Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Sustainable Facilities Management will require a fundamental change in mindset. Even though tools and services are readily available to consistently deliver quality, on time and on budget repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes, real property owners and facilities management professionals have yet to adopt system thinking.

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Management Budgeting Budget 130

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Underperforming Public Sector Facilities Renovation Repair and New Builds – Time for Change. Whether a Federal, State, County, or Local Government, most public sector organizations underperform when it comes to planning, procuring, and executing facilities repair, renovation, or new builds. Introduction. Learn more?

Renovating 212

Renovating Procurement Budgeting Budget 212

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 15, 2024

In reality the efficacy of spending precious dollars on facilities repair and maintenance is often overlooked, and the process of sustaining physical infrastructure has little true oversight. Sustainable management of buildings and other forms of physical infrastructure is critical in today’s world of shrinking resources.

Management 193

Management Accounting Organization Sustainability 193

Job Order Contracting

JULY 18, 2023

Systems thinking and Job Order Contracting can be integrated to achieved significant improvement is repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction outcomes. Reach out to learn… What is Systems Thinking?

Contract 130

Contract Renovating Organization Sustainability 130

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The ISO 50001-based energy management system is too little too late and fails to address the fundamental issue of rampant economic and environmental waste associated with facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new buildings. Key problems. #1 1 The program is self-paced. No timelines. #2 2 The program is no-cost.

Management 189

Management Renovating Organization Certification 189

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 19, 2023

Systems Enablers for Sustainable Facilities Management, Repair, Renovation, and Maintenance are critical considerations for any real property portfolio owner. In fact, they dictate how efficiently or how poorly an organization manages facilities stewardship requirements. – Quantitative metrics/performance indicators.

Deals 195

Deals Products CSI Organization 195

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 18, 2023

The net result is an average economic waste factor of 30%-40%+ for every repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build. Validating FM decisions with verifiable cost data is critical to facilities sustainability and stewardship, [contact-form] The post Validating FM Decisions with Verifiable Cost Data appeared first on 4BT.

Procurement 214

Procurement Renovating Estimating Architecture 214

Pro Builder

APRIL 18, 2023

That translates to rising popularity for sustainable materials such as ceramics, porcelain, FSC certified wood flooring, and low-VOC paints, in addition to induction cooktops and LED lighting, Forbes reports. Things that are harmful for people are, in most cases, just as harmful for the living organisms in the ecosystem.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Budgeting Budget New York 52

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Valid construction estimates are based on processes and procedures, however, most organizations rely upon dated, ineffective methods. Whether a repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, or new build project, certain fundamental processes and information are REQUIRED to create a valid construction estimate.

Estimating 206

Estimating Procurement Life Cycle Construction 206

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 25, 2022

What changes are necessary for improvements in repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build policy and practices are required? Improving public sector facilities life-cycle management is critical to the economy, the environment, and to our safety. Can currently available alternative methods provide measurable improvement?

Life Cycle 203

Life Cycle Management Procurement Renovating 203

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Innovative construction capital delivery for public sector owners can consistently enable quality, on-time, on-budget and fully compliant repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new build outcomes. Where is YOUR organization? 85% of all construction projects are over-budget, late, and/or poorly completed.

Innovation 202

Innovation Procurement Construction Budgeting 202

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

While many, if not most organizations may claim these as current practices, their current processes, and workflows prove otherwise. Repair, renovation, maintenance and new build planning, procurement, and project delivery professionals and associated processes operate independently.

Management 229

Management Life Cycle Environment Procurement 229

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 9, 2019

Capital costs associated with repairing, renovating, and constructing buildings and other forms of physical infrastructure are out of control for many, if not most real property owners. Also, for JOC, not all cooperatives purchasing organizations and tools are not the same. Costs vary widely by location and remain hard to predict.

Renovating 100

Renovating Procurement Construction Risk 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 15, 2019

Col-lab-o-ra-tion: The situation of two or more people (organizations) working to create or achieve a common goal. These solutions can consistently assure that quality renovation, repair, and new construction projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. Proven collaborative construction delivery methods have existed for decades.

Procurement 100

Procurement Organization Plans Construction 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Not doing so, negatively impacts the efficiency of these organizations, in contradiction to FAR regulations and their fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers. 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).]

Management 196

Management Certification Security Drafting 196

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2023

Those doing the work do far more than complete repair, renovation, maintenance, of new construction tasks, they manage quality and develop creative solutions to ever-present variables. Corporate parentage and culture do appear to be correlated with performance; the level of technology does not. – Krafcik, 1998. appeared first on 4BT.

Products 183

Products Construction Procurement Management 183

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

*JOC Benefits – Consistent delivery of on-demand, quality projects repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainable, and minor new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. all with a focus upon client-defined desired outcomes. Learn more… info@4bt.us.

Renovating 100

Renovating Contract Construction Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

JULY 3, 2020

The data, in order to be properly interpreted and offer significant benefits, must necessarily be immediately accessible, understandable and organized into common formats. An example of a critical CDE is a locally researched detailed unit price book (UPB) organized using the CSI Masterformat data architecture.

