Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and National 19 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Note: Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud High is a cloud platform developed by Microsoft for cleared personnel and organizations that support the Department of Defense (DoD).] 1 FEDRAMP was initially establish to provide a standardized method for ensuring digital information security for federal government agencies.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It is required in order to consistently achieve best value repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes. They have a false sense of security, believing that contractor or subcontractor quotes, or historical information, or square foot level cost models provide defensible cost visibility.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 28, 2018

While this report targets defense infrastructure, the issue is far worse at the GSA and other non-DOD government agencies where there is a basic lack of understanding and implementation of organization-wide, best value, LEAN Facilities Management, and LEAN Construction Delivery Methods. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2018.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The Green Globes certification program from the Green Building Initiative can be used for the renovation and construction of Department of Defense facilities following agency endorsement. It is unknown whether Green Globes or the LEED standard will be used more often. read more.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Or… Job Order Contracting is a LEAN procurement and project delivery method for facilities repair, renovation, and minor new construction. It can deliver major benefits, but only if fundamental LEAN processes are adhered to and the real property owner actively participates and provides leadership.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2021

to derive an verifiable and representative cost for a repair, renovation, or new build projects at a particular location and current time period are readily apparent. Locally researched detailed unit price cost data provides the granularity to drive defensible and transparent cost estimates at any level.

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Building Information Management

MARCH 12, 2013

Efficient project delivery methods such as JOC, Job Order Contracting, and SABER are an important element in the renovation, repair and sustainability of facilities. Source: Energy-Efficiency Standards and Green Building Certification Systems Used by the Department of Defense for Military Construction and Major Renovations, NRC.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 9, 2018

Create defensible, fine-tuned estimates (owners and contractors). See for yourself how to consistently deliver over 90% of repair, renovation, and minor new construction projects on-time, on-budget, on-demand, and to the satisfaction of ALL participants and stakeholders. www.4bt.us.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 9, 2020

The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. Location factors are primarily used in class 4 and 5 estimates and are not intended to be used for higher quality estimates, such as class 3, 2, or 1. Martinez, A.,

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BD+C

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The Department of Defense (DoD) published the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01 Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings as a mandatory guideline to mitigate the threats of terrorism against buildings and ensure the safety of the individuals that inhabit them.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 26, 2012

Correction: It is now clear to me that I misinterpreted the testimony of Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. Read more here: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED.

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BD+C

MARCH 2, 2017

The project, designed by Matheny Goldmon Architecture + Interiors and estimated at between $10 million and $12 million , is a multi-tenant facility where its anchor, Torch Technologies, a defense contractor, now operates its corporate headquarters.

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Building Information Management

MARCH 27, 2015

JOC reduces unnecessary levels of engineering, design, and contract procurement time along with construction project procurement costs by awarding long-term contracts for a wide variety of renovation, repair and construction projects. Abatement and demolitions services to accelerate renovation projects. via [link]'

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Proper JOC contract design and management are central to improved renovation and repair outcomes. Open JOC is a standardized, independent, objective, and defensible method for organizing, describing, pricing, procuring, and managing renovation, repair, and minor new construction activities. Ongoing training. contact-form].

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In my defense, I believe perfection is attainable only in nature, and that humans can strive for perfection, but never truly achieve it. My wife and I have an ongoing yet congenial difference of opinion about perfection, in that she expects it and I don’t.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2014

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- KBE Building Corporation has completed its second project for the federal Defense Commissary Agency – the new Commissary and Navy Exchange project in Annapolis, Maryland. frontpage'

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Department of Defense (DoD), which asked the National Research Council (NRC) for some objective advice on this matter in preparation for a report to Congress. Just how difficult is it to gauge the long-term cost-effectiveness of green buildings? It may be extremely difficult, at least for the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 28, 2013

EISA requires the GSA Administrator to provide his recommendation to the Secretary of Energy, who then consults with the Secretary of Defense and the GSA Administrator, to identify the system appropriate for use in the Federal sector to certify green buildings. GSA first evaluated certification systems in 2006 focusing on new construction.

