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Digital Dryshack # 68: Scheduling Best Practices

Cassell Construction Estimating

15 Tips for Best-Practices Scheduling. While discussing scheduling with a client in Hawaii recently, I found myself repeating over and over, a variation of “…scheduling best practices include…” Hearing these words repeatedly set me to thinking that I hadn’t recently seen scheduling guidelines set out in a concise, straightforward document.

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2023 Collaborative Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Owners must provide leadership and accountability and not excessively rely upon “JOC consultants” #2. JOC Programs must be collaborative with all parties working in a compliant, fully transparent environment, and towards mutually beneficial well-defined goals. In many instances, this has simply not been the case. #1.

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DD# 71: Time Impact Analysis for Schedule Extension

Cassell Construction Estimating

We’ve seen this time and time again, and the most effective tool to achieve contractual time extension is a good schedule, along timely documentation. A good schedule includes: an approved baseline. schedule entries for each significant change which affects time, (per the attached TIA doc). Happy Scheduling!

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9 Best Practice Tips for a Schedule Analysis of Construction Delays

Best Practices Construction Law

When savvy contractors face delays on a project, they immediately take steps to provide notice, document, evaluate and plan for recovery from those delays. However, the different methods of schedule analysis can lead to varying results. If the delay absorbs the “float” in the schedule, then it is not compensable.

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Project Documentation: The Bad Little Email That Got Produced

Best Practices Construction Law

Believe it or not, there are always a wealth of emails and other documents produced in litigation that help “make the case” for the other side. We also need to consult the claims team to determine how late we really are. ” Best Practices advises that you should have a written document management policy in place.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting – Getting the most out of available funds

Job Order Contracting

Owners provide leadership and support within a LEAN JOC Program, without the problematic “filter” of a third party “JOC Consultant” Furthermore, LEAN JOC Programs can be implemented for 1/3 to 1/10 the cost of traditional JOC programs that require a percentage of construction value for JOC tools and support.

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Some vital construction documents for a construction project

Construction Cost Estimating

If it is required to develop a new building or refurbish surviving property, the owner should have arranged a document so that the work & other portions of the construction project can be performed systematically. Each construction project should comprise of crucial documents that generally form the part of every construction contract.