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Cost Control Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Risk Management 
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.
iField Smart
JANUARY 6, 2025
Speaking of construction, quality is perhaps the most vital word associated with any successful construction project. Although this is the case, quality control is one of the most common pain points in the industry. So, how can these risks be decreased in construction and ensure delivery of the expected or better projects?
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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology
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in public sector capital planning and associated repair, renovation, maintenance, and construction is the reliance on outdated, national average cost data and flawed location/economic multipliers.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.
Civil + Structural Engineer
OCTOBER 2, 2023
By Steve Smith , EVP of Infrastructure at Graham Construction and Catie Williams, VP of Product Development at InEight A volatile risk climate worsened by ongoing reverberations from COVID-19, geopolitical conflict, and severe weather events is reshaping the traditional relationship between owners and contractors. Construction 4.0
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.
Civil + Structural Engineer
JANUARY 10, 2024
By Jake Macholtz, CEO, InEight Against a backdrop of high inflation, the cost-of-living crisis, and ongoing labor and skills shortages, the construction industry has remained buoyant. As we enter 2024, organizations will need to balance delivering on the substantial backlog of projects, while progressing toward full digital transformation.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 25, 2023
Embrace the next generation of Construction and Sustainable Lifecycle Facilities Management! Move all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects forward with proactive, informed decisions. Know exactly how your request for proposals, projects, approvals, budgets, and work orders are progressing — from anywhere, anytime.
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
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.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The construction industry uses different kinds of agreements depending on the project’s scope, delivery, schedule, budget, and the parties involved. Knowing which contract to use when is critical to ensuring a successful outcome in delivery, customer satisfaction, and profit. integrated project delivery contract.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2022
The risk of change is high, however, not pursuing fundamental change is potentially catastrophic. Two of these solutions are Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Job Order Contracting (JOC). Faster, Higher Quality, and Lower Cost Project Delivery. Long-term Mutually Beneficial Relationships.
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
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.
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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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.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 29, 2012
BIM is the life-cycle modeling and management of the built environment supported by digital technology. First, a few clarifications and items to help frame this discussion: BIM definition: “BIM is the life-cycle modeling and management of the built environment supported by digital technology.” INTRODUCTION.
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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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
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. Building Information Management, Model and Modeling. All working together.
Job Order Contracting
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. Shared Risk/Reward.
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
JUNE 29, 2016
Asset Competency Model & Efficient Facility Management #101. Until Owners understand and are capable of organizational wide deployment of ASSET COMPETENCY MODELS, productivity across the AEC and Facility Management sector will remain poor. Developing and Managing PEOPLE. Developing and Managing PEOPLE.
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!
CCR Magazine
JULY 1, 2024
Interestingly, efficient project management principles and collaborative designs in healthcare construction are similar to tactics used by mortgage marketing companies. Both industries prioritize customer-focused approaches through technology integration and data-driven insights customized for every client.
Building Information Management
MARCH 31, 2015
Public and Private Sector Real Property Owners as well as their supporting Contractors and AEs continue to lag with respect to construction software technology and training and the adoption of efficient collaborative construction delivery methods. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. You can hide behind a spreadsheet.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 12, 2016
BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies, holds promise, yet remains elusive to many. 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. Introduction.
Building Information Management
JUNE 20, 2016
Collaborative LEAN Construction Delivery – Integrated Project Delivery -IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, etc. Life-cycle costing versus First-cost approach. Shared Risk/Reward. Monitoring and Reporting without Excessive Management and Control. Best Value Procurement.
Building Information Management
JUNE 21, 2016
LEAN CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY. 3D visualization and technology will do little to solve construction project delivery woes. The root of the decades long decline in construction productivity and associated poor facility management practices is cultural. Characteristics of LEAN Construction Delivery. Shared Risk/Reward.
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.
Building Information Management
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Study areas will include cost and time savings and increased flexibility among others. via [link] – 4Clicks Solutions develops and delivers a comprehensive suite of construction cost estimating and project management software to connect people, information and processes – anytime, anywhere.
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.
Job Order Contracting
MAY 25, 2017
LEAN Construction Primer, an introduction to collaborative construction delivery. LEAN Construction delivers higher productivity and over 90% of construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to everyone’s satisfaction. Shared risk/reward. Real Property Owner Leadership & Commitment (Management is NOT outsourced).
Building Information Management
JULY 25, 2014
Demand for higher productivity in the construction sector and environmental sustainability is reaching a critical level and causing significant changes in both construction cost estimating and the AEC industry as a whole. Major Trends: Shift to life-cycle cost visibility for new construction, renovation, repair, operations, and maintenance.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 27, 2014
Well, if more architecture, repair, renovation, sustainability, and construction projects were conceived, procured, executed, and monitored using similar methods and KPI’s the world just might be a better place. TNI: Solid delivery. KPI: CO’s resulting from our errors/omissions per project. KPI: Acquisition costs.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 14, 2017
Lean construction techniques are central to improving quality, timeliness, satisfaction, and lowering costs. Owner must provide value by sharing knowledge and collaborating in a timely manner with all service providers from concept through close-out, and not engage in excessive management and control. Focus upon Outcomes.
Construction Specifier
JANUARY 28, 2021
Specifications originally intended for design-bid-build (DBB) projects require significant revisions to be suitable for design-build or integrated project delivery (IPD). Figure 1 : Contractual relationships of design-bid-build (DBB), design-negotiate-build (DNB), and construction manager-at-risk (CMAR) projects.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 14, 2013
The advent of Cloud Computing, combined with the cost to capture, store, and process information falling to near zero, is enabling new capabilities for secure, real-time collaboration. It focuses upon transparent construction cost estimating and efficient project delivery. can easily be updated and re-used.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 24, 2018
LEAN Adaptive Construction Drives Significantly Improved Outcomes. LEAN construction delivery methods are process-centric solutions proven to consistently deliver quality repair, renovation, and construction projects on-demand, on-time, and on-budget. Shared risk/reward. Oversight without excessive control.
Building Information Management
JUNE 3, 2016
Partnering and collaboration must be a key performance metric by which real property owners and facility management professionals are measured. Shared Risk / Reward. Adoption of LEAN Alternative Construction Delivery Methods – Job Order Contracting, JOC & Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
BIM, EVM, TCO (or TCM – Total Cost Management) are all inter-related . BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies. . TCM is effective application of professional and technical expertise to planand control resources, costs, profitability and risks.
Building Information Management
JULY 25, 2014
Demand for higher productivity in the construction sector and environmental sustainability is reaching a critical level and causing significant changes in both construction cost estimating and the AEC industry as a whole. Major Trends: Shift to life-cycle cost visibility for new construction, renovation, repair, operations, and maintenance.
CCR Magazine
APRIL 17, 2024
Modular and Prefabricated Construction These techniques are gaining popularity because of their flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency than traditional construction methods. This affects how projects are planned and built. Design-build and construction management-at-risk are two examples of integrated project delivery models.
Construction Specifier
JUNE 13, 2021
Specifications originally intended for design bid-build (DBB) projects require significant revisions to be suitable for design-build or integrated project delivery (IPD). In each of these delivery methods, the design professional typically prepares very prescriptive, detailed specifications and drawings.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
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. Shared Risk/Reward. Open approach leveraging best management practices and standards.
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