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Using Business Intelligence to Gain a Competitive Edge

Viewpoint Construction Technology

When profit margins are thin, it doesn’t take much to wipe out a project’s financial benefits. Insights from all this information could increase profit and productivity and reduce time, errors, and material waste. Insights from all this information could increase profit and productivity and reduce time, errors, and material waste.

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Job Order Contracting – Lean Construction History

Job Order Contracting

Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) construction delivery was too inefficient for the large numbers of renovation, repair, and sustainment/maintenance projects. Subsequently State, County, and Local Governments, Transportation, Education, and Healthcare entities began to use Job Order Contracting.

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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

ENR Construction

Earn Continuing Education Credits. White Papers. The increased competition has narrowed already slim bidding margins, forcing contractors to eke out a financial edge wherever possible. An idle crew waiting for a replacement machine or repairs can add unexpected costs that skew project profitability. Book Reviews.

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Using RSMeans Cost Data for Job Order Contracting – JOC – October 2013

Building Information Management

The follow are excerpts from a RSMeans White Paper. Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Job Order Contracting offers an alternative to traditional bidding processes. “Traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems.

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The Top 200 Environmental Firms for 2012: Analysis | ENR.

ENR Construction

Earn Continuing Education Credits. White Papers. The firm noted last month improved operating profit for its North American environmental-infrastructure segment. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates.

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Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Recently, several organizations collaborated together and published a white paper titled Integrated Project Delivery for Public and Private Owners. Mark noted that JOC requires a different contractor skillset and mindset from the traditional Bid/Build process. Design/Build, CM, CM@R and, of course,Job Order Contracting.