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A Real Property Owner’s Guide to Improving Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

This involves creating a guideline that takes an organization through a required change management process and established a foundation of valid, actionable information. The guideline comes in the form of an Operations Manual/Execution Guide as a component of a long-term multiparty agreement between owners and design-builders.

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Construction Productivity Solution – Provide support for dealing with the conflicting interests of multiple stakeholders

Job Order Contracting

The 4BT OpenJOC(TM) Solution and 4BT OpenBUILD(TM) Solution enables owners and design-builders to work collaboratively towards well-defined mutually beneficial outcomes. In fact, they dictate how efficiently or how poorly an organization manages facilities stewardship requirements. – Quantitative metrics/performance indicators.

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Creating thoughtful tech workplace design

BD+C

Office Buildings Headquarters Designers Architects Interior Architecture The wow-factor. We understand visionary companies appreciate one-of-a-kind, edgy spaces that differentiate their brand and culture; what some call “out there” design. The space needs to be true to the need of those who work in it.

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Public Procurement of Construction Services

Job Order Contracting

Collaboration, Integrated Information and the Project Lifecycle in Building Design, Construction and Operation.” Public procurement of construction services could be improved through the adoption of currently available best management practices. References: AIA (2007). Construction Users Roundtable (CURT). Ballard, G., and Cho, S.

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Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders.

Job Order Contracting

Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders… possible? Design-Bid-Build. Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) delivery process with design, bidding, and construction in separate, sequential steps.

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KBIS thanks 2016 Design & Construction Week supporting organizations

Contractor Magazine

In 2013, the NKBA and NAHB announced an agreement to co-locate the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show with the International Builders’ Show under the banner of Design & Construction Week. read more.

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

Specifications originally intended for design bid-build (DBB) projects require significant revisions to be suitable for design-build or integrated project delivery (IPD). Greater challenges arise when adapting DBB source documents for design-build. Design-build contractual relationships. Images courtesy HDR.

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