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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: ?Negotiating? JOC

Rory Woolsey

. “Negotiating” JOC. This week the blog topic is on “Negotiating” unit price line items taken from national estimating guides on competitively bid contracts that are publically funded and subject to audits. In my thinking there should be NO NEGOTIATING in Job Order Contracting. You read it right.

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Marketing In The Construction Industry – Everything You Need To Know

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Residential. The residential market is made up of housing. Whether you’re building a condo in New York City or installing a fence around a suburban house in North Carolina, you’re working in the residential market. The three most common ways are: Low-bid. Negotiated. Commercial. Best Value.

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The pros and cons of becoming a subcontractor

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Because subcontracts are negotiated rather than bid upon, you may not need bonds for subcontracts. Rose Morrison is the managing editor of Renovated , where she covers contracting and residential construction topics. However, you’ll be focused on the relationship with the general contractor instead. Schedule a Demo

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Englewood Commercial Construction News: Two of the Best Words in Business…We’re Hiring

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As a result, we filled five commercial construction job openings recently to handle the inflow of bid work. Bigger firms started going for niche work, residential builders waded into the commercial construction market and some general contractors started to abandon their tried-and-true asset classes.

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#100:  Dealing With Rising Costs

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Another approach is to negotiate with subcontractors or suppliers to lock in prices for an extended period of time, thereby kicking the price increase risk downstream – but in the present volatile market, subs and suppliers are increasingly reluctant to hold their prices for long, typically not more than 60 or 90 days. Worth a look.

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3 Tips to a Successful High-End Restaurant Construction Project

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Working directly with a restaurateur generally implies a negotiated bid scenario. For these following reasons, restaurateurs should consider working with an experienced restaurant general contractor. Design savings. Loading dock scheduling can get tricky too, as many businesses often vie for the same delivery times.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A Savings Analysis!

Rory Woolsey

However, I received many comments and questions on the “Negotiating JOC” blog from last week that really should be answered. Ed Carrigan asked: “Do you believe there is a savings between JOC program and a bidding process (design-bid-build)? ” Thanks for the question, Ed.