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Contract Void Ab Initio: Key Insights into the KBR vs. Corps of Engineers Affirmative Defense

Best Practices Construction Law

under Contract No. The proposed amendment introduces an affirmative defense, contending that Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. KBR) made material misrepresentations in its proposal, rendering the fully-performed contract void ab initio. Misrepresentation regarding the availability of a Quality Control Manager.

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Construction Cost Knowledge Management

Job Order Contracting

Construction cost knowledge management is a component of integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. Most real property owners have not yet recognized the importance of construction cost knowledge management and thus have not developed the capabilities needed to support it.

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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

Job Order Contracting

FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector due to its failure to keep pace with current technology and methods. As you can imagine, the Government contracts with a lot more than that for SaaS solutions ( [link] ). As a result, there is a misunderstanding as to how and if these requirements provide benefit.

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Restoring Our Defenses

Construction Business Owner

11, 2001, began in its usual manner for John Nienabar, operations manager at ServiceMaster of Springfield, Virginia. It was the office of Nancy Judd, head of facilities contracting at the Pentagon, a department that had previously worked with the ServiceMaster Springfield office. At 11:30 a.m.,

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Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management and improving AECOO outcomes for all participants and stakeholders. Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management enables the efficient use of available funds targeted for executing renovation, repair, maintenance, and minor new construction projects.

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Benefits of Local Market Cost Data to Create Estimates – 4BT

Job Order Contracting

This enables simplified data management and the ability to update estimates with various other databases as needed. #4 Our platform can manage multiple Programs, Contracts, Proposals, Estimates, Work Orders, Documents, Forms, Contractors/Subconstractors, Teams, Buildings, Graphics, Issues/Tasks, and even leverage BIM information.

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JOC Program FAILURE POINTS

Job Order Contracting

Note: National average cost data, location factoring, or economic factoring do not provide defensible representations of project costs.) Best Value Job Order Contracting and Total Cost of Ownership Management Learn more… www.4bt.us 8 Failure to use CURRENT local market unit price cost data.