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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

Building Information Management

JOC permits the issuance of job orders without competition because the tasks ordered were competed as part of the original award. Because non-prepriced items have not been competitively bid, their use should be kept to a minimum to ensure the cost effectiveness of the JOC program. OBSERVATIONS.

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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

Building Information Management

JOC permits the issuance of job orders without competition because the tasks ordered were competed as part of the original award. Because non-prepriced items have not been competitively bid, their use should be kept to a minimum to ensure the cost effectiveness of the JOC program. OBSERVATIONS.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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It also protects public assets, ensures a strong workforce, requires competitive bidding for all projects and allows the private sector to submit new “unsolicited” concepts to address Maryland’s infrastructure needs. DREDGING THE DELAWARE AS PHILADELPHIA GETS READY. In May 2013, CSX Transportation Inc.

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Vaughan Buckley on Restarting a Former Katerra Factory

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In a 2018 interview with Pro Builder, Vaughan Buckley, then president of his own construction company in Philadelphia, stated his intent to be at the forefront of what he envisioned as a vastly different construction market by 2030. Mike Beirne, Senior Editor. Last August, the now-CEO of modular builder Volumetric Building.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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We also configured our Renewable Energy Leaders category to rank the metros that are using the most renewable energy, with some surprising results (hint: the top-ranked metro is the home of the oil bidness). (To A massive, $300-million Delaware River dredging project is helping the Port of Philadelphia get post-Panamax Ready.

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Amazonia, USA

Business Facilities

The first round of the public bidding war launched by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos (who posted a detailed RFP early last month and invited everyone in North America to submit proposals) officially ended on Thursday. The bids most likely will be counted in the hundreds. The bids have ranged from extravagant (NJ Gov. population.”

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