Remove Change Orders Remove CSI Remove Life Cycle Remove Procurement
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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. Typical construction project stake holders include: Owners (management, engineering, contracting/procurement, building users), Contractors, Subcontractors, and Designers/Architects. Primary data sources should be used whenever possible.

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Improve Construction Productivity Via Relationship Management

Job Order Contracting

Best Value Procurement – Put aside cost low bid/lowest technically acceptable procurement strategies. Consider total cost of the project/program, including change orders, potential for legal disputes, and especially prior performance on similar projects. Tasks should be organized by CSI Masterformat.

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LEAN JOC – Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

LEAN JOC (Job Order Contracting) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework. The approach invests more resources earlier in the Project life-cycle.

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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. Coordination of teams and information, reducing errors, omissions and miscommunications, and virtual elimination of change orders and legal disputes.

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

Building Information Management

Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste. and maintenance information into the building knowledge base.

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Why Efficient Facility Management Is So Difficult

Building Information Management

Senior level management and all facilities, procurement, planning, and engineering/architecture/construction professionals must work in an environment that is collaborative, transparency, and prior business process are challenged and continuously improved. Focus is upon best value and life-cycle costs versus first costs.

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Built Environment Life-Management, BIM, LEAN, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Life-cycle Management 101. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onwards.

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