Job Order Contracting

JULY 30, 2018

Detailed Line Item Construction Cost Estimating Matters a great deal to estimating, risk management, facilities management, and service providers (A/E’s, builders…). Building a trustworthy detailed line item estimate requires a knowledge of the following… Local labor costs and crew compositions. Learn more?

Estimating 100

Estimating CSI Construction Architecture 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 16, 2017

Introduction to Current Construction Cost ESTIMATING Techniques . Robust construction cost estimating is critical to improving productivity, quality, delivery times, cost control, and overall satisfaction for any renovation, repair, or new project. ESTIMATING FORMATS. TYPES OF ESTIMATING & ESTIMATES.

Estimating 100

Estimating Construction CSI ASPE 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

80% of cost overruns are due to poor scope of work definition, and associated inadequate and/or flawed construction cost estimates and otherwise poor planning, procurement, and project delivery management. Fundamental Principals and Components of a Lean Integrated Planning, Procurement and Project Delivery Environment.

Schedule 163

Schedule Management Procurement Construction 163

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

A shared common data environment (CDE) that maintains current, actionable information is another critical component. A shared common data environment (CDE) that maintains current, actionable information is another critical component.

Management 263

Management Life Cycle Procurement Environment 263

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 22, 2021

These environments, when properly deployed and managed, drive unparalleled levels of efficiency quality. A cohesive, efficient, and fully transparent set of principles, policies, procedures, workflows, and a corresponding common data environment (CDE) area foundational elements of both IPD and LEAN JOC. Sample Workflow. via 4bt.us.

Renovating 252

Renovating Management Procurement Life Cycle 252

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2021

Individual projects WILL NOT consistently achieve bst value outcomes unless they are conducted within an overall programmatic environment! Disengage your organization from traditional and hostile, contracting environments, and move to robust collaborative and integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery environments.

Budgeting 178

Budgeting Budget Renovating Procurement 178

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 24, 2021

Create a shared scope of work using a a detailed line item construction cost estimate using locally researched cost data. A common data environment supports collaboration. The environment retains sufficient flexibility to enable local/on-site decision-making within global parameters. Collaborative design for constructibility.

Renovating 182

Renovating Life Cycle Visualization Environment 182

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2020

IPD software and support services provide an environment with a collaborative focus upon requirements definition and successful repair, renovation, and new construction project completion. Defined common data environment. Common Data Environment. Key performance indicators. Sample High-level Workflow.

Software 150

Software Software CSI Life Cycle 150

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 10, 2021

JOC is a program-centric environment within which a contracts, projects, bids, estimates, and work orders follow specified stages and work flows. JOC has improved significantly in its levels of comprehensiveness, and capabilities versus its early introduction to America in the 1980s. Reward is performance-based. JOC Benefits.

Contract 130

Contract Life Cycle Procurement Change Orders 130

Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

In a widely accepted definition, Zero Waste is, The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”. There is a lot of waste out there.

Claims 156

Claims Certification San Francisco Resource 156

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Public and private sector real property owners and facilities management professionals can leverage LEAN JOC to achieve more efficient use of existing capital resources in a full transparent and compliant planning and operating environment. It is not simply a LEAN “philosophy”, but a robust operating environment.

Contract 165

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Public and private sector real property owners and facilities management professionals can leverage LEAN JOC to achieve more efficient use of existing capital resources in a full transparent and compliant planning and operating environment. It is not simply a LEAN “philosophy”, but a robust operating environment.

Contract 132

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 132

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Common Data Environment : Common terms and definitions must be shared by all parties. Change orders, errors, and omissions can be virtually eliminated. Lean Acquisition Planning : Collaborate to assure all parties are involved in determining physical, functional, and financial requirements.

Procurement 211

Procurement Plans Construction Renovating 211

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

LEAN Collaborative Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Methodology with a focus upon BEST VALUE OUTCOMES Common Data Environment (CDE) using common standards terms, definitions, and robust data architectures. Requisite Components of a Physical Asset Life-cycle Management Solution.

Life Cycle 102

Life Cycle Modeling Management CSI 102

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2019

Developing a detailed scope of work and associated line item cost estimate using a verifiable and current locally researched unit price book (UPB) is a mandatory component of a LEAN construction delivery approach.

Renovating 100

Renovating Estimating Construction Budgeting 100

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Actionable Information – A common set of terms and definition and a locally researched detailed line item unit prices JOC construction cost database (versus a “national average” reference cost book with or without cost factors or other economic indices). A JOC unit price book (UPB) is the key element in this regard.

Renovating 100

Renovating Contract Construction Estimating 100

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 26, 2020

The landowners estimate that their cleanup would cost Atlantic Richfield $50 to $58 million. Of note, the landowners’ proposed cleanup exceeds that found necessary to protect human health and the environment by EPA in the CERCLA cleanup agreed to in the settlement with Atlantic Richfield.

Claims 156

Claims Montana Permits Liability 156

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 6, 2016

. – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Facilities Management, & Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment. The combination of information related to all aspects of physical assets life-cycle is best called a physical asset model.

