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Construction Cost Optimization

Job Order Contracting

Labor Based upon contract requirements, local labor costs may be sourced from published Davis Bacon Wage Rates, or published state data sources, or directly researched local prevailing wage rates with appropriate inclusion markups for worker compensation, unemployment, liability insurance and allowance for small tools and consumables.

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Improving Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

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. Efficiency. The most glaring example is BIM. ” Henry Ford.

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Unlock Public Sector Construction Productivity – A White Paper

Job Order Contracting

Robust tools and processes have existing for decades that can assure quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds are consistent delivered on-time and on-budget. Two of these solutions are Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Job Order Contracting (JOC). LEAN Job Order Contracting is now available.

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The three Ps of prefabricated EIFS: Preparation, production, placement

Construction Specifier

Babaian Photos and illustrations courtesy Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) In its most general form, exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) consist of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation board coated with a reinforced polymer-modified cementitious base coat and a polymer-based finish coat. By Alex Ardelean, Elizabeth V.

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2020 Guide to Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Based upon contract requirements, local labor costs may be sourced from published Davis Bacon Wage Rates, or published or researched local prevailing wage rates with appropriate inclusion markups for worker compensation, unemployment, liability insurance and allowance for small tools and consumables. General Conditions.

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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success

Construction Specifier

Design-assist is a popular procurement method for curtain wall systems in today’s commercial market, intended to help resolve these challenges, particularly for custom curtain walls with unique performance requirements and/or unique material configurations. In most cases, the design-assist contract also includes the construction contract.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

Army Job Order Contracts fail to meet critical AFARS requirements most of the time. The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price. 5117.9001 Definitions.

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