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Unit Price Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Systems level estimating, historical data, assemblies, or square foot calculations should never be exclusively used to procure a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service. Profit and overheads should be considered separately. Unit price construction cost estimating is the foundation of every reliable cost determination.

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The Simple Guide to Repair, Renovation, Construction Cost Control

Job Order Contracting

Repair, Renovation, & Construction Project Cost Management. Prioritize and Budget Requirements Every real property owner is face with aligning organizational requirements with facilities repair, renovation, and construction needs as well as available current and projected multi-year resources.

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What is a JOC Unit Price Book

Job Order Contracting

The contractor’s JOC coefficient includes overhead and profit, thus the unit price book should NOT include overhead and profit. A JOC Unit Price Book should include repair, renovation, and construction tasks appropriate for the the various types of work identified in the JOC agreement.

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JOB ORDER CONTRACTING BASICS

Job Order Contracting

Each line item in the UPB should represent a repair, renovation, or construction related task and include… organization via CSI MASTERFORMAT, a title and description in plain English, and detailed subcosts for labor, material, and equipment. Job Order Contracting BASICS. Crew information should also be available.

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JOC Construction Labor Costs

Job Order Contracting

The wage rates are combined with material and equipment costs, and the time/crew required to perform a specified task in order to create a detailed JOC construction cost task or line item. The total for the line item is general the applied without contractor overhead and profit. Bare costs (no contractor overhead and profit).

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Job Order Contracting 2021 and Beyond

Job Order Contracting

It functions like an “as-needed”, “on-demand” repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction program, and is based upon proven LEAN principles. If a UPB is properly created it consists of “bare costs” only (no contractor overhead or profit). JOC 2020 Cost Reduction. for normal work hours.

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4BT OpenJOC Job Order Contract Unit Price Book

Job Order Contracting

The 4BT OpenJOC Job Order Contract Unit Price Book contains line item task descriptions and costs for commonly encountered renovation, repair, and minor new construction costs. Data organization uses CSI MasterFormat. 4BT OpenJOC TM Unit Price Book (UPB). Task descriptions are in plain English using industry standard terms. to 1.20.

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