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Improve Construction Productivity Via Relationship Management

Job Order Contracting

Improve Construction Productivity Via Relationship Management has proven to be highly successful. Here are the 4 Steps to Improving Owner/Vendor Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Construction Productivity. Tasks should be organized by CSI Masterformat. Costs should be locally researched. Learn more? contact-form].

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Locally researched labor, material, equipment, and productivity data is essential in the devlopement of a credible construction cost estimate. The most common, in existence since the 1960s, are the CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) format in North America and the SMM7 (Standard Method of Measurement) format in Great Britain.11

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The Physics of Efficient Construction Delivery – Improving Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Builds

Job Order Contracting

. #4 Common data environment (example: Locally researched granular construction cost data, organized by CSI Masterformat). Strategic collaboration has proven to be a fundamental requirement for achieving measurable productivity gains. Change management requires owner leadership and commitment. Owner Leadership and Commitment.

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Better Manage Construction Costs Schedules and Quality

Job Order Contracting

The errors and poor processes result in change orders, project delays, and legal disputes. 10% are due to site related productivity issues, most of which could have been foreseen. Labor productivity value for each craft /work area needs to be estimated at a detail level as it will significantly vary.

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Job Order Contracting Done Right! Open, Best Value, Efficient

Job Order Contracting

OpenJOC uses common, standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures (CSI Masterformat licensee) to minimize cross discipline data gaps and errors and to improve collaboration. Eliminate the non-value add (waste and lack of productivity) that amount to 30%-50% of all construction projects. Simplify project task management.

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Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Basics

Job Order Contracting

All necessitate a change in how people (participants and stakeholders) interact on daily basis. LEAN facilities manage can improve overall productivity by 60%. Change orders and legals disputes are all but eliminated. The Benefits . The Obstacles.

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Public Sector Real Property Management – Quality Construction Cost Estimating – Earned Value Management

Building Information Management

Education, key performance indicators, common terms and definitions, LEAN collaborative construction delivery methods and supporting technology can to be leveraged to enable significant productivity and quality improvement.