Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Collaborative and integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and teams. #5. Engage in data driven cost estimating with objective, verifiable, and current local market labor, material, and equipment price books from 4BT (Four BT, LLC). Experienced construction cost estimators. #6. Leadership support.

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Estimating Construction Equipment Facility Management Construction Management 93

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 10, 2021

Construction Procurement Costs can be effectively managed within integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery environment. Often owners focuses only on initial purchase cost when they make decisions on repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build planning, design, procurement & construction. Introduction.

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Procurement Building Performance Measurement Facility Management Change Management 66

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Best Value Facilities Construction/O&M Planning, Procurement and Project Delivery can only be achieved with a concerted focus upon change management, education, and leadership. The post Best Value Facilities Construction/O&M Planning, Procurement and Project Delivery appeared first on 4BT.

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Procurement Lean Construction Facility Management Change Management 71

Civil Engineer Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) is a particular form of contracting arrangement used in some industries where the EPC contractor is made responsible for all the activities from design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover of the project to the end-user or owner.

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Contracts Handover Procurement Engineering 98

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2021

4BT OpenJOC TM Job Order Contracting Solution saves money by significantly improving facilities project planning, procurement, and project execution service delivery. 4BT OpenJOC TM Job Order Contracting Solution Saves Money. 4BT OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Solution Saves Money.

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Contracts Procurement Facility Management Project Management 105

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They EMPOWER internal and external teams to plan, procure, and execute projects collaboratively on an early and ongoing basis, while also ensuring a detailed, clearly communicated, and verifiable cost and technical scope of work. At the core of these robust processes is a locally researched detailed unit price cost book. Learn more?

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Project Management Construction Management Procurement Communication 104

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 6, 2020

Ensuring COLLABORATION from Planning, through Procurement, through Project Delivery, and Beyond for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction requires an integrated outcome-focused process. The post IPD – Ensuring Construction COLLABORATION from Planning, through Procurement, through Project Delivery, and Beyond!

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 9, 2019

LEAN Job Order Contracting enables Best Value Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery for real property owners and their selected service partners. Owner LEADERSHIP is a core requirement for implementing best value facilities construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. LEAN Job Order Contracting.

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Lean Construction Procurement Contracts Site Planning 64

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 8, 2025

Additionaly, 4BT cost data is updated quarterly versus creating “annual cost books”, a common practice among traditional cost data providers. The net result a 30%-40%+ improvement in cost representation.

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Estimating Construction Equipment Infrastructure Development Property Management 93

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 12, 2022

JOC Procurement Processes. • Public sector procurement and facilities management professionals are re-evaluating their Job Order Contracting and capital planning processes, and setting ambitious process improvement goals. If you think it would be beneficial to speak, book 15-minute introductory discussion. Assure compliance.

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Contracts Procurement Facility Management Project Management 105

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 11, 2022

JOC is both a procurement mechanism and a project delivery method. When designed and managed properly, JOC integrates planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and teams under a consistent programmatic workflow. A locally researched unit price book (UPB) is core element. Learning about Job Order Contracting?

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Contracts General Contracting Procurement Project Management Consulting 105

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 21, 2022

JOC Program Planning – Tools and Services Evaluation and Selection (Unit Price Book, Services, Technology). JOC Construction RFP Planning and Procurement – Program Contract Organization, Documents/Bid Packages/Forms/Checklists/Approvals, Roles in Construction Projects, and Contractor Selection. Program Portfolio Management.

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Change Management Mapping Project Management Procurement 105

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 25, 2021

There are major disadvantages of having a construction acquisition/procurement plan lacking granularity. With respect to construction, renovation, maintenance, sustainability or repair procurements, lacking granularity results in a lack of cost visibility and transparency and financial management inefficiencies.

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Procurement Project Management Construction Management Maintenance 52

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Integrity in Public Sector Procurement of Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and Construction Services is essential to minimizing costs and ensuring quality and safety. A professional, efficient procurement system begins with sound policies implemented through systematic, programmatic procedures. contact-form].

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Procurement Maintenance Quality Assurance Cost Control 59

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2022

if the unit price book is prepared correctly. JOC Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Teams must be integrated and observe robust LEAN philosophies and practices. . Using JOC to simply speed procurement can lead to major issues with both compliance and project delivery cost/efficiency.

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Cost Control Procurement Quality Assurance Quality Control 105

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The Fundamentals of Efficient Public Sector Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery are important to professionals hoping to meet their fiduciary responsibilities by maximizing the use of taxpayer funds. The most common and proven tools for this is a detailed, locally researched unit price book.

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Procurement Lean Construction Collaboration Project Management 56

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Maintain transparency, oversight, and accountability standards required for public procurement that are often compromised by traditional JOC programs. Prepare customized, locally researched line-item (not assembly) unit price book with descriptions and detailed labor, material, and equipment information. Adjustment factor evaluations.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 17, 2022

4 JOC should NEVER be used to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction project. JOC can integrate siloed planning, procurement, and project delivery teams and processes to maximize productivity and drive down total costs %20-30%. #5 BENEFIT from Job Order Contracting.

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Construction Law

APRIL 3, 2025

Government Project Delivery and the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) have launched The Teal Book as part of a drive to transform project delivery across the public sector. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Locally Researched Detailed Line Items Unit Price Book (Local market component costs with labor, material, and equipment details.). Requisite tools and support services are readily available and include but are not limited to the following. JOC Program Development. JOC Program Management Technology. JOC Program Support Services.

