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An Introduction to Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a way for organizations to get numerous, commonly encountered construction projects done quickly and easily through multi-year contracts. 8-22% of project costs were being consumed in design and procurement. Smaller projects were taking up to 1 year to procure creating a growing backlog of work.

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Top 5 Challenges for Construction Project Managers

Fieldwire

There are also challenges that come from outside of the project such as government regulations and weather issues. As unplanned work and change orders creep into your project scope, the cost can easily go out of control if it is not managed closely. Finally, the project’s budget needs to be reviewed constantly to stay on track.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. Meet with them before every project to discuss not only the contractual provisions for scope of work and change orders, but also what you bid and why. Owners need your help to meet their goals, and they may be more amenable to approving change orders while you’re still on the job.

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The Life-cycle of a Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

At the Pre-Proposal Meeting, the PM should set up a date for the pre-construction “site visit” A designated form with an appropriate amount of information requesting JOC work is completed and forwarded to the “Contract Specialist” Proposal Request. Owner Estimate. Job Start Meeting.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. At Foundation Software, we try to avoid inmate takeovers by first assigning a lead analyst to oversee design for each project. We then provide a design methodology to follow. Design considerations are not relevant at this stage. Well-designed software provides a more powerful solution.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. One of my very favorite books is Alan Cooper’s The Inmates Are Running The Asylum , which takes an in-depth look into software application design. The Inmates Are Running The Asylum—or in other words, “The Programmers Are Designing the Software.” When designing FOUNDATION® for Windows® 3.0

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. Tablet Computing and Enterprise Software » World of Concrete 2012: Products Get Smarter, Interfaces Mimic Streamlined Design of Smart Phones and Tablets. This new design will be intuitive to anyone who has ever used a smart phone or a tablet. change orders. General Management.