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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Controlling construction costs is not rocket science, nor does it involve time travel. 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.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

Business Facilities

Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 Domestic travel spending directly supported 7.7 By the BF Staff.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

To meet their responsibilities as stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and other built structures ), public sector owners need to have the ability create credible construction cost estimate for ALL repair, renovation, maintenance (FSRM), and new build projects.

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Ceiling systems for high-performing healthcare facilities

Construction Specifier

Few built environments are as critical to get right as the healthcare facilities designed, built, and renovated today. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) mandates private information, even when it is spoken, remains confidential. Good buildings make people better.

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Mastering theme park construction coordination

The Korte Company

Because theme parks are so singularly focused on user experience, they’re usually always built, renovated or expanded according to a master plan. Planned renovations of existing areas of a park, including non-attraction infrastructure like utilities and patron pathways in addition to the elimination or substitution of aging attractions.

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Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

administration of the Job Order Contract (JOC), a Contract designed to provide the ORGANIZATION NAME with a flexible and responsive contractual capability in support of their renovation, repair, and minor new construction services needs. The Contractor must take these costs into account when proposing the. DEFINITIONS. authorization.

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Designing worship spaces for “Zoom” congregations

Construction Specifier

The design goal is to create a bubble—a room within a room—so the sound will not travel into the rest of the church. A very inexpensive way of doing it is to get a Zoom account and create a background and some inexpensive lighting,” clarified Body-Lawson. It alsofeatures a sound engineering booth connected by a glass window.

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