Drafting 100

Drafting Life Cycle Construction Modeling 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 13, 2019

Common Terms, Definition, including a locally researched, detailed unit price book for associated construction tasks. Planning, estimating, negotiating, procuring, managing, and closing out projects are all phases that are fully defined within a LEAN construction environment. Long-term Relationships. Financial Transparency.

Innovation 100

Innovation Construction Procurement Bidding 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 29, 2017

Facilities Management Key Performance Indicators(KPIs) provide objective analysis of select aspects of the built environment. The following terms, definitions and KPI’s are relevant to life-cycle management of the built environment and may be useful to your organization. Number of contractor estimates issued.

Management 100

Management Change Orders Estimating Life Cycle 100

Job Order Contracting

JULY 9, 2019

Design based upon a Detailed Estimate – Team Works to Issues and Produce Solutions – Engage Those Doing the Work in Decision-Making. Poor upfront and ongoing coordination and collaboration. LEAN Construction Delivery. The Path to Measurably Improved Outcomes. The Toolkit.

Procurement 100

Procurement Construction CSI Bidding 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? How important are collaborative construction delivery method to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? How important is a standardized ontology?

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? How important are collaborative construction delivery method to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? How important is a standardized ontology?

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Job Order Contracting

JULY 1, 2019

On example of share information within a LEAN common data environment (CDE) is a locally researched detailed line item unit price book (UPB). A UPB eliminates the sole reliance upon contractor and subcontractor quotes or “back of the envelope” estimates.

Procurement 100

Procurement Plans Management CSI 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 25, 2012

” “BIM provides a common environment for all information defining a building, facility or asset, together with its common parts and activities.This includes building shape, design and construction time, costs, physical performance, logistics and more. . ” – NIBS, 6/25/2012.

BIM 63

BIM Modeling Life Cycle Software 63

Building Information Management

AUGUST 15, 2013

BIM Definition – Short – The life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. QTO, and an exclusively enhanced 400,000 line itme RSMeans Cost database.

BIM 74

BIM Life Cycle Software Software 74

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A Job Order Contract Unit Price Book, provides thousands of tasks for commonly encountered renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction activities, with associated definitions of each, as well as detailed labor, material equipment costs. JOC software is available for desktop or cloud deployment.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Software Software 100

Building Information Management

JULY 10, 2013

Here are examples of metrics associated with the life-cycle management of the built environment: Annualized Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) per building per gross area = Rate per square foot. Annualized TCO per building/Current replacement value = Percent of Current Replacement Value (CRV).

BIM 45

BIM Life Cycle Environment Management 45

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 7, 2017

A Construction Document Management System must allow the visualization of the most common files used in the construction industry such as detailed line item construction cost estimates, required forms, drawings and BIM models. Common industry standard terms and definitions – Common Data Environment, CDE.

Documentation 100

Documentation Management Construction Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 27, 2012

Link built environment to organizational mission and efficiently manage all physical and functional aspects. to standardize life cycle process definitions and associated exchanges of information, and to standardize information content so that meanings and granularity are clear and consistent.” – NIBS, 6/25/2012. Economic Fit.

BIM 49

BIM Environment Life Cycle Modeling 49

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2017

An open, objective, independent and verifiable JOC Cost Estimating, Project Management, and Document Management System for real property owners, architects, contractors, facilities management, and oversight groups. Centralized oversight and coordination, yet enabled use of local management and expertise, within a shared environment.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Renovating Management 100

Building Information Management

MAY 23, 2012

Professional construction cost estimators are critical to any collaborative, transparent, and productive BIM solution. Experienced cost estimators who appropriately leverage technology and embrace collaboration will excel.

Estimating 45

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Renovating 45

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Both LEAN and OpenJOC Job Order Contracting go beyond identification of waste and definition of value. LEAN, BEST VALUE construction, planning, procurement, and project delivery is embodied with collaborative processes and frameworks such as integrated project delivery, IPD, and LEAN job order contacting (i.e. the OpenJOC(TM) Solution).

Procurement 100

Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. A robust ONTOLOGY – While not “sexy”, a clearly defined glossary with robust definitions and associated metrics is the first step. Enter… OMNICLASS, COBie, MasterFormat, UniFormat … 2.

Life Cycle 45

Life Cycle BIM Environment Management 45

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The Need for Credible Construction Cost Estimates. Education, key performance indicators, common terms and definitions, LEAN collaborative construction delivery methods and supporting technology can to be leveraged to enable significant productivity and quality improvement. Basic Characteristics of Credible Cost Estimates.

Estimating 40

Estimating Management CSI Life Cycle 40

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The first approach goes against the very fiber of JOC by not creating a team environment among owners and contractors. Spreadsheets are cumbersome and its virtually impossible to full review detailed line item estimates completely and/or efficiently. Access from computers, tablets, and smart phones.

Contract 100

Contract Organization Environment Renovating 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. By definition, BIM requires a collaborative construction delivery method due to the need for early and ongoing information sharing across multiple knowledge domains. BIM/ BIM EXECUTION PLAN.

BIM 40

BIM Environment Management Life Cycle 40