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The Critical Role Contractors Play in Sustainable Infrastructure

Jobsite with Procore

More frequent and stronger weather events threaten infrastructure sustainability, forcing public budgets into cycles of repair and rebuild. Contractors are on the leading edge of this challenge, tasked with providing sustainable solutions that don’t break the bank.

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A Review of 2023’s Construction Highlights and What to Expect Next: A Summary

Constructlaw

In 2023, the construction industry saw significant developments, such as a downward trend in the commercial real estate market, a continued focus on sustainability, and the ongoing impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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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. Controller General of the United States. Unite States Congress. United States Congress.

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Is a BIM Mandate Coming to the US?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As we discussed in a recent blog post , the JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology report found that building information modeling (BIM) adoption in the United States has been fairly slow, with only 27 percent of construction companies having a BIM department. So will the United States ever have a BIM mandate?

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The 3 Rs of Sustainability Applied to Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In its most recent report, it found 600 million tons of construction and demolition (C&D) debris were generated in the United States in 2018. There are a couple of different approaches to recycling to fit the project, crew, and budget. That’s more than twice the volume of municipal waste generated by homes and businesses.

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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

Job Order Contracting

Our products are hosted on Microsoft AZURE, and Amazon AWS in the United States, both hosting infrastructures are FEDRAMP compliant. 1 FEDRAMP was initially establish to provide a standardized method for ensuring digital information security for federal government agencies.

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Preparing Independent Government Estimates – IGEs , IGCEs

Job Order Contracting

In fact, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been using the later archaic and ineffective methods for decades, and continues to this day. Learn more… The Federal Acquisition Regulation requires independent government estimates of construction costs for contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold.