Levelset

MARCH 11, 2022

Prioritizing a low bid over contractor performance is a lose-lose procurement strategy. Unfortunately, low bidding is an accepted practice for both owners and contractors alike. Owners will say that focusing on the lowest bid possible ensures they get a good price. Who’s responsible for low-bid procurement?

Bidding 98

Bidding Cash Flow Contractors Procurement 98

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2017

INTRODUCTION – Procuring Construction Performance with Job Order Contracting yields significantly outcomes for owners, contractors, and facilities users. Traditional construction delivery such as design-bid-build, and even efforts at improvement such as design-build, are lacking the respect to 1.

Procurement 100

Procurement Contract Construction Bidding 100

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 10, 2022

OpenBUILD(TM) is The ONLY Construction Integrated Project Delivery Solution with Locally Researched Cost Visibility with Program Management, Contract Management, Proposal/Bid/Estimate Management, Workorder Management , Project Management, Document Management, Team Management, Issues/Task Management, Workflow Management, and BIM integration.

Procurement 221

Procurement Construction BIM Change Orders 221

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 12, 2020

With applied leadership and readily available integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery tools and support services are readily available best value on-time and on-budget outcomes can be the norm.

Construction 149

Construction Procurement Bidding Renovating 149

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 8, 2021

The OpenJOC Job Order Contracting Solution reduces design/engineering and procurement lead times dramatically by awarding a competitively bid, firm-fixed-price, indefinite quantity, multi-task contract to a previously approved contractor.

Contract 130

Contract Procurement Innovation Bidding 130

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Increased early and ongoing collaboration within a common data environment (CDE) consistently drives highest value project planning, procurement, and delivery outcomes. Integrate project delivery via LEAN Job Order Contracting is thus not prevalent throughout the architecture, engineering, construction, or facility management industries.

Contract 131

Contract Procurement Bidding Renovating 131

Job Order Contracting

JULY 31, 2020

Tools and services are readily available to support collaborative construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. The proven path to the the former is an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery environment. INTEGRATED PLANNING, PROCUREMENT, AND PROJECT DELIVERY. PROCESS VERSUS TECHNOLOGY.

Contract 158

Contract Procurement Construction BIM 158

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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). Before initiating a project through the JOC program, determine if it will result in savings over traditional/other procurement methods.

Contract 205

Contract Bidding Organization Consulting 205

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 20, 2019

Open collaboration between real property project owners and service providers (architects, engineers, builders…) throughout the life-cycle of assets, programs, and projects is a fundamental outcome of using the OpenJOC(TM) Collaborative Construction Delivery Platform. . . Arizona continues to struggle?

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Arizona Bidding Construction 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 4, 2019

LEAN facilities procurement and construction project delivery methods integrate the “supply side” of the value chain (architects, engineers, builders…) with the “demand side” (facilities management, procurement, building users, oversight groups, community…).

Procurement 100

Procurement Organization Bidding Contract 100

Construction Enquirer

JULY 10, 2023

It also is using the procurement race to create new capacity in the water industry and support market entrants. With this in mind a specific multi-discliplinary civil engineering lot for each of its two main territories is being included to open the door to firms with no previous water sector experience.

Deals 75

Deals Bidding Maine Engineering 75

Job Order Contracting

MAY 9, 2019

Traditional project delivery methods such as design-bid-build, low bid, etc., are the primary cause of much of the waste and low levels of satisfaction across the AECOO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner, and Operator) sectors. Open, low-cost LEAN procurement tools and services were unavailable.

Bidding 100

Bidding Procurement Innovation Architecture 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2021

While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 14(2), 73–78. Design and Construction: Building in Value.

Construction 164

Construction Procurement Contract Management 164

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 15, 2018

JOC reduces unnecessary levels of engineering, design, and contract procurement time along with construction project procurement costs by awarding long- term contracts for a wide variety of renovation, repair and new construction projects. 8-22% of project costs were being consumed in design and procurement.

Contract 100

Contract Change Orders Procurement Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2020

LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery. The negative practices that have affected the construction sector (including architects, engineers, builders, operators, and real property owners and facilities managers-AECOO sector) can not be resolved with technology. via Four BT, LLC – www.4bt.us

Construction 150

Construction Procurement Innovation Products 150

Construction Enquirer

MAY 17, 2023

HS2 is planning a meet the main contractor bidders day ahead of the next tranche of subcontract work tenders to progress civil engineering works and station fit-outs. The ‘Meet the Contractor’ event is designed to help businesses understand how to get ‘HS2-ready’ so they are in the best possible position to bid for upcoming work.

Subcontracting 98

Subcontracting Roads Maine Innovation 98

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 6, 2021

The Design-Bid-Build (DBB) model has perpetuated an antagonistic inefficient environment for decades. Neither of these two types of JOC approaches delivers the full benefit of JOC to the owner or involved builders, designers, or engineers. Some favor the owner, while others charge a percentage of total construction value.

Contract 150

Contract Budgeting Budget Risk 150

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 4, 2019

Contracting/Procurement Rigor. Real property owner leadership bears the responsibility of monitoring and controlling BEST VALUE procurement processes. Performance failures of recent decades are the directly result of poor owner leadership and the lack of adoption of LEAN planning, procurement, and construction delivery methods.

Contract 115

Contract Procurement Risk Renovating 115

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 12, 2017

Job Order Contracting benefits all participants and stakeholders – facilities management, DPW, engineering, real property owners, facility users, procurement, contractors and oversight groups. Lower Design Costs. Shorter Overall Project Delivery Time. Reduction is Administrative Burden and/or Costs. Fewer Change Orders.

