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Creating a JOC Coefficient?

Job Order Contracting

Equipment. Transportation of contractor’s personnel to, from, and within the job site. Adjustment factors to account for small jobs. Incidental tools and equipment. Items included in a JOC coefficient (also known as a “Bid Factor”). Labor (Both during Normal Work Hours and Outside of Normal Work Hours).

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15 Tips For Starting Your Own Roof and Guttering Business

Construction Marketing

There are all sorts of equipment and materials needed to start a roofing and guttering business. You’ll also require the following: Vehicle that can handle transport of materials. Roofing equipment and materials. Roofing equipment and materials. 3) Equipment and materials. 11) Accounting. Labor costs.

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11 Safety Tips When Handling And Storing Construction Materials

Construction Marketing

Poor handling and storage can affect the quality of construction materials and equipment. Aside from those, here are other things you must keep in mind: Take the weather into account. Use The Right Handling Equipment. Obviously, it isn’t easy to do any task without the appropriate equipment.

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5 Design Considerations When Building In Harsh Environments

Construction Marketing

Engineers must account for various loads and stresses, such as wind, snow, seismic, and thermal loads, to prevent potential failure or collapse. Modularity is significant for structures like military shelter systems, enabling easy transportation, assembly, and disassembly in remote or hostile locations.

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Issues with Construction Cost Indexes, Location Factors, and Cost Estimating for IDIQ and JOC

Job Order Contracting

Indefinite Delivery and Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) and Job Order Contracts (JOC), as well as other multi-year construction contracts require a way for contractors do account for cost impacts associated with various contingencies. as well as factors addressing specific classes such as materials, equipment, or labor. References.

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States Face Transportation Funding Roadblocks in 2013

Construction Equipment

A number of states across the country are evaluating their transportation funding needs as 2013 begins. Taxes and fees account for much of the sources of revenue for state transportation budgets, but in many cases they are not enough. Michigan, Virginia and Maryland evaluate taxes and fees for transportation funding.

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Analyzing impact of building materials to address climate change

Construction Specifier

Photos courtesy Cunningham Baron By Bill Bellico The construction industry is equipped with many tools to further its mission of fostering sustainable building practices. It encompasses the CO2 created from gathering raw materials, transporting them to the site of manufacture, as well as manufacturing. A case in point is roofing.