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Contracts Infrastructure Development Procurement Building Materials 103

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 20, 2025

4BT exclusively offers this information for any location, with all line-items organized using expanded CSI MasterFormat, enabling clear communication, collaboration, and alignment with all technical domains and participants throughout the planning, procurement, and project delivery lifecycle.

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Estimating Project Management Lean Construction Change Management 59

Practical Law Construction

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In a recent survey undertaken as part of the RIBA Construction Contracts and Law Report 2022 , it was reported that over a third (37%) of respondents had used two-stage procurement over the last 12 months. In fact, the majority of recent development projects we have advised on in the UK were procured on a two-stage basis. .

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Job Order Contracting (JOC) has been distorted into a way to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, and new build construction, bypassing procurement rigors and doing little to assure mutually beneficial benefit to owners and design-builder or overall efficiency. Full financial and technical visibility and transparency.

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Contracts Lean Construction Project Management Consulting Quality Assurance 105

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 16, 2021

Current JOC solutions integrate construction planning, procurement, and project delivery, associated participants and stakeholders, and more! Financial transparency is provided through the use of an associated detailed unit price book. How often should a unit price book, UPB, be updated, and how? Rethinking Job Order Contracts.

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Contracts General Contracting Project Management Consulting Lean Construction 103

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 26, 2022

Unit price construction cost estimating is the foundation of every reliable cost determination prior to procurement. Systems level estimating, historical data, assemblies, or square foot calculations should never be exclusively used to procure a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service. Contact Us.

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Estimating Procurement Foundation Systems Insurance Management 105

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2022

Owner establishes a LEAN Job Order Program and selects vendors via a full and open best value procurement process: Minimum and maximum quantities or dollar values for annual construction and individual projects. During planning, procurement, and facilities professionals should work together to develop a clear. statement of work (SOW).

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Contracts Lean Construction Procurement Site Planning 104

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Unlike traditional systems, the 4BT-PEP integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery teams for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds, and reduces both administrative burden and overall costs. It’s time to rethink your JOC Program. 4BT (Four BT, LLC – www.4bt.us) Faster, Better, Cheaper. Efficient Workflows.

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Closeout Project Management Procurement Change Management 105

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Traditional methods for planning, procuring, and delivery repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction are incapable of consistently delivery of quality outcomes on time and on time. Estimating – Rapidly Search, Access, Select Unit Price Book Line Items, Build Estimates, Copy/Paste Estimates. Unit Price Book Management.

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Facility Management Sustainability Building Information Modeling (BIM) Change Management 105

Job Order Contracting

JULY 18, 2021

LEAN Facilities Repair and Renovation is a programmatic systems approach that integrates the planning, procurement, and project delivery process for public sector facilities owners and their design/builders. Furthermore, work flows, documents, and required approvals are clearly defined for all participants and stakeholders.

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Lean Construction Building Optimization Public Works Procurement 105

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The fundamental reason for poor outcomes is the failure to implement and properly manage robust and integrated LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. A detailed scope of work is associated with a detailed line item cost estimate and builder’s proposal based upon a locally researched unit price book.

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Schedule Management Construction Management Lean Construction Building Information Modeling (BIM) 93

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2021

As real property owners, it’s your roles to encourage innovation and new approaches by prescribing means and methods of planning, procurement, and project delivery and requiring compliance. Rethink procurement, planning and project delivery processes. Rewire the contractual framework.

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Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Budgeting General Contracting Procurement 99

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2022

A locally researched, granular, detailed line-item unit price book (UPB) is a valuable tool for creating a valid construction cost estimate. Final procurement of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service should always involve review of a detailed line time construction cost estimate and quantities.

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Estimating Lean Construction Cost Control Building Performance Measurement 105

Practical Law Construction

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In our previous blog post , we introduced two-stage procurement and two key options for documenting it (a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) followed by a separate main works contract and a Combined PCSA/Main Contract) noting that the differences were generally presentational or mechanical. Site investigations.

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Procurement General Contracting Insurance Management Risk Management 52

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 1, 2022

Don’t “reinvent the wheel”, take advantage of current available LEAN integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery tools for all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build requirements (examples: Integrated project delivery and LEAN job order contracting). Make critical physical infrastructure improvements that.

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Procurement Building Design Maintenance Collaboration 104

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

They have been set up to simply procure construction/maintenance services faster, and in manner cases without traditional or proper oversight. How to integrate internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams. How to evaluate a JOC Unit Price Book (UPB). How to create an RFP for JOC contractors.

Contracts 105

Contracts Lean Construction Procurement Estimating 105

Job Order Contracting

MAY 28, 2022

The combination of owner support and a programmatic LEAN JOC Program integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery teams to enable the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds on-time and on-budget, without excessive administrative cost or burden. Lack of owner leadership and competency, and.

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Contracts Lean Construction Quality Assurance Procurement 105

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 22, 2019

Efficient & Quality Construction Services Procurement and Delivery should not be this hard! We all know what can go terribly wrong with traditional construction procurement and delivery processes… lack of financial visibility, poor work scope definition, quality issues, legal disputes… in short, poor outcomes tend to be the norm.

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