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Adaptive Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

A common data environment, including a detailed unit price line item cost data resource are mandatory componets to assure full communication of scope of work and associate work requirements, costs, and schedules.

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Job Order Contracting

Public sector stewards of the built environment have specific fiduciary responsibilities. Based upon the size of the project, there is great value for an owner to develop an internal detailed line item estimate for comparison to a builder’s estimate.

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LEAN construction cost estimating

Job Order Contracting

Common data environment. It’s no surprise to anyone that errors and omissions are largely the cause of cost creep, change orders, and general dissatisfaction. LEAN construction delivery is a process-based framework that shares the following components, all of which are requirements for all participants. Shared risk/reward.

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Job Order Contracting

Early and ongoing participation Shared risk/reward Common data environment Mutual trust respect Initial and ongoing training Written operations manual and/or execution guide Continuous improvement Global oversight and leadership with local empowerment.

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

An improved understanding is required among real property owners, facility managers, architects, engineers, and construction contractors relative to the various COMPETENCIES, PROCESSES, COMMON TERMS, and TECHNOLOGIES associated with efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. What is the total value of change orders?

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Data Scientists Reveal 5 Surprising Construction Insights to Manage Risk 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Once these comparisons were made, the team was able to reveal five surprising patterns: Insight #1: Change Orders Are Okay – Until They Hit a Tipping Point. Our team of data scientists found that projects with more than 6% of construction value in change orders showed margin erosion.

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Why the majority of CMMS System Implemenations Fail

Building Information Management

What good is a CMMS system into which an Owner inputs their own experiences without comparison to industry averages, best-practices, or any third party metrics? … The sad part is, there is a lot of information out there on efficient life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology.