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JOC – Job Order Contracting – Improving Productivity for Facility Renovation, Repair, Sustainability, and Construction

Building Information Management

Sure, you can tweak a few things here to attempt be more efficient with respect to your numerous renovation, repair, sustainability, and construction projects, but substantial productivity gains require fundamentally changing how you do things. They write sign the contracts and write the checks. Shared risk/reward.

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Construction Sector Waste Due to Flawed Decision-Making

Job Order Contracting

Best value construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methods are readily available to virtually assure maximized environmental and economic returns on AEC, facilities management, and other physical infrastructure repair, renovation, or new construction projects.

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BIM is NOT 3D Visualization – 4D, 5D ….

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment is critical to both global competitiveness and preserving sustainable resources. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Job Order Contracting (JOC) are both collaborative construction delivery methods that have been proven for decades, however, awareness remains low.

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BIM in Chains – Sustainability and Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment Stalled?

Building Information Management

I am “mad as hell” at how 3D visualization vendors have marketed BIM. Sure 3D visualization is a great tool, and a valuable component of BIM… but in itself, 3D visualization is NOT BIM. ” – Jim Skea, Chair – Sustainable Energy, Imperial College of London. . BIM Strategy FRAMEWORK.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. With 345,000 buildings, with over 105,000 buildings more than 50 years old, the importance of efficient renovation, repair, and sustainability of existing buildings is paramount. Sustainment/Status Quo. Contract, Project, Estimating, Document Management.

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BIM and Cloud Computing – Get Beyond 3D Visualization and Focus Upon the “I”

Building Information Management

Current the most common being use of proprietary 3D visualization software for the purpose of supporting the design and construction phases of the facility life-cycle. All of these are common within all phases of construction, repair, renovation, or sustainability projects. BIM can be applied at various levels.

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Job Order Contracting – Downsizing and Doing More with Less

Building Information Management

JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – JOC for Downsizing. Federal agencies have done a fantastic job of utilizing IDIQ, Job Order Contracting / JOC, and Design-Build contracts to increase efficiencies in their construction programs. If you’re interested in the topic, check out the DBIA presentation here. JOC Case Study – #201.