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Listing of LEAN Construction Practices

Job Order Contracting

Of these, only LEAN Job Order Contracting provides a robust framework that integrates internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams within a common data environment inclusive of actionable cost visibility, defined workflows, and quantitative metrics. Design Workshop or Big Room. Pull Scheduling/Planning.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

Organizations that do not implement and continuously import upon a program-based approach, under which all projects a planned, procured, and executed, suffer from unclear objectives , shifting requirements , unrealistic schedule s, and reactive planning , Poor planning and poor change management impede individual project successes.

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Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management

Job Order Contracting

Best value procurement. Total cost, availability, technology, merits,constraints, ease of construction, schedules impacts, safety, ease of procurement, coordination… What is the cost/value trade off for each alternative? . Shared risk/reward. Supporting technology (cloud-based, collaborative platforms).

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SITE PLANNING

The Constructor

Residential site should not be located near workshops, factories, because such locations are subjected to continuous noise. This aspect saves quite a bit in the cost of the building. Residential house site should be located away from the busy commercial roads. Orientation of the site also has some bearing on its selection.

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PRECAST CONCRETE PROCESS

The Constructor

Production of reinforced cages and main connections: The precast factory often has specialist workshops for the manufacture and maintenance of moulds, and for the production of jig-built reinforcing cages and connections. The individual components are prefabricated off site then taken to site where they are erected.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

This is so that the project that is procured would economically viable through its entire life span. The value management approach reduces the risk of project failure, lower cost, shorten projects schedules, improve quality, functions, performance and ensure high reliability and safety. The modern procurement system (i.e.