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Why Public Sector Building Owners Should NOT Pay Percentage-based Compensation to JOC Consultants

Job Order Contracting

JOC Consultants. Hiring JOC Consultants to basically outsource Job Order Contract Program management and providing payment to the JOC Consultant as a percentage of total construction volume is JUST PLAIN WRONG. There is little, if any reason for the JOC consultant to save money/reduce costs. Higher JOC Program Costs.

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Concrete mix design

GCP Applied Technologies

Concrete mix design. concrete / mix design. . When it's necessary to increase the addition rate of AEA to compensate for one or more inhibiting influences, questions are often raised regarding the chemical influence of the concrete admixture on the strength of the concrete … more. michael.delros…. Fri, 03/06/2020 - 18:13.

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Common Myths Associated with LEAN Construction & LEAN Facilities Management

Job Order Contracting

FALSE: Traditional methods such as design-bid-build and even design-build, are wasteful and cost more in the long run than Integrated Project Delivery (for new construction) and Job Order Contracting (JOC) for renovation, repair, and minor new construction. LEAN Construction & LEAN Facilities Management Management Myths.

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Design considerations for building movements caused by volume change

Construction Specifier

Therefore, it is important for architects and engineers to work together in order to avoid inappropriately constraining building materials; ensure the internal forces and stresses caused by volume changes are accounted for in design; and coordinate the location, configuration, and design of building expansion joints.

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You can Participate in our Survey of ESG Activity in the Marketplace

Green Building Law Update

The survey is not a truly scientific survey in that, after piloting a questionnaire, we have curated the survey methodology, sample design, and data collection with the aim of providing essential benchmarks that will on a timely basis offer predictive accuracy, in the emergent and fast growing space of ESG, on how a company can move forward.

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What Your Clients Think Of You, The Consultant

PSMJ Resources

by: PSMJ''s Public Works Project Management Consultant, Michael Ellegood, P.E. Whenever I work with consultants, I am often asked how do our clients, particularly public agency clients, think of us in the private sector consultant world. Skeptic: “Consultants are merely vendors.

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Collaborative Construction Solution

Job Order Contracting

Traditional contracting methods such as design-bid-build, and even somewhat newer developments such as design-build typically involve the non-owner participants providing lump-sum price based an owner’s proposed requirements. Furthermore, compensation is performance-based and depended upon the final outcome.