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BuildTools Provides the Solution for Managing Demanding Clients

Pro Builder

Voted a Dallas Best Builder every year since 2006, Mark Molthan and the Platinum Series Homes team are honored to be among the top 2% of home builders in North Texas. But Platinum Homes was losing money on change orders from demanding clients. We had to negotiate our final draw on every home,” says Molthan.

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Disaster Recovery through Job Order Contracting

Pro Builder

Since the scope and costs are already set, negotiation time is minimal before the contractor gets the work order and can move ahead. This process allowed contractors who were awarded the work to get to work quickly without spending a lot of time on price or other negotiations. Construction. Resilient Construction. Financing.

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Triggers and Solutions for Home Building Inflation

Pro Builder

5 Tips for Dealing With 'Take It or Leave It' Ultimatums When Negotiating. Eliminate last-minute change orders. With the market this strong, do you really need to allow homebuyers to make changes after the cutoff? That tactic isn’t good for the home builder or for the industry. Next-Gen Hiring Practices for Home Builders.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A Savings Analysis!

Rory Woolsey

However, I received many comments and questions on the “Negotiating JOC” blog from last week that really should be answered. So, next week will be cost control and this week I will answer a question from The University of North Texas that summed up some of the comments that came in from others.

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A New Resource for JOC – Job Order Contracting Services

Building Information Management

We can help with a range of support from telephone help line support to full proposal review, reporting, and negotiation with contractors. Change orders were increasing final costs by as much as 50%, and claims and litigation were diverting the attention of project management staff. Ongoing Assessment. The results were clear.

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Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

This helps to eliminate potential disputes and change orders that traditional construction delivery methods are known to experience. As scopes of work are jointly developed, discussed, agreed upon and finalized, a JOC contract is much less likely to have claims, change orders, and disputes than other traditional delivery methods.