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Episode 4: Quality Compromises — Ensuring Quality in Construction

iField Smart

Speaking of construction, quality is perhaps the most vital word associated with any successful construction project. So, how can these risks be decreased in construction and ensure delivery of the expected or better projects? Precise Documentation: All project specs are clearly defined and accessible. Lets find out.

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Managing Change Orders

Job Order Contracting

Managing change orders for any size of repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project, whether IPD, alliance job order contracting, DB, DBB, ‘et al’, simply requires a robust preconstruction process in most instances. ensuring project continuity and success.

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Build a Strong Cost Data Foundation

Job Order Contracting

Build a Strong Cost Data Foundation – Strategies for Change A significant issue in public sector capital planning and associated repair, renovation, maintenance, and construction is the reliance on outdated, national average cost data and flawed location/economic multipliers. Build a Strong Cost Data Foundation 2.

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Collaboration In FDI: Best Practices, Standardization

Business Facilities

Following standardized frameworks helps to streamline communications and enhance long-term growth and sustainability. The current administration’s policy and tariff initiatives also are fueling investments in domestic high-tech projects. So far this year, several leading automakers announced plans to either build plants in the U.S.

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Critical Component of Integrated Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

A critical component of Integrated Project Delivery is objective, verifiable, granular local market cost data and and associated and an associated detailed scope of work (SOW) fully communicated with and agreed to by all participants and stakeholders.

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Moving from Design-Build, DB, to Integrated Project Delivery, IPD

Building Information Management

Providing the opportunity for the kind of collaboration that the construction industry so badly needs… Design-Build has a spectrum, ranging from almost as dysfunctional … all the way to almost as collaborative as Integrated Project Delivery. Shifting Design-Build toward IPD.

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Best Value Construction Delivery Methods – Alliance Contracting, LEAN Construction, Integrated Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

There are multiple types of construction delivery methods that strive to achieve superior outcomes to traditional design-bid-build, design-build, CM@R, etc. These including alliance contracting/project alliancing, LEAN construction, integrated project delivery, LEAN job order contracting.