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2020 Guide to Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

2020 Guide to Construction Cost Estimating provides a road map for applying best management practices necessary to drive financial visibility and transparency. Markups include worker compensation and unemployment per state in which work is performed. The base rate does not include overhead and profit, however, can be added if needed.

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Prepare for Management Compensation and Bonus Reviews

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If you serve government clients, you should be prepared to support your management compensation and bonuses as the year end approaches. There is increased concern among various segments of our public sector clients over compensation and bonuses in A/E firms. Unwritten plans are no longer acceptable under the AASHTO Audit Guide.

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Job Order Contracting Training Note – JOC Coefficient

Job Order Contracting

The following is a list of items that are generally considered when a contractor is developing a JOC coefficient.

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#66:  Labor Inefficiency Costs: Who Pays? How Much?

NH Construction Law

Sometimes this unanticipated time/space compression is the owner’s fault, in which case the general contractor/construction manager and its subcontractors will likely be entitled to increased compensation by change order or otherwise -- and to a mechanic’s lien if that increase is not paid.

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Top 8 Construction Health and Safety Hazards — and Ways to Protect Your Jobsite

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Among the top safety measures implemented in your daily operations, you should ensure that all loads being moved are secured, caution employees to steer clear of suspended loads and overhead work, and strictly enforce the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as hard helmets and safety glasses. Electrocution.

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Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

A Job Order Contract Execution Guide is a required element for any successful, best management practice JOC Program. The 4BT-CE(TM) JOC cloud estimating and project management system, or equivalent, shall also be used. coefficient (reference table of allowable overhead). JOB ORDER CONTRACT (JOC) EXECUTION GUIDE.

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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. They provide a necessary commodity but they are way too expensive, all over paid and have fancy overheads. Sometimes, agency employees who have had salaries frozen for years will be jealous of the compensation of consultant employees.