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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective. The reliance on outdated information (more the three month old) can introduce significant error. Primary data sources should be used whenever possible.

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Construction is NOT complex…. People are. Successful Construction Project Delivery Requirements

Job Order Contracting

Successful Construction Project Delivery, whether repair, renovation, maintenance, or new builds, can only be consistently achieved with a primary focus upon People… then Process, Information, and enabling Technology. Who can offer change ideas (informally and formally)? Who assesses the impact of the proposed changes?

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LEAN Procurement via Collaborative Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

There are several core elements associated with LEAN Procurement via Collaborative Job Order Contracting for real property owners, construction contractors, and building users. All begin with the desired outcomes of the project life-cycle in the forefront. Defining and developing processes that support positive outcomes.

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Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Basics

Job Order Contracting

It is the integration of people, process, information, and technologies that is provided for by adopting LEAN strategies. There are currently at least three proven LEAN methods relevant to this discussion: Life-cycle total cost-of-ownership modeling and management. Job Order Contracting. The Obstacles.

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Integrated project delivery method

Job Order Contracting

These benefits are largely derived through the use of a common data environment, CDE, which dramatically improves communication and collaboration throughout the project life-cycle. A C ommon D ata E nvironment (CDE) is a strategic tool for sharing cost information and managing a team. Integrated project delivery method.

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20+ Fresh Releases for Autodesk Construction Cloud

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This will help declutter information that is no longer used and make sure teams are using the most up to date version. By turning on new columns, users can now easily see the original SOV, change orders, and revised SOV to have a granular view of costs. PCO, RFQ, COR, OCO, SCO) in a column for each cost item.

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A Step Closer to BIM? NIBS and AIA Working toward Centralized Building Information Resource

Building Information Management

Also, the “let’s keep the Owner in the dark” or the “let’s not work together”, and the “bid low and make it up in change orders” , or “let’s accept the lowest bid and hope for the best” approaches to ruin. Building Information Management Framework - BIMF.