Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 30, 2011
Industry Statistics. » Relationship between the designer and the contractor. One part of our industry that I simply cannot get my head around is the oftentimes adversarial relationship that exists between the building design professionals and the building contractors on a particular job. Equipment and Services Directory.
Construction Business Owner
APRIL 26, 2012
Industry Statistics. 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. Publications.
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Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 19, 2016
As a result of 1800+ tests, researchers have concluded that a primary cause in low project performance (time, cost and customer satisfaction) is the traditional owner-vendor relationship in which the owner uses a design, bid and build (DBB) approach. – 2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 22, 2018
ALL Contractor proposals/estimates should be reviewed in detail, on a line item basis, by the owner and/or an owner’s designated representative. ALL, or a minimum a statistically valid sample number, contractor proposals should be should be reviewed by an independent third party for compliance with JOC Program requirements.
Construction Business Owner
MAY 31, 2011
Industry Statistics. 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.
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 2, 2016
In an effort to consider as representative a sample as possible, the last 50 contracts received where an owner was a party were selected and the last 50 contracts received where a design professional was a party, were selected. 89% of the contracts were for projects pursuing LEED. 7% were pursuing the NGBS. 1% were pursuing Green Globes.
Construction Business Owner
MAY 17, 2011
Industry Statistics. 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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