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JOC Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Contractor prepares/updates Detailed Scope of Work referencing any sketches, drawings, photographs, and specifications required to document accurately the work to be accomplished and prepares a detailed line-item proposal of the planned work activity using the current unit price book (UPB). Request for Proposal.

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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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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. Drawings have been used by designers for centuries to communicate ideas to the construction trades. Until recently, those drawings were produced by hand, but in the last 25 years or so, computers have become the primary tool people use to produce construction documents. change orders.

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The Life-cycle of a Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

Drawings, typically in PDF format, are included. An independent owner estimate may also be prepared for projects/task orders above a specified dollar threshold as specified in the Job Contract and/or associated regulations. Generally an independent estimate is required for task orders equal to, or above, $100,000 to $150,000.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. These did not show up on the drawings. In addition to the initial question, there is usually additional correspondence, drawings, sketches, submittals, email discussions, sub and vendor input, design team input, owner input, pricing and other information, which, can be quite a pile of “stuff” to keep track of.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. But, with a variety of systems, drawing types, documents, forms, and data in a variety of electronic formats, efficiently communicating project information is difficult. change orders. General Management. Software & Technology. Accounting & Finance. Construction Law. People Management. August 2008.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. To begin a discussion of cloud computing, let’s draw some analogies from the world of public utilities. To draw an analogy, imagine a situation in which individuals connected their own personal power generators to create a shared power grid. change orders. General Management. Green Building.