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LEAN Procurement via Collaborative Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

LEAN Procurement via Collaborative Job Order Contracting provides significantly improve outcomes for all participants and stakeholders. There are several core elements associated with LEAN Procurement via Collaborative Job Order Contracting for real property owners, construction contractors, and building users.

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Construction Law: May 2024

Construction Law

Editor’s comment Work will flow soon from giant water investment programme The water industry’s giant AMP 8 investment programme will place procurement under the spotlight, says Editor Nick Barrett. Legal terms explained Isabella Salame of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP explains what is meant by non-delegable duties.

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Construction Law: December 2023

Construction Law

Editor’s comment Evolution can disrupt more than revolution The new Procurement Act comes into force next year. Legal terms explained In our latest legal terms explained article Sienna Kim of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP looks at the often thorny issue of retentions.

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Construction Law: October 2023

Construction Law

Editor’s comment Procurement slammed in Edinburgh Tram inquiry report Editor Nick Barrett laments the ‘litany of failures’ identified in Lord Hardie’s report into the Edinburgh Tram fiasco. Lessons must obviously be learned for future procurements; but none of them are new.

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Improve Construction Productivity Via Relationship Management

Job Order Contracting

Best Value Procurement – Put aside cost low bid/lowest technically acceptable procurement strategies. Consider total cost of the project/program, including change orders, potential for legal disputes, and especially prior performance on similar projects. Link to Articles and Research Studies. Learn more?

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Construction Law: Jan/Feb 2024

Construction Law

Editor’s comment Whitehall governance problem at heart of procurement inadequacies? Editor Nick Barrett asks how long the UK can get away with the governance problem said by the head of the National Audit Office to be embedded at the heart of Whitehall when it comes to managing large scale procurements.

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Construction Law: March 2024

Construction Law

News Our regular news round up includes a call from insurance companies for pilot projects to find investment models for green infrastructure; failure of another legal challenge to the Stonehenge project; and a warning that the new Building Safety Regulator is looking for a high profile prosecution to make a point.