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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Using these granular elements and sharing the associated descriptions, l abor, material, and equipement details in a standardized format (CSI MasterFormat) with all project participants within a robust collaborative process is the path to significant cost savings and the mitigation of change orders, disputes, and waste.

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Integrated Project Delivery Software and Support Services

Job Order Contracting

Integrated Procurement, Design, and Construction REQUIRES Direct Owner Involvement and Leadership from Predesign Through Closeout and Beyond: Planning and performance management collaboratively and at a systemic level. Common Data Environment.

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Celebrating CSI’s 75th anniversary

Construction Specifier

By Stacy Rinella This year, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) reached an important milestone—it has been bridging the divide between various sectors of the building industry for seven decades now. At CSI’s first meeting, held in April, James B. The government’s vast building program, under the auspices of Harry S.

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LEAN Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Use a common data environment (CDE), specifically locally researched unit prices organized via CSI Masterformat. Leverage document management, version control, access control, check-in/check-out, detailed change logging. Replace traditional design-bid-build and design-build with integrated project delivery.

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Considering a Job Order Contract?

Job Order Contracting

All prequalified contractors invited to bid should submit sealed bids based on one or more adjustment factors / coefficients to the unit prices listed in the approved JOC unit price book (UPB). The approved JOC unit price book should be locally researched and organized using CSI Masterformat. no use of economic cost factors).

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Some vital construction documents for a construction project

Construction Cost Estimating

If it is required to develop a new building or refurbish surviving property, the owner should have arranged a document so that the work & other portions of the construction project can be performed systematically. Each construction project should comprise of crucial documents that generally form the part of every construction contract.

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Construction Delivery Change Management

Job Order Contracting

Owners, contractors, engineers, and designers have the opportunity to c onsistently deliver quality repair, renovation, and new construction projects on-demand, on-time, on-budget to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders.