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OpenJOC – LEAN Construction Delivery / Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Best value procurement. They drive lower overall costs and virtually eliminate legal disputes. THE HISTORY OF JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – The LEAN Construction Delivery Method. Job Order Contracting – A Procurement Success Story, 1998. The What, Why and How of Job Order Contracting (JOC) – CEFPI Educational Brief.

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The Myth of Facility Management Outsourcing

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Sure, its true that many owners lack the education, skills, and capability to consistently execute efficient life-cycle management across their building portfolio, many service providers are in the same position. Lower Procurement Costs. Significantly Fewer Change Orders. Virtual Elimination of Legal Disputes.

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Worldwide Need for Construction Collaboration

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Role of Training/Education. Mitigation of pervasive and harmful “silo” mentality. %/#/$ Change orders. Average procurement time. %/# and value of legal disputes. are: shorter procurement times, fewer change orders, virtual elimination of legal disputes, and more projects completed on-time and on-budget.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and team. The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., Reduced project related cost growth per change order. Journal of Legal.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. Federal, State, County, and Local Government, as well as Education, Healthcare and Transportation Departments and Agencies have a responsibility to create cost visibility and cost transparency and drive improved construction productivity.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Management Practices

Building Information Management

JOC FUNDAMENTALS – Job order contracting, like any LEAN best management process, has basic requirements that focus upon collaboration, transparency, quality, and continuous improvement: Early and ongoing involvement of ALL participants. Value and qualification based selection and procurement. Shared risk/reward.

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

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While accurate, timely, and transparent cost estimating is critical to the success of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project, most construction cost estimators (over 55%) continue to rely primarily upon manual methods, hard copy documents, or electronic spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.