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Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders.

Job Order Contracting

Construction Project Delivery Comparison. Construction Project Delivery Overview & Comparison. Adversarial, change-order-oriented environment is common between owner, A/E, and contractor. Change orders may be reduced versus DBB due to A/E-contractor collaboration and contractual relationship.

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IDIQ Construction Contract Guide

Job Order Contracting

Individual projects are scoped and proposed based on unit prices, which converts to a lump- sum delivery order before proceeding. Changes orders, legal disputes, and cost/time overruns are virtually elimated. Job Order Contracting Advantages. No multiple quotes for comparison. Performance-based.

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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? What can these Owners possible be benchmarking against? How can goals, objectives, targets be established?

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

My favorite time period for comparison purposes is 3 years, but this is a “soft” number, and depending on the nature of your company, philosophy, and the economy, it may change. change orders. Home Contact Us About Us Subscribe Advertise Legal Disclaimer Site Map -->. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008.

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Collaborative, Efficient Construction Delivery Methods – The Real Obstacle to BIM

Building Information Management

Standardized cost databases, unit price books, specifications linked tasks, comparison of internal vs. average costs, shared risk/reward, virtual elimination of legal disputes and mitigation of change orders, processes that guide vs. mandate behavior, localized management with global oversight… welcome to the new world.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Management Practices

Building Information Management

A typical JOC process has the following stages: Owner request for a JOC task order / project proposal. Owner may generate and independent owner estimate for comparison to the contractor estimate, or review the contractor’s estimate in detail.). Owner/Contractor negotiations and/or changes as needed.

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Efficient Construction Project Delivery for Public Sector Facility Owners – Renovation, Repair, Sustainability

Building Information Management

Significant reduction of change orders. Virtual elimination of legal disputes. Comparison of U. The effectiveness of partnering and source selection in job order contracting – masters thesis. The reduction of procurement and overall project cost. Longer term and better owner/contractor relationships. Kashiwagi, D.