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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Education, key performance indicators, common terms and definitions, collaborative construction delivery methods, and current, objective, local market granular cost data as well as supporting technology can to be leveraged to enable significant cost savings via signifincant improvements in cost visibility, cost management, and productivity.

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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

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.”. yes, this blog will continue).

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Why the BIM Revolution Fizzled

Job Order Contracting

The primary challenges facing the AECOO sector are due to lack of owner leadership and competency… The adoption of BIM as a tool to efficiently manage the life-cycle of built structures requires a full understanding of LEAN collaborative processes as they apply to asset total cost of ownership.

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School Districts can Learn from LEAN Construction

Job Order Contracting

When compared to the industry norm of 75% of all construction projects being over budget, delayed, or resulting in legal disputes. Collaboration – among all participants throughout the project life-cycle (Owners, Architects, Engineers, Contractors…). Common terms, definitions, and data formats. Focus upon best value.

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Job Order Contracting Done Right! Open, Best Value, Efficient

Job Order Contracting

OpenJOC uses common, standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures (CSI Masterformat licensee) to minimize cross discipline data gaps and errors and to improve collaboration. Proven collaborative LEAN Collaborative construction delivery best management practices, Standardized terms, definition, and data architectures.

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Community-based Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

The OpenCost Approach TM leverages industry standard terms and definitions expressed in plain English with minimal use of confusing acronyms or abbreviations. Developed by experienced line item cost engineers, project managers, and life-cycle cost professionals. Available via secure cloud access.

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Facilities Management Key Performance Indicators

Job Order Contracting

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 service requests per time period. Number/percentage of service requests completed versus requested. contact-form].