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£8bn race starts for Northumbrian Water AMP8 deal

Construction Enquirer

Northumbrian is joining the shift towards an embedded client collaboration model, based on an ‘enterprise’ approach involving shared a vision and values with contractors and joint incentivisation. Firms have until 11 August to submit prequals with shortlisted contractors then invited to bid on 11 September.

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Job Order Contracting Doesn’t Have to be Complex or Expensive

Job Order Contracting

The Design-Bid-Build (DBB) model has perpetuated an antagonistic inefficient environment for decades. The numerous, ongoing facilities repair and construction project facing real property owners and facilities management professionals unfortunately have a high probability of failure.

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Selling Your Home Building Company? Here's What to Expect

Pro Builder

You also need to prepare key information about the assets that will be presented to bidders, who will then use that data to evaluate your business and populate their own cash flow and valuation models. The marketing and bidding phase typically takes 45 to 60 days. Diligence and Closing.

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Collaborative Construction Procurement Planning and Project Delivery = Best Value Outcomes

Job Order Contracting

Parametric cost modeling, area cost factors, location factors, etc., A written Operations Manual or Execution guide is shared and part of the associated multi-party, long-term agreement. are not suitable for work scope developing or costing. LEAN principles establish a collaborative culture.

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Does the Owner Warrant the Design on Non-Traditional Projects?

Construction Dive

By Bruce Jervis As new methods of procuring construction services have evolved in recent decades, the public bidding statutes have been slow to keep up. But the judicial case law interpreting public construction contracts was developed in the context of the traditional design-bid-build model.

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Public RFPs: What Do We Do With You?

Constructonomics

I’ve spent the past four years starting a construction company through the public bidding process. I’ve probably bid at least 100 public RFPs, but I’ve only been awarded less than 10. I’ve been the low bid on projects with over 15 bidders and also the high bid on projects with just as many submissions.

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How Much Does Rework Really Cost Your Job and What Can You Do to Stop It?

Construction Junkie

Use BIM and Virtual Design and Construction With features like clash detection, built in scheduling and cost modeling, BIM and VDC offers plenty of opportunity to detect possible issues before wasting money and time.