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Collaborative Construction Procurement Planning and Project Delivery = Best Value Outcomes

Job Order Contracting

Collaborative Construction Procurement Planning and Project Delivery is a robust process for consistently achieving long-term best value for all participants and stakeholders. Parametric cost modeling, area cost factors, location factors, etc., Tools and services should be procured to support owner requirements.

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A Relationship-based Approach to Sustainable Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

Traditional methods for planning, procuring, and delivery repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction are incapable of consistently delivery of quality outcomes on time and on time. Existing tools and support services to mitigate waste/rework and enable consistent quality outcomes on time and on budget are readily available.

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Construction Cost Knowledge Management

Job Order Contracting

Construction cost knowledge management is a component of integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. The use of national average cost databases and/or location factors, or parametric cost models are insufficient. Traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methods have failed.

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The High Cost of Low Bids: When Contractors Compete on Price, Everyone Loses

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Prioritizing a low bid over contractor performance is a lose-lose procurement strategy. Unfortunately, low bidding is an accepted practice for both owners and contractors alike. Who’s responsible for low-bid procurement? Owners or developers frequently push for the low-bid procurement method in construction.

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MasterFormat Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Locally researched cost data provided at this level of granularity provides superior cost visibility for specified projects when compared against Uniformat and/or assembly level categorizations of construction requirements, or parametric modeling. Such databases should be used exclusively for basic reference only. Additional Considerations.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and team. The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., Projects completed at or under budgeted cost. Shared boundaries. Bemelmans, J.,

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Interested In Prefabrication? Here’s 5 Tips To Get It Right From The Start

Autodesk Construction Cloud

And how can owners, contractors and subs ensure their projects are prefab-ready? And as an owner, you can expect greater certainty over the schedule and budget. Avoiding early blockers Despite these advantages, many companies run into challenges adopting prefab – often during the procurement process.