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Contracts Cost Control Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 
Job Order Contracting
JULY 10, 2025
The Critical Role of Pre-Construction in Success Pre-construction is the phase of a project where the greatest influence on cost, schedule, and quality outcomes can be achieved. The following foundational elements enable consistent, high-quality project execution—on time and within budget: 1.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 21, 2025
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in public sector capital planning and associated repair, renovation, maintenance, and construction is the reliance on outdated, national average cost data and flawed location/economic multipliers.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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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 17, 2023
Controlling construction costs is not rocket science, nor does it involve time travel. Any real property owner can control construction costs for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects. Controlling Construction Costs is not rocket science 1.
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Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 19, 2024
Lean construction aims to embody the benefits of the Master Builder concept, as does Advanced Job Order Contracting, Integrated Project Delivery, and Alliance Partnering. This role encompasses all aspects of planning, architecture, engineering, and building, integrating both creative and technical responsibilities.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2020
Integrated project delivery software and support services are now available for facilities operations and maintenance as well as new construction. Clearly defined mutually beneficial outcomes are easily supported within a robust and integrated evironment. Defined common data environment. Key performance indicators.
Civil + Structural Engineer
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Concerns around labor shortages, stagnation and recession, and the political climate all featured prominently among the biggest construction industry challenges in InEight’s recent Global Capital Projects Outlook survey. Others have pinpointed spiraling labor costs, inflation, and interest rate rises as major risks on the horizon.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Below is a summary of Alliance Contracting Key Aspects The fundamentals of alliance contracting are not new. Alliance Contracting / Alliance Partnering in Construction, when properly designed, implemented, and managed, drives innovation, collaboration, and best value outcomes for all parties.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
A contract’s a contract, right? There are many construction contract types out there. The construction industry uses different kinds of agreements depending on the project’s scope, delivery, schedule, budget, and the parties involved. design and build contract. guaranteed maximum price contract.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
The 4BT-PEP is a turnkey JOC Program that delivers the highest performance at the lowest possible administrative cost. 4BT exclusively provides all of the following, without the need to pay a percentage of construction volume, which results in excessive cost and failure to meet public sector fiscal responsibilities.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 22, 2021
Introduction – 2021 Facilities Repair Renovation and New Construction Cost Management spans multiple principles, practices, domains, and more. All of the above are available within integrated project delivery (IPD) and LEAN job order contracting (LEAN JOC) frameworks and enabling solution sets.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 25, 2023
Move all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects forward with proactive, informed decisions. Owners & Developers – Planners – Designers – Procurement Professionals – Builders Collaborate with internal and external teams to detail Scope of Work and validate local market construction costs.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 27, 2020
How real property owners and facilities management professionals traditionally plan, procure, and deliver projects is the most significant barrier to improving capital reinvestment performance outcomes. In fact, less than 20% of all projects are delivered on-time and on-budget, or per stakeholder requirements.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2022
Two of these solutions are Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Job Order Contracting (JOC). Both IPD and JOC are not the issue, but rather the implementing organization and/or service provider have been the cause of “failure” Let’s focus on JOC. Fully Compliant. Common Source of Truth.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 3, 2020
Consistent on-time, on-budget delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects is possible only when owners have the requisite levels of leadership and competency. Robust LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery tools and services are readily available.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Integrating People, Process, Information, and Technology with a framework that combines and standardizes Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery maximizes early and ongoing communication and enables consistent best value outcomes for ALL participants and stakeholders. Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide (1st ed.).
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Alternative Project Delivery (APD) offers the opportunity delivers significant added value versus traditional design-bid-build, design-build, Construction Management at Risk (CMAR), Agency?CM Leverage LEAN Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery to Consistently Achieve Best Value. Smarter, faster, better….
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 9, 2019
Construction Cost Control Speed Procurement, Limit Waste, Mitigate Risk. 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. Costs vary widely by location and remain hard to predict.
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AUGUST 4, 2019
The consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, and new construction projects isn’t difficult. While each construction relative project has its uniqueness, assuring the consistent use of LEAN processes removes uncertainty and variation, and in the end virtually eliminates waste. Contracting/Procurement Rigor.
Building Information Management
APRIL 23, 2012
Job Order Contracting – JOC (also known as SABER in the Air Force) is an efficient way of getting the numerous, commonly encountered renovation, repair , remodeling and smaller construction projects done faster and collaboratively under a single contract. Low overhead cost of construction procurement and delivery.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 29, 2012
.” While BIM can be applied to any situation, the focus of this discussion is upon – multi-facility portfolios, with extensive capital reinvestment, renovation, repair, maintenance, and sustainability requirements/projects. Technology is a tool to enable lower cost implementation of strategies and processes. Proprietary (e.g.,
Building Information Management
AUGUST 26, 2020
Key areas monitored include the level of collaboration, timeline, costs and cost comparisons, specifications, satisfaction, and quality. Best value construction requires the integration of planning, procurement, and project delivery people, processes, information, and technology.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
The early and ongoing integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology can drive optimal repair, renovation, and new construction outcomes. LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery can consistently drive significant improvement over traditional methods.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 27, 2019
Repair, Renovation, & Construction Project Cost Management. Prioritize and Budget Requirements Every real property owner is face with aligning organizational requirements with facilities repair, renovation, and construction needs as well as available current and projected multi-year resources.
