Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While most of us are aware of the rampant economic and environmental waste associated with the repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction of buildings and other physical infrastructure, few understand that solutions are readily available or have the will and commitment to deploy them.

Sustainability 194

Sustainability Management Renovating Procurement 194

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 5, 2023

Current Situation #1 Initial budgets for Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Builds are almost always exceeded. #2 2 Integrated and enabled internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams working towards mutually beneficial, clearly defined outcomes. #3 4 A robust, common process is NEVER employed. #5

Environment 177

Environment Procurement Change Orders Renovating 177

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 26, 2024

Concurrent planning, design, construction, and operation throughout the lifecycle of a built structure across disparate multidiscipline teams operating in a transparent and collaborative manner, in concert with real property owner leadership, commitment, and accountability are core requirements.

Sustainability 202

Sustainability Management Renovating Environment 202

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 28, 2023

Robust process integrating multi-stakeholder engagement enables consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budge. 1 Process integrating Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Teams with established workflows. #2 4 Quantitative metrics supporting continuous improvement. #5

CSI 193

CSI Construction Procurement Renovating 193

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

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Procurement 171

Procurement Renovating Education Accounting 171

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build activities however have been notoriously ill managed. Owner and design-builder planning, procurement, and project delivery teams MUST work together within a common information environment and share clearly defined, mutually beneficial goals. SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE. NEXT STEPS.

Procurement 215

Procurement Construction Environment Renovating 215

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 25, 2022

What changes are necessary for improvements in repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build policy and practices are required? What is required to integrate internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams? Can currently available alternative methods provide measurable improvement?

Life Cycle 205

Life Cycle Management Procurement Renovating 205

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 7, 2023

Alliance Contracting in Construction provides a real opportunity for the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build project on time and on budget. Owner support, capacity, commitment, and accountability, 2. Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery teams throughout contract life, 3.

Contract 177

Contract Procurement Construction Foundation 177

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

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Procurement 130

Procurement Renovating Education Accounting 130

Job Order Contracting

JULY 27, 2023

Developing an efficient JOC Program Framework requires a commitment to collaborative and integrated Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery teams. True collaboration and owner leadership, capability, commitment, and accountability are requirement, not choices.

Procurement 140

Procurement Education Accounting Management 140

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 26, 2022

Here a list of the root causes of construction project variability resulting in 85% of ALL repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds being… late, over budget, unsatisfactory to one or more participants or stakeholders, or otherwise economically or environmentally wasteful. Poorly defined and poorly communicated Scope of Work.

Construction 217

Construction Procurement Renovating Budgeting 217

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

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.

Estimating 175

Estimating Defense Procurement Budgeting 175

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

While most real property owners, designers, and builders, are aware of the issues associated with Traditional Planning, Engineering, Procurement and Construction strategies such as Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, CM@R, etc. The following are requisite components of a best value approach to all forms of Alliance Contracting.

Contract 192

Contract Procurement Innovation Renovating 192

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Sustainable facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, of new construction is virtually impossible with both locally researched, current, and actionable construction in combination with a robust, integrated framework integrating internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery. Zero verifiable cost information.

Procurement 223

Procurement Construction BIM Change Orders 223

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 17, 2023

Any real property owner can control construction costs for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects. Consistently delivering quality projects on time and on budget simply requires leadership, accountability, and commitment. Controlling construction costs is not rocket science, nor does it involve time travel.

Travel 178

Travel Construction CSI Subcontracting 178

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 23, 2023

To date, most Job Order Contracts have been used to speed the procurement of repair, renovation, maintenance, and less design-intensive new construction projects. JOC multi-stakeholder collaboration is the next step in productivity improvement.

Procurement 131

Procurement Agreement Renovating Accounting 131

Job Order Contracting

MAY 3, 2023

Consistently Implementing Facilities Projects ON TIME and ON BUDGET isn’t “ROCKET SCIENCE” Robust processes, tools, and support services are readily available to enable ANY organization to consistently delivery quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget.

Budgeting 195

Budgeting Budget CSI Environment 195

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2022

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. Variances in labor, material, equipment, productivity, and means and methods cannot be accounted for by simply using a cost factor. – GAO. References.

Estimating 217

Estimating Construction Procurement Budgeting 217

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I can dynamically track every dollar in my budget and forecast critical costs with real time data from the field, while staying in sync with the accounting system. Facilities and other physical infrastructure construction, repair, renovation, or maintenance cost management is impossible without the following basics.