Environment 150

Environment Procurement Construction CSI 150

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The vast majority of organizations fail to adopt LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery for facilities management and associated repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new build requirements despite the fact that is the only proven method to drive significant reductions in economic and environmental waste.

Procurement 219

Procurement Construction Renovating Plans 219

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Furthermore, the administrative burden required for sustainable facilities management must be reduced as staffing levels continue to fall. Value generation in public sector facilities management is now a mandate as elevated levels of waste are no longer sustainable.

Management 215

Management CSI Budgeting Budget 215

Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When specifying flooring, one should consider both sustainability and performance. These factors not only contribute to the sustainability of the flooring, but how it performs. These factors not only contribute to the sustainability of the flooring, but how it performs. Even sustainably made floors must be installed correctly.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Certification Green Products 52

BD+C

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The STEP Foundation (STEP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing technology industry benchmarks for sustainability practices in the built environment, and the Green Building Initiative (GBI), a nonprofit organization committed to accelerating the adoption of sustainable building practices, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

Sustainability 56

Sustainability Green Foundation Renovating 56

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The historically high levels of economic and environment waste associated with public sectors buildings and other forms of physical infrastructure are simply not sustainable. Solutions are now readily available to assure the efficient delivery of quality repair, renovation, and new builds.

Management 130

Management Renovating Change Orders Infrastructure 130

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

The way to deliver 96%+ of renovation, repair, and maintenance projects on-time, on-budget, and at the appropriate level of quality is to enable collaboration with contractors and other expert service providers. 1998): Leading Indicators: forecast future trends inside and outside the organization. Long / longer term relationships.

Renovating 100

Renovating Life Cycle Contract Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 18, 2019

Our founders have decades of experience with organizations including R.S. We help guide organizations to achieve accelerated improvement of their facilities repair, renovation, and construction outcomes and focus upon customer value. Means Company, LLC, US Cost, VFA, Inc., and The JOC Group, serving over $4.5B

Contract 100

Contract Renovating Organization US 100

Pro Builder

AUGUST 16, 2022

Taking on a green home remodeling project starts from the ground up, which is why it's important to select the most sustainable flooring products made from natural materials. Though a bit more expensive than traditional flooring, cork and bamboo are sourced sustainably, and they’re also durable enough to last for decades. Flooring.

Remodeling 94

Remodeling Green Sustainability Resource 94

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2018

LEAN Construction Delivery (repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, new construction) consistently drives quality, on-time, and on-budget outcomes.Exclusively available LEAN Construction Delivery Framework via the 4BT OpenJOC Solution(TM). Proven and available to organizations of any size. Long-term relationships.

Contract 100

Contract CSI Renovating Organization 100

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. INTRODUCTION. LEAN JOC integrated People, Process, Information, and collaborative Technology to consistently yield quality projects on-time and on-budget.

Contract 165

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The successful integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology leads to the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects on-time and on- budget. with the result being improved overall productivity. Learn more… A SImple Guide to LEAN Construction.

Life Cycle 115

Life Cycle Procurement Renovating Budgeting 115

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Whether projects involve repair, renovation, maintenance, or new builds, the integration of planning, procurement, and project delivery is needed across all participants and stakeholders on an early and ongoing basis. Their relative level of success impacts society, the economy productivity, and sustainability.

Procurement 154

Procurement Construction Environment Management 154

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Sure, we are a young company, but our founders have decades of experience with organizations including R.S. We help guide organizations to achieve accelerated improvement of their facilities repair, renovation, and construction outcomes and focus upon customer value. Means Company, LLC, US Cost, VFA, Inc.,

Renovating 100

Renovating Contract Organization US 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Everything your organization needs to consistently achieve quality, on-demand, on-time, and on-budget repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction services. Learn more… The post appeared first on 4BT.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Contract Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It is required in order to consistently achieve best value repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes. Information must be presented in plain English, using industry standard terms and definitions, and organized in a standard data format (CSI Masterformat).

Management 260

Management Construction Procurement Defense 260

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, for major new construction, and LEAN job order contracting, JOC, for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction are proven examples of LEAN planing, procurement, and project delivery processes.

Procurement 155

Procurement Plans CSI Construction 155

Fieldwire

APRIL 18, 2022

Eco-conscious organizations like the United Nations are developing sustainability targets to reduce adverse ecological effects. While we will always need to renovate and construct buildings, researchers are assessing the causes of emissions and developing sustainable alternatives to traditional practices.

Industrial 98

Industrial Regulation Sustainability Construction 98

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 24, 2019

Assuring productive, timely, and quality delivery of your facilities portfolio’s numerous repair, renovation, maintenance, and minor new construction needs a disciplined process that helps your organization optimize investments. An organizational view and method of addressing needs rather than independent and unrelated projects.

Procurement 100

Procurement Sustainability Renovating Contract 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Both serve to aid in overall continuous improve of repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. A construction cost audit and associated checklist are important risk management and LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery tools.

Construction 160

Construction Procurement Documentation CSI 160