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Job Order Contracting versus Design Bid Build

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting versus Design Bid Build can help to measurably improve construction productivity, quality, delivery times, and overall satisfaction for all participants. Job order contracting saves significant time and improves quality, consistency, and overall satisfaction vs. traditional design-bid-build.

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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Any real property owner can control construction costs for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects. Validate Contractor and Subcontractor Quotes Obtaining comparative bids on all subcontracted work will not provide sufficient cost visibility. Controlling Construction Costs is not rocket science 1.

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Selecting JOC Contractors

Job Order Contracting

Selecting JOC Contractors involves more than simply reviewing their coefficients/bid factors. Fully consider costs that impacts of all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build activities. When considering JOC Contractors, remember you are investing to assure a long term, mutually beneficial relationship.

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Public Sector Facilities Stewardship and Data-driven Decision Making

Job Order Contracting

Low bid is an acceptable form of procuring repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction services. Lumps sum bids from contractors or subcontracts, historical costs, or benchmark cost data are reliable forms of cost estimation. Large, traditional software/services providers provide the best solutions.

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Facilitating BEST VALUE OUTCOMES in the built asset industry through robust PROCESS and collaboration.

Job Order Contracting

Most real property owners, design-builders, and oversight groups say they are aware of this, yet rarely make decisions based upon this simple reality. Traditional design-bid-build or lowest bid. #2. Repair, Renovation, Construction Cost Data. People, Process, Information come first, then Technology.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Advantages of LEAN Job Order Contracting over the traditional design-bid-build method, design-build, or even other JOC programs are significant. LEAN Job Order Contracting. Advantages for larger new construction projects are also available.

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Best Value Pre-Construction Tools and Services… and more

Job Order Contracting

LEAN pre-construction services define the following stages of a repair, renovation, or new construction project life-cycle: Project Conception Project Delivery Design Construction Documents Bidding/Negotiating/Procurement. LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery. Improve Productivity 20%-50%.