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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Consistently delivering quality projects on time and on budget simply requires leadership, accountability, and commitment. 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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Considering a Job Order Contract?

Job Order Contracting

All prequalified contractors invited to bid should submit sealed bids based on one or more adjustment factors / coefficients to the unit prices listed in the approved JOC unit price book (UPB). The approved JOC unit price book should be locally researched and organized using CSI Masterformat. no use of economic cost factors).

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Commercial Construction CSI – How to Uncover the Demons in Your Construction Site

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It was a case for the Englewood Construction CSI team. Englewood Construction's team is always ready to solve the latest construction CSI case. Take the temperature of your building into account. We were pulling a feeder cable through a Chicago retail construction project when we heard the explosion. What the heck happened?

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Job Order Contracting 2021 and Beyond

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting 2021 is a competitively bid, firm, fixed-price, indefinite quantity contract, and integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery program for as-needed construction services. The UPB reflects Contractors bid an adjustment factor (coefficient) that is applied to all construction tasks listed in the UPB.

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Job Order Contracting - Untitled Article

Job Order Contracting

Locally researched unit price books should be organized by CSI Masterformat and include separate line items for demolition as well as line item modifiers. The later are adds or deducts to the parent line item to account for quantity or other task related variables, such as working height.

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Independent Objective Locally Researched Construction Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

Both IPD and JOC require a common data environment, CDE, to drive communication, provide financial transparency, and to mitigate the number of errors and omissions and changes orders that are prevalent with traditional construction delivery (design-bid-build, lowest bidder, design-build…). Organized by CSI Masterformat.

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MasterFormat Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Uniformat level and/or assembly level, or building level cost data is useful for budgeting purposes only, and should not be used for bidding, procurement, and execution actual projects with builders, construction managers, etc. MasterFormat Construction Cost Estimating drives cost visibility, transparency, and best value outcomes.