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Crumbling Buildings, Roads, and Dams – Money Isn’t the Problem

Building Information Management

Furthermore the overall construction process generally wastes 30%-60% of funds on delays, change orders, reworks, low productivity, and legal disputes. Overall, fewer than 10% of renovation, repair, or new construction projects are completed on-time, and on-budget, not to mention to the satisfaction of participants and users.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

The model of the app, particularly as delivered by Apple, is a widget that you load onto a portable device such as a smart phone or tablet and that you use on the run (or sitting – at the airport, the hotel, the DMV, etc.). I’ll Take a Side Order of Apps, Please. change orders. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008.

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My BIM is Your BIM – Owners, Contractors, AEs, Building Users, Oversight Groups, Business Product Manufacturers, Community ….

Building Information Management

Reducing procurement costs, mitigates change orders, and virtually eliminates legal disputes. federal departments/agencies, as well as state/county/local governments, colleges/universities, healthcare, and airports/transportation. Cost are best update annually or quarterly. RSMeans Strategic Partner. .

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Collaborative, Efficient Construction Delivery Methods – The Real Obstacle to BIM

Building Information Management

Standardized cost databases, unit price books, specifications linked tasks, comparison of internal vs. average costs, shared risk/reward, virtual elimination of legal disputes and mitigation of change orders, processes that guide vs. mandate behavior, localized management with global oversight… welcome to the new world.

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What is Job Order Contacting – JOC ? Efficient Project Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

Advantages of Job Order Contracting – JOC – for OWNERS. fewer change orders, increased response to warranty issues, virtually no legal disputes. Advantages of Job Order Contracting – JOC – for CONTRACTOR. improved quality of project delivery and end results. overall project time savings.

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Efficient Construction Project Delivery for Public Sector Facility Owners – Renovation, Repair, Sustainability

Building Information Management

Job order contracting is now in use by Federal, State, County, and Local Governments; Healthcare, Education, Transportation (Airports, Mass Transit, DOTs) and has even expanded into the private sector. Job order contract has several distinct characteristics as listed below. Significant reduction of change orders.