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Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently

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Keeping up with the growing backlog of facility renovation, repair, sustainability, and maintenance is a never ending challenge for colleges and universities. While the problem is not new, what must change rapidly is the level of competence of higher education facility management professionals so that impending disaster is avoided.

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Selecting a Job Order Contracting Consultant

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Selecting a job order contracting consultant is important to the success of a Job Order Contract for Owners that are new to the concept, or who may wish to improve their existing program. First and foremost the Job Order Contracting Consultant must be Independent and Objective. Selecting a Job Order Contracting Consultant.

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Renovating A Heritage Building

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If you’re like me and your project experience has included renovation of a heritage building you’ll understand that there are some key challenges related to them. So what exactly is a heritage building, how does one go about renovating a heritage building and what are some of the complexities related to it?

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Understanding the Value of JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – JOC

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Bridging the JOC Education/Training Gap. Many owners simply view Job Order Contracting (JOC) as a means to speed the procurement of repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds that require minimum design. Simply procuring services and tools from a “JOC consultant” will not yield the benefits of JOC.

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

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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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Four BT Awarded JOC Consulting/Training Contract by ESC19 / Allied States Cooperative

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ESC Region 19 Allied States Cooperative Awards Four BT Job Order Contract Consulting. 23, 2016 – PRLog — Four BT, LLC awarded nationwide contract for Job Order Contracting Consulting by ESC Region 19 Allied States Cooperative. from Education Service Center Region 19 – Allied States Cooperative (ESC19/Allied States).

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Do you really need Last Planner(R), Black Belts, and Senseis to Consistently deliver Quality facilities repair, renovation, and construction projects, On-time, and On-Budget ?

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Last Planner(Registered Trademark of the Lean Construction Institute), Black Belts, Senseis, Six-sigma… the list of acronyms, philosophies, consultants, books, goes on and on. All of the tools, training, technology, information, and support are readily available to support robust LEAN construction processes. appeared first on 4BT.

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