Management 207

Management Construction Forecasting Organization 207

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 23, 2021

Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery is the only proven method for consistent delivery of best value facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects. CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY. Nowhere is the issue of poor facilities management more pronounced than in the federal sector.

Life Cycle 149

Life Cycle Procurement Management Renovating 149

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

It’s important to recognize that Job Order Contracting (JOC) is not simply a way to speed projects through procurement “red tape” In order to obtain the major benefits of JOC* the following are required. Does the UPB contain line item modifiers to account for quantities and/or work methods? Learn more… info@4bt.us.

Renovating 100

Renovating Contract Construction Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery can consistently assure quality repair, renovation, repair, maintenance and new construction outcomes on-time and on-budget. All the support tools and services are readily available( see example ). Enabling and supporting technology.

Resource 126

Resource Contract Management Life Cycle 126

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 13, 2023

ERP, CMMS, IWMS, even BIM have all FAILED to produce measurable improvement with respect to the ability to consistently deliver QUALITY repair, renovation, maintenance, or new builds ON TIME and ON BUDGET. Thiis is a fact that few software vendors want you to know.

Management 225

Management Organization Construction Software 225

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Even though tools and services are readily available to consistently deliver quality, on time and on budget repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes, real property owners and facilities management professionals have yet to adopt system thinking. Sustainable Facilities Management will require a fundamental change in mindset.

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Management Budgeting Budget 130

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 3, 2021

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.

Estimating 169

Estimating Construction Procurement Renovating 169

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 23, 2019

LEAN Procurement & Construction Delivery for Improving Performance. Different procurement methods have been developed and applied in the construction industry for improving performance, yet only a select few have consistently enabled superior outcomes. LEAN construction principles and implementation methods are far from complex.

Procurement 100

Procurement Contract Architecture Risk 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 22, 2020

Current, actionable construction cost data is a core component of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment and LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery.

Construction 151

Construction Statistics Life Cycle Renovating 151

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Accountability •? Everything your organization needs to consistently achieve quality, on-demand, on-time, and on-budget repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction services. The Innovative OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Solution •? Impartiality •? Professionalism •? Transparency.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Contract Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Reasons for Poor Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Build Outcomes. The fundamental reason for poor outcomes is the failure to implement and properly manage robust and integrated LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. The errors and poor processes result in change orders, project delays, and legal disputes.

Schedule 163

Schedule Management Procurement Construction 163

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2022

accountability. Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery System Performance is CRITICAL to Improving Productivity.

Products 201

Products AIA Construction San Francisco 201

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 26, 2016

On Call Renovation, Repair Construction – Job Order Contracting. On-call renovation, repair, sustainability and maintenance contracts, especially JOB ORDER CONTRACTS can significantly improve construction project efficiency and financial transparency… IF they are developed managed, and monitored properly.

Contract 100

Contract Renovating Construction Long Beach 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. Best value procurement. Owner technical and procurement staff is supplemented. General Accounting Office (GAO), May 1979. The Origins of IDIQ and JOC.

Contract 100

Contract Renovating Sustainability United States 100

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

LEAN process and strategy, as well as owner leadership and competency are fundamentals to the consistent attainment of best value repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction outcomes.

Contract 132

Contract CSI Procurement Renovating 132

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 27, 2020

Initial Costs—Purchase, Acquisition, Construction Costs Operation, Maintenance, and Repair Costs Replacement, Renovation, Adaptation Costs Disposal / Recycling Costs Cost of Capital. Initial design, procurement, and construction costs of a facility account for only 10%-20% of total capital expenditures throughout its useful life.

Life Cycle 149

Life Cycle Management Renovating Electrical 149

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 25, 2018

OpenJOC(TM) LEAN Job Order Contracting brings a new level of transparency and best value outcomes to all repair, renovation, and minor new construction projects. Faster and more efficient than traditional construction procurement and project delivery methods. Reduced procurement and administrative costs.

Contract 100

Contract Procurement Change Orders Negotiation 100

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

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. JOC 2020 Cost Reduction. RFPs issued by the owner can be responded to within a couple of weeks or less. LEAN Job Order Contracting.

Contract 130

Contract Bidding Procurement CSI 130

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 9, 2022

from Baltimore City to San Francisco) on site renewable energy systems may make sense for a business, in the vast majority of situations a business is best served by procuring renewable energy from offsite sources for all or a portion of the company’s energy use. Additionally, the government disputes over all electric building codes (.

Electrical 156

Electrical Procurement Green San Francisco 156