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JOC Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Contract Administrator issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) to JOC contractor (alternately process can require contractor to submit a draft detailed SOW for owner review prior to issuance of RFP). Any required documentation and/or forms. Proposal form contractor is due within established timeline. Owner regularly inspects the site.

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Picture book documenting: a good way to ease into BIM!

DebunkTheBIM

Traditional working drawing methods were based on the idea that the designer has developed a solution to a problem and that needed to be turned into a reality by people of varying skills and most not party to the initial brief or the reasons that were behind the solution. An accurate and complete record of the designer’s intentions 2.

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

Lets Build

A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. In the same way, Excel isn’t suitable for running complex construction projects , one document may not cover all eventualities or project types. Book a demo to find out more. Creating a plan.

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The Life-cycle of a Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

The Contract Specialist drafts the a “JOC Request for Proposal” , assigned a project number, and obtains appropriate approvals and signatures. The contractor prepares a detailed line item estimate using the JOC “unit price book” (UPB). Drawings, typically in PDF format, are included. Contractor Estimate.

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DebunkTheBIM: Dr Vera and seeing the world from the bottom up.

DebunkTheBIM

My equivalent to Dr Vera’s knitting is contract-drafting. I credit a pair of particularly eager-to-please-the-boss QS-es combing through my documentation while building a house I designed, with giving me the best lessons on BIM. My BIMblog and the books I’m reading. And that is exactly where I earned my BIM stripes.

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What are Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineer Requirements (SABER)

Building Information Management

Also known as Unit Price Books – UPB) UPGs are commercial pricing tools such as computer cost databases and libraries of hard copy books (and electronic format). Although rare, they might also include government-developed unit price books. Typically, supporting documents are requested from the contractor.

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Revit Beginners: In-place Cavity Walls

Revit Beginners

We used to complain that CAD drawings looked horrible and now that concept has nearly been forgotten. Once the principals saw the data loss and loss of efficiency from such workarounds they got over the look of the documents. especially as documents became a secondary deliverable to the coordinated BIM. Marathon Drafting.

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