Contract 100

Contract Change Orders Procurement Legal 100

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Bidding/Negotiating/Procurement. Both integrate design, construction, procurement, and all internal and external team members from conceptualize to hands-off, and even beyond. LEAN Pre-Construction services considerations significantly improve outcomes. Project Delivery Method Selection. Construction Documents.

Construction 100

Construction Procurement Agreement Contract 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 31, 2021

The facilities management and AECOO sectors (architecture, engineering, construction, owner, and operator) have long suffered from poor productivity growth and high levels economic and environmental waste. Traditional project delivery involves a counter productive, non-integrated, approach to planning, procurement, and project delivery.

Construction 153

Construction Procurement Contract Budgeting 153

Construction Cost Estimating

MARCH 31, 2015

Lamprell is seeking a Senior Process Engineer UAE based Lamprell, the leading solution provider in the energy industry in the Middle East for more than 35 years, is seeking a Senior Process Engineer who has to make report to Group Engineering Manager. Estimation / engineering work corresponding to bids.

Engineering 40

Engineering Schedule Documentation Drawings 40

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework. As with any integrated project delivery environment, LEAN JOC supports and drives early and ongoing communication among all parties… owners, facilities management, architects, engineers, builders, and building users. TOOLS AND SERVICES.

Contract 165

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 4, 2018

It’s important to understand that Job Order Order Contracting,JOC, is not simply a procurement method. Job Order Contracting, when properly understood and deployed, is a LEAN construction delivery method that minimizes waste and improves overall construction outcomes.

Contract 100

Contract Architecture Organization Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Military Academy, West Point, facility engineers realized the disadvantages of the design-bid-build construction delivery system, and implemented an a new indefinite delivery- indefinite quantity (IDIQ) facility maintenance contract which was first used by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium.

Contract 100

Contract Arizona Construction Estimating 100

Lets Build

APRIL 15, 2020

Construction management starts with a project owner sharing project information to contractors and subcontractors in order to solicit bids. Once the project owner receives all the bids, a contractor is then selected based on the lowest bid, best qualifications, or of best value to the company. Procurement. The process.

Project Management 148

Project Management Management Construction Feasibility 148

Fieldwire

MARCH 5, 2024

To say that winning bids is the key to success in construction is a half-truth. Subcontractors getting awarded a contract spells financial disaster if the bid is too high to be competitive or too low to be profitable. Bidding on projects you have yet to gain experience in can broaden your horizons.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Budget Estimating Bidding 52

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 7, 2017

To minimize the chance of favoritism or corruption, the sealed bid. Also referred to as the “Design-Bid-Build” process, this system has long been the most prevalent option for large and small public works contracts. Job Order Contracting – A Procurement Success Story, 1998 – Moore, W.,

Contract 100

Contract COAA Life Cycle BIM 100

BD+C

JULY 26, 2013

House of Representative this month to ban reverse auctions when an agency determines small businesses are qualified to bid on the solicitation. In addition, a bill to mandate the use of a two-step process to evaluate design and build procurements is up for debate. billion, of all federal procurement in 2012.

Contract 40

Contract Procurement Design Negotiation 40

The Korte Company

AUGUST 12, 2020

Design-Build was not always accepted in the industry. So when he encountered Ralph Korte’s vision of Design-Build in action, he saw the industry’s future. . A move to Denver in 1971 landed him a role on a ten-man design team for the largest building to date in the city’s downtown, the Mountain Bell Denver Headquarters. “I

Design 52

Design St. Louis Illinois Architecture 52

Levelset

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Before a construction project can begin, there is a lot of planning, number-crunching, designing, and scheduling that needs to occur. An architect, designer, or design-bid contractor will perform planning and engineering services for a prospective project owner, providing them with the information they need to move forward.

Risk 52

Risk Feasibility Bidding Budgeting 52

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 9, 2018

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.

Management 100

Management Construction Documentation Organization 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2017

Remember that a Job Order Contract can be designed, implemented, and managed by the Owner, a combination of an Owner and a JOC Consultant, or JOC task orders can be executed leveraging a Cooperatives. Architectural/Engineering service levels. JOC bidding process. Overall procurement strategy. Performance bond and size.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle BIM Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 20, 2018

Best value procurement. Compare those numbers to the AECOO (architecture, engineering, construction, operations, and owner) average of 70-72% of project over budget and over schedule! Common data environment (CDE), including locally researched detailed line item construction cost data organized by CSI Masterformat(TM). LEAN processes.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Construction Renovating CSI 100

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Existing State Finance and Procurement Code Section 4-809(f) was amended adding new section (6), providing in relevant part, the Maryland Green Building Council shall: “(6) develop guidelines for new public school buildings to achieve the equivalent of the current version of the U.S.

Maryland 240

Maryland Green Guidelines Certification 240

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework. As with any integrated project delivery environment, LEAN JOC supports and drives early and ongoing communication among all parties… owners, facilities management, architects, engineers, builders, and building users. TOOLS AND SERVICES.

Contract 132

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 132

Construction Marketing Ideas

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

In the US, if you are doing design or engineering work for federal agencies, the Brooks Act applies — and that means the financial numbers are considered only AFTER you’ve been selected. There are specialized consultants to guide businesses in these sometimes murky areas (Siben is one of them).

Procurement 48

Procurement Consulting Bidding Environment 48