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Hope Renovations Nonprofit Trains Women for Construction Careers

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Hope Renovations Nonprofit Trains Women for Construction Careers. Women are largely underrepresented in the skilled trades, but Nora El-Khouri Spencer, founder of the Hope Renovations nonprofit, seeks to change that with more inclusive education and training resources. Women in Construction. Women in Construction.

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Empowering Owners with On-Demand Quality, On-Time, On-Budget Facilities Repair, Renovation, & Construction

Job Order Contracting

Empowering Owners with On-Demand Quality, On-Time, On-Budget Facilities Repair, Renovation, & Construction is what we do each and every day. LEAN construction delivery, specifically the OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Solution measurably repair, renovation, and construction outcomes. info@4bt.us.

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$84 Million More Public Transportation Construction for Chicago

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2018 is quickly becoming a banner year for Chicago public transportation. billion renovation and this month brings Metra's $84 million in rail construction projects. Last month saw the approval for O'Hare's $8.4

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

Job Order Contracting

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. In Transportation Research Record: Journal of 23 the Transportation Research Board, National Academies, Washington, D.C. Gransberg, D.D. Matchette, R.

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Construction Cost Optimizing

Job Order Contracting

Better manage cost, time, and material across numerous facilities repair, renovation, and construction projects. The OpenJOC Solution is tailored for federal, state, county, local governments as well as educational, healthcare, and transportation facilities managers and procurement teams.

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Massachusetts plans $17B transportation program

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Transportation authorities will use state and federal funds for new projects and renovations of rails, bridges, tunnels and highways.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. The follow elements are common to a credible construction cost estimate. Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective.