planning budgeting or estimates for construction repair, renovation, and new build projects remains a fundamentally flawed approach. Significant government overpayments on both large capital projects and the numerous on-going repair, renovation, and maintenance projects remain the norm.

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Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution

Job Order Contracting

Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution. 12 Restructuration of architectural. practice in integrated project delivery (IPD): Two case studies. Cheng, R., & Johnson, A.

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

The way to deliver 96%+ of renovation, repair, and maintenance projects on-time, on-budget, and at the appropriate level of quality is to enable collaboration with contractors and other expert service providers. – 2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015.

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JLL Report: Retail renovation drives construction growth in 2016

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A strong retail sector has helped drive 2016 U.S. construction activity with retail construction projects up 24.4% year-over-year. Overshadowing the good news is a cloud of economic uncertainty that has companies laser-focused on lean budgeting and smart spending decisions. .

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