Building Information Management

DECEMBER 12, 2016

How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book– WHITE PAPER. A Common Data Environment in the form of a locally researched detailed Unit Price Book, UPB, significantly improves renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction outcomes. Here is a listing of initial considerations when selecting a JOC Unit Price Book. INTRODUCTION.

Estimating 40

Estimating CSI Renovating Materials 40

Help Everybody Everyday

JULY 12, 2015

A while back, I sent an email discussing two potential books I was working on. So, I put those books on the back burner for the time being. The next project I focused on was writing a children’s book. Yes, my first children’s book, Clowny, is officially available on Amazon. Heck, I can barely draw a stick figure.

Drawings 48

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Lets Build

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The submittals include samples, drawings, project data, material listings, quality assurance, etc. A good example is the shop drawing, which provides detailed plans for fabrications that are completed off-site. They can be drawings for windows, roofing assemblies, storefronts, etc.

Project Management 78

Project Management Drawings Construction Documentation 78

Lets Build

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The submittals include samples, drawings, project data, material listings, quality assurance, etc. A good example is the shop drawing, which provides detailed plans for fabrications that are completed off-site. They can be drawings for windows, roofing assemblies, storefronts, etc.

Project Management 78

Project Management Drawings Construction Documentation 78

Lets Build

AUGUST 18, 2023

The submittals include samples, drawings, project data, material listings, quality assurance, etc. A good example is the shop drawing, which provides detailed plans for fabrications that are completed off-site. They can be drawings for windows, roofing assemblies, storefronts, etc. The post What is a submittal in construction?

Project Management 78

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DebunkTheBIM

JULY 10, 2011

Made us think carefully as we set out the drawing sheets. ‘Is These days the art of laying drawings out has all by gone. I rarely see conscious effort behind drawings with the aim to help comprehension. I wrote a bit on the subject when I floated my ‘picture book documenting concept’*, more on it again, soon.

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DebunkTheBIM

MARCH 27, 2011

These are books that accompany ‘for construction drawings’ of yet-to-be-built-buildings. Think about them – there aren’t many other book-shaped creatures that go through their relatively short life experiencing so little love and care. Often they are an afterthought.

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Drawings Construction 48

DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 8, 2011

It is not, firstly because of the sheer number of drawings that are needed to be opened (or even worse, located, then opened), secondly the information is usually highly fragmented, duplicated and uncoordinated throughout the drawing-set. Still feel that we should be able to get more out of them.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

(a) “Adjustment factor” / “coefficient+ – job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the organizations prices as published in the current unit price book. b) “Indefinite quantity” means one or more of the construction tasks listed in the unit price book. (c) Typically within a range of 0.80

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 3, 2019

Use Industry-standard Documents and Data Architectures: Read, create, modify, and interpret drawings, forms, and other industry-standard documents. Leverage locally researched detailed line item unit price books (UPBs). Use standard classification systems such as CSI MasterFormat(TM), Uniformat, etc.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price. This is a national average cost book that DOES NOT REFLECT LOCAL COSTS. as-built drawings and warranties).

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Furthermore, I am not just taking about a estimating program with a unit price book. The simple fact is that technology matters for Job Order Contracting. In fact, technology is a requisite tool to assure maximum productivity, compliance, and more!

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Fieldwire

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Request for Information, or RFI, process on most construction projects is the ongoing, often a daily routine of asking a question and getting an answer about something on the construction drawings. Read more → Paper drawings in the field are completely replaced by digital drawings. It is an important process. Watch Course

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DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 17, 2011

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.

Documentation 48

Documentation BIM Drafting Drawings 48

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Unit Price Book. Specifications Drawings and Other Documents. Shop Drawings. Ownership and Use of Drawings, Specifications and Other Documents. Use of Unit Price Book. Specifications Drawings and Other Documents. Shop Drawings. Ownership and Use of Drawings, Specifications and Other Documents.

Contract 100

Contract Bidding Documentation Drawings 100

Construction Test

MAY 18, 2020

Conor Surman-Burke’s lovely drawing is also all about the superhuman effort going into beating the bug. Riley Buckley, 10, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, sent two drawings in to lift staff and patients’ spirits at NHS Nightingale. Anakin and Maison Izzard assembled their excellent Iron Man drawings for the hospital.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

When prices for lines are used that are not derived from the unit price book, they are noted and referred to as non-prepriced line items (NPP). The government will not provide the contractor with detailed Task Order drawings for projects that do not require a design. The government is responsible for developing the scope of work.

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Natural Building

JULY 26, 2022

” Bruce King and Chris Magwood start off their new book by stating that zero is not enough. ” King’s earlier book, The New Carbon Architecture promotes the concept of “building out of sky” using natural materials. .” degrees Celsius heating of the planet.

Life Cycle 52

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 24, 2018

This is provided via a locally researched detailed line item unit price book. It is also knowledge-driven as is draws upon and integrated the knowledge and innovation from all participants and stakeholders – facilities management, procurement, building users, builders, A/E’s … It is also a dynamic and continuous activity.