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BD+C

APRIL 10, 2013

The Department of Defense should continue to require that its new buildings or major renovations to facilities be designed to achieve a LEED-Silver or equivalent rating, says a new report from the National Research Council.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 19, 2017

The OpenCost TM Approach provides the following features, benefits, and core defensible elements: Consistent and localized labor cost by trade. Addresses line items used in 90% or more of common renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects. All data is organized by the Construction Specifications Institute MasterFormat.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Open JOC is a standardized, independent, objective, and defensible method for organizing, describing, pricing, procuring, and managing renovation, repair, and minor new construction activitivies.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Open JOC is a standardized, independent, objective, and defensible method for organizing, describing, pricing, procuring, and managing renovation, repair, and minor new construction activitivies.

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Construction Marketing

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

It costs a lot to put up, mainly because it plays a significant role in your safety and security while giving you a solid defense against the effects of snow, wind, rain, heat, hail, and other elements. The roof is among the most valuable assets on your house. When bad weather happens, it may cause unforeseeable damages on your roof.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the Department of Defense (and the Federal Government in general) is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) and/or time-based cost variances.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 2, 2015

” For wood products, the credit requires products “certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or USGBC-approved equivalent” (. and, apparently, there are no such approved equivalents). That Executive Order, having the import of not permitting use of LEED on Georgia state funded building, remains in place in Georgia.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Properly budgeted and well managed facilities* are critical to the delivery of public sector services, including Governing, Defense, Education, Healthcare, Life/Safety, and Transportation. JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – JOC, is an efficient construction project delivery method for renovation, repair, and maintenance of built structures.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 28, 2017

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. Financial transparency (locally researched, defensible shared unit price cost books from independent and objective sources ).

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Building Information Management

MARCH 28, 2012

This year a new construction code for high-performance, sustainable buildings, is expected that will govern all new construction, major renovations and leased space acquisition. This new code, based heavily on ASHRAE 189.1,

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

involved an IDIQ contract for renovation work at Langley Air Force Base. Enterprises, Inc. , the Court of Federal Claims reminds contractors to read claim release language carefully before executing any agreement or modification. Enterprises, Inc. and the government under three of these orders: TOs 22, 25, and 26.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 9, 2013

Joe Barton (R-TX 06) returned to tour the revitalized Ellis County facility following a year of renovations by Waxahachie chemical manufacturer Magnablend. After nearly 20 years of abandonment and neglect, the SSC facility was purchased by Magnablend in 2012, beginning immediate and extensive renovation.

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Building Information Management

JULY 20, 2012

The GSA, for example doesn’t even have a centralized, efficient project delivery method for facility renovation, repair, sustainability and minor new construction projects, despite the fact these processes are readily available. Department of Defense. Department of Defense. The Scorecards: . Department of Agriculture.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 8, 2013

Yet, these and other critical aspects such as defensible, accurate, and transparent cost estimating and standardized construction cost data architures are not in the forefront of current thinking or associated allocation of scare resources. Collaboration, transparency, and performance-based win-win relationships are all BIM requirements.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 2, 2017

Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) construction delivery was too inefficient for the large numbers of renovation, repair, and sustainment/maintenance projects. Department of Defense: West Point Academy in 1985, and multiple United States Air Force bases in 1986. Associated delays were negatively impacting the Army’s mission.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 8, 2013

Yet, these and other critical aspects such as defensible, accurate, and transparent cost estimating and standardized construction cost data architures are not in the forefront of current thinking or associated allocation of scare resources. Collaboration, transparency, and performance-based win-win relationships are all BIM requirements.

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The Korte Company

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new construction, renovation or expansion project usually has its roots in a master plan. Department of Defense. Not every designer has the skills and experience necessary to help leadership teams navigate the healthcare construction planning process. Moving from master plan to building program.

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The Korte Company

MARCH 11, 2019

Many of the finishes chosen for a new, expanded or renovated healthcare facility are more than just passive elements that create a “look and feel” of a facility. Somewhat related to evidence-based design is cleanability, arguably the most important defense against spreading diseases in spaces inherently full of them. Cleanability.

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