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20 Questions Before Setting Your Fee

PSMJ Resources

What will it cost to produce this job (salary/overhead)? Where is this service on the service life-cycle curve? Further, always negotiate price last. What do we want the price to convey? How does our cost structure compare to competitors''? What portion of cost is fixed? How important is price to our client?

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Developing a Job Order Contracting Program

Building Information Management

Construction tasks not included in the unit price book may be negotiated. The difference between the facility owner’s cost based on the UPB and the contractor’s cost is represented as a coefficient which is used as a multiplier that covers the contractor’s overhead and profit as well as any adjustment between the UPB and the local prices.

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Development of the Job Order Contracting (JOC) Process for the 21st Century

Building Information Management

Construction tasks not included in the unit price book may be negotiated. The difference between the facility owner’s cost based on the UPB and the contractor’s cost is represented as a coefficient which is used as a multiplier that covers the contractor’s overhead and profit as well as any adjustment between the UPB and the local prices.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Practices Implementation

Building Information Management

The Contractor shall furnish as part of its overhead cost, included in the coefficient, all necessary protective equipment, concrete mixing boxes, water barrels, wheelbarrows, hoes, shovels, tools, mortar boards, ladders, portable scaffolding, shop tools, hand tools, shop equipment, and fabricating items customary to the trade, etc.,

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

design/negotiate/build). design/negotiate/build). 00 52 16 Agreement Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 00 52 17 Subcontract Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 01 90 00 Life Cycle Activities. 08 33 23 Overhead Coiling Doors.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

design/negotiate/build). design/negotiate/build). 00 52 16 Agreement Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 00 52 17 Subcontract Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 01 90 00 Life Cycle Activities. 08 33 23 Overhead Coiling Doors.

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Public Law 111-308 – Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act – FBPTA – CORE COMPETENCIES

Building Information Management

o O perating, Maintaining and Testing Life Safety. o Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) o Life-­?Cycle Cycle Assessment (LCA). o Determine costs/pricing structure (labor, materials, overhead, etc.). Demonstrate the ability to work with Facilities team to negotiate rates and discounts. o Building Life-­?Cycle