Job Order Contracting

APRIL 7, 2025

What is an Independent Government Cost Estimate? An IGCE (also in construction related service an IGE) is a cost estimate developed by the Government Requiring Activity, based on the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) or Statement of Work (SOW). How was the estimate made? What assumptions were made?

Estimating 59

Estimating General Contracting Government Works Building Performance Measurement 59

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Collaborative construction cost estimating provides guidance to organizations seeking improved cost visibility and transparency for repair, renovation, maintains and new build projects as well as overall facilities and physical infrastructure management. Workflows, forms, sign offs, etc.

Estimating 85

Estimating Collaboration Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction 85

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 3, 2025

Historical Precedent and Familiarity RSMeans has been a longstanding standard in construction cost estimation. However, this approach often overlooks local market fluctuations and nuances, leading to inaccurate cost estimates.

Procurement 98

Procurement Risk Management Facility Management Lean Construction 98

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 20, 2025

Finally, FAST and RELIABLE Cost Estimates for construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance are now possible with 4BT’s local market detailed cost data! The post FAST and RELIABLE Cost Estimates appeared first on 4BT. Learn Why 4BTs Data Structure Excels.

Estimating 59

Estimating Project Management Lean Construction Change Management 59

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 26, 2025

Construction Value Engineering and Cost Estimating go hand in hand. Arguably Integrated Project Delivery , Collaborative Job Order Contracting , Alliance Partnering, and similar project delivery methods represent value engineering applied to built environment repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction projects. Learn more?

Estimating 52

Estimating Engineering Construction Equipment Project Management 52

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Collaborative Construction Procurement Planning and Project Delivery is a robust process for consistently achieving long-term best value for all participants and stakeholders. Lean Acquisition Planning : Collaborate to assure all parties are involved in determining physical, functional, and financial requirements.

Procurement 98

Procurement Collaboration Project Management Consulting Building Information Modeling (BIM) 98

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2022

Valid construction cost estimate creation is the goal of every professional estimator. Nonetheless validity of a construction cost estimate is critical to cost management. The management of a cost estimate involves updating costs with current data as it becomes available and revising the estimate to reflect changes.

Estimating 105

Estimating Lean Construction Cost Control Building Performance Measurement 105

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2022

Savvy owners and design builders know how review construction cost estimates. The process is collaborative and involves cost estimators, facilities management, and procurement professionals. The post How to Review Construction Cost Estimates appeared first on 4BT.

Estimating 105

Estimating Facility Management Construction Equipment Procurement 105

Construction Enquirer

MAY 15, 2023

Health chiefs are looking to appoint four main supply chain contract partners for an estimated £600m pipeline of work over four years. The framework will be based on the principles of collaborative working, integrated supply chains and continual improvement to deliver best value for money and develop best practice, and sustainability.

Project Management Consulting 247

Project Management Consulting Procurement Project Management Contracts 247

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 27, 2024

It’s time to relearn construction cost estimating. Before relearning construction cost estimating, it’s important to hit your resent button. Work as part of an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery team. Also remember that there so NO SUCH THING as an “accurate construction estimate.”

Estimating 98

Estimating Project Management Consulting Procurement Facility Management 98

Job Order Contracting

MAY 28, 2024

Reliance upon traditional and flawed techniques of planning, procurement, and project delivery methods. Archaic cost estimation methods such as the use of historical data, lump sum subcontractor quotes, and/or national average cost data and location factors, area cost factors, and/or economic factors.

Estimating 97

Estimating Procurement Communication Architecture 97

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 26, 2024

Cost visibilty and transparency promotes a culture of collaboration and informed decision-making and can ensure greater efficiency across the facilities management and AECOO sectors. Improving construction cost estimating requires collaboration, transparency, and a robust process. Check it out!

Collaboration 97

Collaboration Estimating Construction Equipment Facility Management 97

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Estimating costs and Optimizing costs – Current, objective, locally research granular construction task data organized using expanded CSI MasterFormat. The integration of collaborative internal and external Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery teams is equally important. While TAKT, LPS, etc.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 98

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Project Management Consulting Lean Construction Estimating 98

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Simply build the subcontractor estimate using objective, verifiable local market construction cost data and compare costs. Ensure all construction cost estimates are both VALID and RELIABLE. The availability of current, local market, detailed construction task data makes evaluating subcontractor bids an easy task.

Estimating 75

Estimating Construction Equipment Procurement Building Materials 75

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 17, 2021

Reliable construction cost estimating is important to real property owners, facilities management professions, architects, and engineers. If a job is estimated correctly all parties should have a detailed understanding of the scope of work, costs, time, labor, and materials required.

Estimating 80

Estimating Quality Assurance Procurement Building Materials 80

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Value-based construction planning, procurement, and project delivery can consistently enable quality projects, on-time and on-budget. PROCESS – LEAN planning, procure, and project delivery is a requirement. LEAN, simply defined, is a collaborative effort focus upon positive outcomes and the elimination of waster.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 85

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Procurement Lean Construction Project Management 85

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Combining a single source of truth with a robust and integrated Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Framework can reduced costs by 30%-40% as well as reduce risk for design builders. Having a verifiable and granular source of labor, material, equipment, and productivity data greatly improves timely and cost effective decision-making.

