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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

Adversarial, change-order-oriented environment is common between owner, A/E, and contractor. Planning, procurement, and project delivery is inefficient and disparate. Change orders may be reduced versus DBB due to A/E-contractor collaboration and contractual relationship. Disadvantages. Owner has less control (vs.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. GAO, 2009 The associated processes for developing a credible construction cost estimate are equally well documented. The follow elements are common to a credible construction cost estimate.

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Preconstruction Meeting: A Quick Guide to Success   

Autodesk Construction Cloud

They ensure everyone is on the same page from the get-go, on topics as diverse as how change orders how the chain of communication will be handled on site. They also try to identify special considerations and forestall potential areas of complication that can lead to change orders.

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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. Smaller projects were taking up to 1 year to procure creating a growing backlog of work. 8-22% of project costs were being consumed in design and procurement.

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Estimating Construction Costs for Job Order Contracts

Job Order Contracting

Reduction in the procurement lead-time and construction cost for work orders is a benefit promised by some JOC Consultants and/or service providers. A JOC Operations Manual and/or JOC Execution Guide must be present and a part of the the JOC contractual documents. A low change order rate 5%-16% or lower.

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Collaborative Construction Solution

Job Order Contracting

Traditional project delivery involves a counter productive, non-integrated, approach to planning, procurement, and project delivery. Furthermore, a programmatic environment, complete with associated phases, workflows, and documentation, is common across all participants, projects, and/or work orders.

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OpenJOC – LEAN Construction Delivery / Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Best value procurement. That said proper and well-defined relationships must be established, documented, and maintained from the day one, and a competent Owner with good leadership skills plays a vital role. In some cases, consultants are hired to assist in managing a Job Order Contract. Key characteristics of OpenJOC.

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