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Improving Construction Outcomes is an Owner’s Responsibility

Job Order Contracting

It is up to an owner to define, implement, and manage a robust, repeatable, and efficient process to assure best value project planning, procurement, and project delivery, including building strong, outcome-focused internal and external teams. procure services cost effectively, and then. execute projects efficiently.

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Challenging Times = Emerging Sales Opportunities

Pro Builder

Today, rapidly changing events in the industry are providing opportunities to create long-term relationships that can result in high commission dollars and increased sales. . Saul Klein. Realtor emeritus, CFP. The most significant of those violations involves what I call “parachute and backdoor sales.” Outsourcing Your Sales.

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6 Phases of the Construction Process

Chianelli Estimating

Materials purchases are made from vendors (Procurement). It should be noted that sometimes procurement and pre-construction are considered separate stages. It is not uncommon for procurement to take on added complexity, particularly for long-term products or those that use a variety of hard-to-find materials. Quality Control.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

Benefits of an OpenJOC Job Order Contract implementation include an expedited procurement process, and consistent completion of quality projects on-demand, on-time, and on-budget per owners/contractor expectations. Best value procurement. Owner technical and procurement staff is supplemented. REFERENCES. Menches, C.

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An Snapshot of International BIM Status and Goals

Building Information Management

Public Procurement Service to fully adopt IFC-based open BIM. BIM as part of public sector building project procurement. Operational Asset Management – Processes and data for the commissioning, handover, operation and occupation stages. Senate Properties. Code of Practice. BS 1192:2007. GSA; USACE. PAS 1192-2:2012.

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OMNICLASS vs. UNICLASS / UNICLASS2 – BIM Ontology

Building Information Management

For a review of OmniClass in general, refer to the separate article OmniClass: a critique. This means that the Table can’t properly serve design-build and design-build-operate procurement (which, in the latter case, typically requires the contractor to be involved from the very beginning of the project, as part of a consortium).

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Construction Clients: Who is the conductor of your project orchestra?

DebunkTheBIM

Buildings became more complex, detailed, comprehensive documenting up front expensive and often redundant due to procurement strategies available. I am referring to the missing conductor that will have the holistic integrity of the building at heart till the very end. A dynamic and ongoing design management has become the norm.