Construction 100

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 1, 2019

Paper forms in the field, heavy books of plans and drawings and other tree-sourced documents can also get lost or revised so many times to the point that no two people on a jobsite have the same information in front of them.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A Job Order Contract Coefficient is a numerical factor that represents costs (generally indirect costs) not included in the unit price line items within the Unit Price Book, UPB, associated with the Job Order Contract. As built drawings. UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRACTOR’S JOB ORDER CONTRACT COEFFICIENT. Quality control.

Contract 100

Contract Overhead Insurance Profitability 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2017

National average price books are far too general. ). Landscape – Grass, lawns, trees, mulch, shrubs, fertilizer, and every other material included in the construction of the projects based on the architectural drawings.

Construction 100

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

In addition, the ability to review and interpret construction drawings, work with cost estimating formulas and technologies, communicate information to disparate disciplines and audiences, and attention to detail are all additional requirements.

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Estimating Construction CSI Bidding 40

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 31, 2023

If a generator overloads, it immediately will drop off the four biggest electric draws, then reapply them one at a time to make sure it doesn’t overload. “These generators have a load monitoring switch with four levels of priority,” Camper explains. “If

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Electrical Virginia Remodeling Housing 294

DebunkTheBIM

MARCH 28, 2020

What harm is in having a personal notebook, printing large scale drawings for mark-ups, having a 500-page specification bound in a folder for site works? Use book-marks to distinguish between parts (per day or per topic) and link all bookmarks up at the beginning of the file. Using book-marks is important with PDFs as well.

BIM 99

BIM Drawings IDEA Documentation 99

Revit OpEd

MAY 18, 2013

The release of this book introduces a new team of authors; Tobias Hathorn, Tessa Reist Hathorn and Ryan Duell. They have taken over the book from the team that first introduced it a couple years ago; James Vandezande, Eddy Krygiel, and Phil Read. Congratulations to the new team on the release of their book!

Revit 68

Revit Autodesk Architecture BIM 68

Job Order Contracting

JULY 27, 2017

The contractor has the responsibility to provide a detailed line item proposal to the Owner, using the accepted JOC Unit Price Book, per the Owner’s request (based upon an Owner Statement of Work and joint site visit), within a defined period, and properly executed the work if accepted by the Owner. Contractor.

Contract 100

Contract Procurement Project Management Inspections 100

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

improved cost visibility and cost control is provide through the use of locally researched detailed line item unit price book. Additionally, the knowledge of contractors is leveraged in design phase, drawing on their experiences to improve the proposed solution.

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Resource Procurement Life Cycle Construction 141

Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

A vital part of its mission is to “draw down” carbon in its projects to reverse emissions. The company, which is booking into 2023, works with residential and commercial clients on projects including renovation, new construction and improving building performance in existing structures.

Materials 98

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2017

Example follows: Install suspended ceilings in rooms A and B as indicated in the drawing below. Install suspended ceiling and troffer lighting in rooms A and B as indicated in the drawing below. Install suspended ceiling and 4 tube fluorescent troffer fixtures in rooms A and B as indicated in the drawing below. contact-form].

Contract 100

Contract Negotiation Drawings Contractors 100

Natural Building

MARCH 20, 2020

The New York Times recently published a fine article about Lloyd Kahn , the builder and publisher of numerous books related to natural building through his Shelter Publications. He also published a story about the earthbag house I built around the turn of this century in a book titled Homework. That was in the first edition of Shelter.

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cnstrctr

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Initially I looked into taking university or college courses, than resorted to reading books and finally to online blogs and articles. Using E-Books and Books To Learn About Construction. I might be a bit biased about using e-books and books to learn about construction (I’ve wrote a few of them.

Construction 68

Construction Conference Industrial Resource 68

Fieldwire

AUGUST 13, 2023

Specialty contractors must ensure that the work they do complies with drawing specifications set by the architect or design team to avoid unnecessary rework or conflict. E-Book The 5 Secrets to Jobsite Productivity A practical guide for construction workers and teams to improve jobsite productivity today Read more → 3.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

NEVER pay a “JOC consultant” a fee on the total JOC construction dollar amount if the JOC contractor plays a role in determining if a project is awarded or not… and never pay a fee of more than 1%-2% in ANY event, Required collaboration of all participants, Require initial and ongoing training, Assure shared risk/reward, Develop long-term (..)

Contractors 102

Contractors Project Management Consulting Contract 102

Lets Build

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Drawing up a construction quality management plan will enable you and your staff to identify potential liabilities or risks, and implement techniques to mitigate them. Book a demo to find out more. Check out our construction quality management app, LB Aproplan ! A game of risk.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 19, 2023

But the focus was primarily on creating drawings and extracting material quantities, with limited emphasis on information management and collaboration across disciplines. “We really saw the added value of the CDE for setting up workflows, centralising mark-ups on drawings, communicating about approvals and so on.

Autodesk 97

Autodesk BIM Drawings Engineering 97

DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Or a stack of A3 drawings? I enjoyed the guilty pleasure of multiple note books and kept paper copies of critical documents handy. No, let’s draw the line in the sand! A provocative question. Of course, one can. Why would the good character or even the BIM knowledge of a person be undermined by a paper-notebook and a pen?

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