Procurement 78

Procurement Lean Construction Risk Management Project Management 78

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 20, 2023

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. The follow elements are common to a credible construction cost estimate. Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective.

Estimating 98

Estimating Structural Systems Schedule Management Risk Management 98

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Since other levels or types of cost estimating can’t meet this level, care should be given as to what form of cost data is being use. In addition, some general provision items can be added to the estimate such as construction trailers, cleanup and temporary power.

Insurance Management 98

Insurance Management General Contracting Building Materials Manufacturing Lean Construction 98

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 5, 2022

Public sector efficient physical asset management requires robust process, collaborative teams. Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and teams Process Drives Productivity. 4bt.us – Robust, integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions. contact-form].

Collaboration 98

Collaboration Lean Construction Public Works Procurement 98

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 16, 2020

4BT LEAN CONSTRUCTION COLLABORATION SaaS Solution. The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features. The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features.

Lean Construction 75

Lean Construction Collaboration Building Information Modeling (BIM) Facility Management 75

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!

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 66

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Procurement Collaboration Lean Construction 66

Job Order Contracting

JULY 1, 2025

Using verifiable, current, and granular local market cost data is a proven methodology and a strategic benefit to both owners and design builders that allows for defensible cost estimates with improved cost visbility and cost management capability. They are not intended to be used when preparing appropriation-quality estimates.

Estimating 52

Estimating Cost Control Project Management Quality Control 52

Job Order Contracting

JULY 19, 2020

2020 Guide to Construction Cost Estimating provides a road map for applying best management practices necessary to drive financial visibility and transparency. Since other levels or types of cost estimating can’t meet this level, care should be given as to what form of cost data is being use. Introduction.

Estimating 85

Estimating General Contracting Building Materials Manufacturing Insurance Management 85

Job Order Contracting

MAY 3, 2020

Improving construction planning, procurement, and project delivery involves consideration of core “competencies”, “process”, “efficiency”, and “technology” Or, put another way, People, Process, Information, and Technology. The most glaring example is BIM. BIM is not a solution, but a tool.

Procurement 76

Procurement Lean Construction Building Performance Measurement Quality Assurance 76

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 17, 2020

The 4BT OpenBuild (TM) 4BT-PE enables a whole new way for real property portfolio owners and their service providers to interact on a full transparent and collaborative basis to achieve mutually beneficial best value outcomes. Collaborative LEAN Construction Planning Procurement Project Delivery Solution. Learn more?

Lean Construction 66

Lean Construction Procurement Property Management Project Management 66

Construction Law

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The UK’s poor procurement practices are highlighted yet again by the news that the £19bn Crossrail project can’t be completed with the money available to the project. Another chapter in the long history of analysing why the UK’s procurement practices are so poor has just been produced by the National Audit Office (see News).

Procurement 52

Procurement Estimating Schedule Management Government Works 52

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. via Four BT, LLC, the AEC industry’s innovative LEAN construction collaboration services, construction cost data, and SAAS technology provider.

Procurement 71

Procurement Lean Construction Facility Management Change Management 71

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. Contractual collaboration commitment from all parties. Automated Estimate Comparison. Collaboration Tools. Quantitative metrics.

Facility Management 105

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

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 24, 2020

-+. Construction Cost Estimating – LEAN. This paper ” Construction Cost Estimating-LEAN” discusses the positive impacts of collaboration, a common data environment, and locally researched detailed line item construction cost data. Loss of cost estimating expertise at a detailed line item level.

Lean Construction 55

Lean Construction Estimating Cost Control Property Management 55

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?

Project Management 104

Project Management Construction Management Procurement Communication 104

Job Order Contracting

JULY 22, 2020

Adaptive Lean Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery tools and services are readily available to assure the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. are all specified with a collaborative contract and an operations manual/execution guide.

Procurement 59

Procurement Lean Construction Property Management Quality Assurance 59

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 10, 2020

Job Order Contract Best Management Practices involve a focus upon LEAN collaborative construction planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and the associated integration of people, process, information, and people. Not all Job Order Contracts (JOC) and JOC Programs are the same.

Contracts 105

Contracts Lean Construction Procurement Property Management 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.

Schedule Management 93

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

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 15, 2023

Public Sector Construction Procurement is BROKEN. Each and every day the procurement of facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction services occurs without any current, objective, verifiable cost information. 3 Widespread adoption of collaborative construction delivery methods. . #2 Solution? #1

Procurement 52

Procurement Estimating Maintenance Collaboration 52

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Optimize planning, procurement, and project delivery in terms of quality, compatibility, constructability, cost, risk, and function to meet customer needs. Integrated Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Processes. JOC Cost Estimating. Improve project planning by avoiding, minimizing, or eliminating miscommunications.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 104

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Quality Assurance Cost Control 104

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Create estimates, deploy project workflows and controls, inclusive of timelines, approval stages, appropriate information access, and more. Put an end to poor traditional planning, cost estimating, procurement, and project delivery practices! Program, Project, Estimate, Document, Work Order, Owner, Contractor Subcontractor.

Maintenance 105

Maintenance Quality Assurance Cost Control Facility Management 105