Building Information Management

APRIL 20, 2016

Job Order Contracting – JOC – delivers greater numbers of quality projects, on-time and on-budget projects, as well as higher overall satisfaction levels than “traditional” construction delivery methods such as design bid build, design build, CM@R, etc.

Contract 40

Contract Bidding Change Orders Procurement 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 20, 2016

Job Order Contracting – JOC – delivers greater numbers of quality projects, on-time and on-budget projects, as well as higher overall satisfaction levels than “traditional” construction delivery methods such as design bid build, design build, CM@R, etc.

Contract 40

Contract Bidding Change Orders Procurement 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

As a result of 1800+ tests, researchers have concluded that a primary cause in low project performance (time, cost and customer satisfaction) is the traditional owner-vendor relationship in which the owner uses a design, bid and build (DBB) approach. – 2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015.

Renovating 100

Renovating Life Cycle Contract Estimating 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

While both IPD and JOC provide established and clear benefits versus design-bid-build – DBB, design-build – DB, and other construction delivery methods, their consistent usage and application has been relatively limited. The above is directly in opposition to lowest bidder and fragmented design-bid-build approaches.

Management 40

Management Contract Life Cycle Architecture 40

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 19, 2021

Volumes have been written about the fragmentation of the AECOO (architecture, engineering, construction, operator, owner) and Facilities Management sectors and their relative high levels of economic and environmental waste. This particular process can be further deteriorated when subcontractors low bid primes to gain awards.

Management 227

Management Procurement Environment Life Cycle 227

Building Information Management

JANUARY 15, 2016

Experienced owners, contractors, procurement managers, architects, or engineers agree that early and ongoing collaboration among dedicated and experience stakeholders generates the best construction outcomes in terms of quality, timeliness, and maximized return on dollars expended.

Management 40

Management Renovating Cash Flow Life Cycle 40

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 13, 2016

4BT-CE Cloud Estimating Software and the 4BT JOC Unit Price Book integrate Job Order Contracting best management practices with technology to allow for faster JOC Program development, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement. Job Order Contracting also encourages the use of local small and minority owned businesses.

Contract 40

Contract Estimating CSI Software 40

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 13, 2016

4BT-CE Cloud Estimating Software and the 4BT JOC Unit Price Book integrate Job Order Contracting best management practices with technology to allow for faster JOC Program development, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement. Job Order Contracting also encourages the use of local small and minority owned businesses.

Contract 40

Contract Estimating CSI Software 40

Construction Marketing Ideas

JULY 23, 2016

In the US for federal and much state and local government work, qualifications-based-selection (QBS) has become the law, avoiding the race to the bottom for price competitiveness within architectural and engineering practices. However, QBS is a double-edged sword.

Documentation 48

Documentation Change Orders Organization Procurement 48

Building Information Management

JULY 30, 2015

Though leverage facility best management practices such as job order contracting and supporting technologies is currently limited to a small percentage of the AECOO sector (Architecture, engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner), the benefits are both real and necessary in order to support economic and environmental viability.

Renovating 40

Renovating Sustainability Contract Estimating 40

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Interoperability is a common “buzzword” used whenever you here a discussion about improving productivity with the AECOO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owners, Operations) industry sector. until it shifts its focus exclusively to culture and process change.

Renovating 45

Renovating Life Cycle Sustainability Products 45

Building Information Management

MARCH 8, 2016

Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a competitively bid, firm-fixed price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) LEAN construction delivery method. Value and qualification based selection and procurement. Cost and accounting transparency via standardized cost data architectures, terms, and definitions.

Contract 40

Contract Management Estimating Renovating 40

Building Information Management

JULY 30, 2015

Public sector and multi-building facility routinely scope, procure, award, and execute thousands of renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction projects. Unit price book: Cost estimating and pricing for individual projects (task orders) is determined from a line item unit price book (UPB).

Renovating 40

Renovating Sustainability Contract Construction 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 8, 2015

BIM (Building Information Modeling), cloud computing, and social media are disruptive technologies which are altering the basic foundations of the AECOO sector (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owners, and Operations). altering the basic foundations of the AECOO sector (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owners, and.

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Contract Environment 40

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Job Order Contracting (JOC), and similar collaborative construction delivery methods can be seen in the top right quadrant. BIM is seen a method to address low productivity and waste management commonly associated with the AECOO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner, Operations) sector.

BIM 40

BIM Environment Management Life Cycle 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 26, 2016

Regardless of the LEAN construction method selected – for example Integrated Project Delivery, IPD for major new construction, or Job Order Contracting, JOC for renovation, repair, maintenance, or minor new construction – the primary focus is uopn highly effective collaboration between the owner, the architect, and contractor(s), etc.

Construction 40

Construction Procurement Life Cycle Renovating 40

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner (AECOO) sector must engage in collaborative construction delivery methods in over achieve any measurable performance improvement in the life-cycle management of the built environment. Forget design-bid-built, and even design-built. All working together.

BIM 58

BIM Life Cycle Modeling Construction 58

Building Information Management

APRIL 24, 2016

Job Order Contracting enables a pre-qualified contractor(s) to perform repair, renovation, or minor construction of a facility or other form of built structure based on pre-described and pre-priced tasks as defined within a Unit Price Book – UPB. Job Orders / Task Orders. Non-Pre-Priced Work.

Contract 40

Contract Contractors Materials Site 40

Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

It remains the leading standardized data architecture for organizing line item construction cost data, construction specifications, and similar information. Procurement and Contracting Requirements Group (Division 00): Introductory Information: Indexing and general information documents. 00 00 00 Procurement and Contracting.

Equipment 45

Equipment Construction Schedule Concrete 45

Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

It remains the leading standardized data architecture for organizing line item construction cost data, construction specifications, and similar information. Procurement and Contracting Requirements Group (Division 00): Introductory Information: Indexing and general information documents. 00 00 00 Procurement and Contracting.

Equipment 40

Equipment Construction Schedule Concrete 40