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Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Collaborative Construction Contracts Drive BIM, not Technology. Construction delivery methods and their associated processes, contract documents, including operations manuals/execution plans are directly linked to the success or failure of a BIM. and a shared set of goals, as well as risk/reward among project participants.
Building Information Management
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Industry-wide JOB ORDER CONTRACTING Study Announced – JOC. Study areas will include cost and time savings and increased flexibility among others. PBSRG is requesting participation and support from Owners, Contractors, and Service Providers by providing project information collected while using the JOC system.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 17, 2014
Open standard technology (cloud computing, GIS, CPMS, CAFM, Cost Estimating, Project Delivery, BAS, Visualization) that embeds and supports life-cycle management processes. in order to define the scope, schedule, cost/budget (initial and life-cycle) budget, performance, value of a project or potential project.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 14, 2013
The cost to capture, store, and process information is falling to near zero… mass storage (terabytes) for everyone, and an increasingly plentiful supply of powerful cloud-computing based applications available as plug-ins. CEASEL’s focus is upon transparent construction cost estimating and efficient project delivery.
Building Information Management
JULY 21, 2016
where BIM has stagnated due to an unfortunate focus upon 3D visualization versus building awareness and competency with respect to LEAN collaborative AEC/construction delivery methods. Note that none of these require technology, although technology would certainly aid in lower the cost of consistent deployment.
Building Information Management
JULY 21, 2016
where BIM has stagnated due to an unfortunate focus upon 3D visualization versus building awareness and competency with respect to LEAN collaborative AEC/construction delivery methods. Note that none of these require technology, although technology would certainly aid in lower the cost of consistent deployment.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
The Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner (AECOO) sector must engage in collaborative construction delivery methods in over achieve any measurable performance improvement in the life-cycle management of the built environment. Move away from ad-hoc, antagonistic construction delivery methods. Of course not.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 28, 2012
Job Order Contracting. What is an IDIQ / Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity construction delivery method? Focused on smaller projects (up to low millions). Multi-year contract—ability to develop long- term facilities partners. Suitable for the smallest projects. Flexible for projects with unknown scope.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The History of Job Order Contracting. The LEAN Integrated Construction Project Delivery Method. . The United States Department of the Army is attributed with initially developing and deploying Job Order Contracting during the early 1980s. Job Order Contracting goes under the name of SABER in the USAF.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Performance-based Construction Contracting. Performance Based Contract Management principles for Construction have existed for decades, and include Integrated Project Delivery and Job Order Contacting. Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Life-cycle versus first-cost perspective. Shared Risk/Reward.
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Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Explaining Job Order Contracting and LEAN Efficient Construction Delivery… Ok, so Job Order Contracting and LEAN construction delivery have little to do with an elephant sand castle… In construction., Inaccurate cost estimate. Poor quality assurance or quality control. … (long list).
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
A Fresh Approach to Efficient Construction Delivery. The capture of integrated knowledge in an organized way should drive planning. . As an Owner, engage in LEADERSHIP, however, not in excessive management and control, and encourage critical thinking. ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Why Choosing the Right Delivery Method Matters in Construction. While a project’s ultimate goal is a successful completion, the steps it takes to get there are critical to profits and project’s life cycle. That’s why choosing the right project delivery method is an important first step before construction begins.
Building Information Management
JULY 16, 2015
Job order contracting (JOC) is a way for organizations to get numerous, commonly encountered construction projects done quickly and easily through multi-year contracts. Job Order Contracting is a proven construction delivery method that delivers more projects on-time and on-budget than traditional methods.
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Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
BLM – Building Life-cycle Management requires fundamental process changes within all participating organizations / stakeholders and the associated integration and use of multiple competencies, processes, and technologies. An ontology enables replicable processes, reusable data, information sharing, low cost of decision support, etc.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 8, 2017
LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4 continues to define LEAN JOC versus others so-called “JOC Programs” Basic elements of LEAN Job Order Contracting … Rewarding desired behaviors. Alignment of risk and reward with a party’s ability to control risk. Creating a culture of partnership among all stakeholders.
Building Information Management
MARCH 20, 2013
Robust, collaborative construction delivery methods – IPD, Integrated Project Delivery, JOC – Job Order Contracting, et al. Life-cycle perspective and management techniques/processes… vs. a “first cost mentality” 5. Benchmarks, metrics. current focus upon 3D modeling.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 29, 2021
Only two of the following construction delivery methods are LEAN. Construction Project Delivery Comparison. Construction Project Delivery Overview & Comparison. Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) delivery process with design, bidding, and construction in separate, sequential steps. Design-Bid-Build.
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 9, 2017
Job Order Contracting Lessons Learned Regarding Improving Construction Productivity … First and foremost, the primary issue impacting low productivity and poor life-cycle management of built environment is the need for higher levels of leadership and ownership on the part of real property Owners. All, however REQUIRE the following….
In Eight
OCTOBER 5, 2023
The InEight Global Capital Projects Outloo k (GCPO) report is out and has been providing myriad insights for the global construction industry. Globally, 67% of respondents are project owners, and 33% are contractors. Yet I was surprised over the gap between continents in application of technology in projects. Let’s dig in!
Building Information Management
JUNE 26, 2016
LEAN, Collaborative, and Integrated Construction Delivery. The project delivery method ultimately determines the outcomes of renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability and new construction activities more so than than any other single factor. from conceptualization/early design through project handover and beyond.
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