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What is a JOC Unit Price Book

Job Order Contracting

A JOC Unit Price Book is a fixed list of detailed construction tasks and associated pricing/costs that is used to estimate costs for individual JOC projects/job orders, associated with a JOC Program. on an general basis. The reason is that the OpenJOC UPB is locally research and does not include contractor overhead and profit.

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

While accurate, timely, and transparent cost estimating is critical to the success of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project, most construction cost estimators (over 55%) continue to rely primarily upon manual methods, hard copy documents, or electronic spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.

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Job Order Contracting – Lean Construction History

Job Order Contracting

Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) construction delivery was too inefficient for the large numbers of renovation, repair, and sustainment/maintenance projects. The total of the estimate is then multiplied by a coefficient. Job Order Contracts should include a minimum and total estimated maximum volume for each year and for the term.

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Job Order Contracting – JOC – Best Management Practices

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JOC is an efficient and widely practice method for both Owners and Contractors to manage their numerous common repair, renovation, and maintenance construction projects. Experience – One must be an experienced estimator and experienced RSMeans, or any RSMeans-based JOC. Joint site walks and scoping common. Annual volume.

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How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book

Building Information Management

How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book– WHITE PAPER. A Common Data Environment in the form of a locally researched detailed Unit Price Book, UPB, significantly improves renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction outcomes. INTRODUCTION. Is the size of the UPB manageable? Are demolition line items present ?

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How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book

Building Information Management

How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book– WHITE PAPER. A Common Data Environment in the form of a locally researched detailed Unit Price Book, UPB, significantly improves renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction outcomes. INTRODUCTION. Is the size of the UPB manageable? Are demolition line items present ?