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Core Programming in Project Management

Construction Business Owner

When I became its program manager in the fall of 1997, The Pentagon Renovation Program, still early in its development, was already significantly over budget, far behind schedule and producing an unsatisfactory product. The task from my boss, Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. John Hamre, was simple: Fix it.

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The Management Structure That Strengthened the Pentagon Renovation Program

Construction Business Owner

When I became its program manager in the fall of 1997, The Pentagon Renovation Program, still early in its development, was already significantly over budget, far behind schedule and producing an unsatisfactory product. The task from my boss, Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. John Hamre, was simple: Fix it.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

Benefits of an OpenJOC Job Order Contract implementation include an expedited procurement process, and consistent completion of quality projects on-demand, on-time, and on-budget per owners/contractor expectations. Flexibility in quantity and delivery scheduling. Both the owner and the JOC contractor benefit from these efficiencies.

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The Secret Sauce to Protecting Construction Profits  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Lack of visibility Disconnects between the office and the field mean construction executives often have limited data and insights into budget, safety, and quality make it difficult to make critical project and business decisions. On Autodesk Construction Cloud.

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Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management

Job Order Contracting

Funding for maintaining built structures is rarely sufficient, thus existing budgets must be maximized. This includes reducing the risk of project/system failure, on-time and on-budget project delivery, shortening projects delivery times, lowering operational costs, as well as improving quality, reliability and safety. Activities.

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What Is a Change Order?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

A Change Order represents the mutual consensus between the parties on a change to the work, the price, the schedule, or some other term of the contract.”. A change order represents a mutual agreement to change the work, schedule, price, or other term of the contract. Faulty budgets and schedules. Key Takeaways.

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Aloha Ken Wagner

Cassell Construction Estimating

He has been our Senior Oracle Primavera Technical Consultant and Oracle certified Enterprise Portfolio Implementation Specialist for the implementation of P6 Project Management, Ken has over thirty plus years of executive level experience in program and project management, working in state and federal government, defense and commercial industries.