Job Order Contracting LEAN Construction Technology

By peter.cholakis@verizon.netJob Order Contracting LEAN Construction Technology, Uncategorized
4BT-CE is the estimating and LEAN construction delivery component of Building in Cloud, BiC.
4BT-CE embeds integrated project delivery best management practices, including the OpenJOCTM process, to enable higher levels of collaboration among owners, contractors, subcontractors, building users, and oversight groups.
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4BT-CE provides many benefits to users and the user organizations as outlined below.

If your are setting up a JOC Program, or wish to improve an existing Job Order Contract, the 4BT-CE OpenJOC Solution provides the open, best-value alternative.

Estimating Features

  • Detailed line item construction cost estimating, as well as program, project, and document management
  • Supports multiple Unit Price Books and Detailed Line Item Commercial Construction Costs Databases
  • Support for multiple JOC Coefficients, multiple Locations, multiple Contractors, multiple Subcontractors, multiple JOC Programs…
  • CSI Masterformat (TM) UPB format (50 Division) for data organization
  • Electronic estimating — directly access, search, and use pricing guides without physical books, paper, or PDFs.
  • Full description of line items, in plain English using common industry terms, including crews, output, material, labor, and equipment costs.
  • Minimal use of confusing abbreviations or acronyms
  • Powerful search engine tools to find unit price line items quickly – Keyword search, Masterformat number, search, and Navigational Tree
  • Ability to tag and input multiple line items into an estimate
  • Easily locate any items lacking a quantity (highlighted in ‘yellow’)
  • Reports calculate and detail Prepriced (sourced from current JOC UPB) and non-prepriced line items, and show associated percentages of total estimating and total dollar amounts.
  • Ability to add and report notes at the line item level, estimate, or project level.

Project & Document Management Features

  • Progam, Project, and Document Management tools
  • Manage document templates to be used repeatedly on projects
  • Organize and locate all project documents in one common place
  • Document “check out/check in” assures everyone is working on the same current version
  • Mutliple permission levels can be assigned relative to document viewing, editing, etc.

General Features

  • Support for an unlimited number of users
  • Compliant with advanced security protocols
  • Pure cloud technology – Only requires an internet browser (Google Chrome recommend, though operable in all common browsers),. Excel™ and Adobe PDF™ are used for exporting, report viewing, etc.
  • Report generation and export to Excel™ or Adobe PDF™
  • Document version control
  • Document access control
  • Intuitive user interfaces
  • DWG, Revit, PDF, viewers
  • GPS mapping/visualization

Benefits

  • Tracks and manages all projects in one program
  • Enables team to share CURRENT information in REALTIME – Allows designated team members to access and/or edit assigned documents and share information/expertise
  • Reduces time spent creating and managing documents
  • Electronically supports contract pricing requirements
  • Support and training from a team that has decades of experience LEAN consturction delivery and life-cycle facilities / infrastructure asset management.
  • Monitors and helps to assure compliance with program requirements
  • Properly implemented, delvers 90%+ of renovation, repair, and new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders.