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Lean Construction Procurement 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 Integrated Agreement for Lean Project Delivery,” 2005. contact-form] The post Role of Pre-Construction in Success appeared first on Four BT, LLC.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 3, 2025
The DoD’s reliance on “RSMeans “for FSRM (Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization) cost management, despite the availability of current and verifiable local cost data , likely stems from several historical and institutional factors: 1.
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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology
Buildern
JULY 14, 2025
How often do construction projects go exactly as planned? The root of these issues always lies in neglecting certain aspects of construction project forecasting, leading to inaccurate assumptions and limited visibility into what’s ahead. Table of Contents What is Construction Project Forecasting? And in the U.S.,
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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in public sector capital planning and associated repair, renovation, maintenance, and construction is the reliance on outdated, national average cost data and flawed location/economic multipliers. Viable Strategies for Change 1.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Centralized Timely Construction Cost Data is a “single source of truth” that is mandatory for improving cost visibility and management for any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project. Why 4BTs Data Structure Excels Eliminates Guesswork: Removes reliance on error prone location and economic adjustment factors.
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UK Construction Blog
JULY 23, 2025
The post The Role of Online Reviews in the Modern Construction Industry appeared first on UK Construction Blog. A walk past any construction site today shows cranes, concrete, and crews hard at work. From small roofers to global engineering firms, everyone in the construction world feels the tug of digital feedback.
UK Construction Blog
JULY 15, 2025
The post Construction Industry App Development: Transform Your Projects with Digital Solutions appeared first on UK Construction Blog. You’re no longer limited to traditional paper-based processes and lengthy communication chains that once plagued construction sites.
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Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Can the commercial construction contractor Bid/Win average of 25% be significantly improved? Risk Mitigation : Contractors can better anticipate and account for local factors like union labor rates, taxes, or transportation costs that might otherwise lead to surprises. The post Construction Bid Win Percentage appeared first on 4BT.
Stok
MAY 15, 2025
Designed for Indigenous real estate owners, developers, and AEC professionals globally , the Indigen ized IPD Guidebook shares a design and constru ction delivery method that enables Indigenous people to practice their own norms and invites colonial design and construction team members to walk in two worlds. WHAT IS IPD? Questions or ideas?
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 7, 2025
Granular Local Market Cost Data is Essential for Cost Visibility & Management (Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, & New Builds) Using current, verifiable, and detailed local cost dat a instead of national averages with adjustment factors ensures: Cost transparency All labor, material, and equipment costs are broken down and verifiable.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 9, 2024
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. The post Managing Change Orders appeared first on 4BT. ensuring project continuity and success.
UK Construction Blog
JUNE 24, 2025
The post Excavator Parts Manufacturer’s Guide to Undercarriage Performance appeared first on UK Construction Blog. It happens more often than most construction business owners would like to admit. For businesses managing tight schedules and lean margins, undercarriage issues can become a serious drain on productivity.
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ENR Construction
JUNE 16, 2025
Photo courtesy of Sundt Construction June 16, 2025 Maximize beds. After two years of construction, the project—Hinarr Hu Moulik East & West Student Housing at St. In terms of community amenities, we’re lean, but not spartan. Poirier The 964-bed student housing project in Arcata, Calif., 18 column reinforcing.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Construction work packages are the scalable standard for construction processes. Estimating costs and Optimizing costs – Current, objective, locally research granular construction task data organized using expanded CSI MasterFormat. contact-form] OpenCOST TM Construction Cost Data is now available exclusively from 4BT!
ENR Construction
JUNE 16, 2025
Photo courtesy of Sundt Construction June 16, 2025 Maximize beds. After two years of construction, the project—Hinarr Hu Moulik East & West Student Housing at St. In terms of community amenities, we’re lean, but not spartan. Poirier The 964-bed student housing project in Arcata, Calif., 18 column reinforcing.
ENR Construction
JULY 10, 2025
Screenshot courtesy of Kaya AI July 10, 2025 Supply chain management in construction, despite its complexities, has remained stubbornly resistant to technology upgrades. But now an artificial intelligence start-up is looking to untangle construction supply chains. In January, Kaya AI launched out of stealth mode with $5.3
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ENR Construction
JULY 14, 2025
Announces $25B+ in New IDIQ Contract Awards Large flexible indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts and task orders advance project procurement for military infrastructure By Bryan Gottlieb Multiple contract task order competitive awards highlight Pentagon push to speed up global infrastructure projects. Defense Dept.
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Job Order Contracting
MAY 6, 2022
Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution. Shared profit and risk and jointly developed project goals and values are keystones for team alignment for any project. Team Selection.
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
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Traditional construction procurement methods can endanger building safety, while an integrated, less adversarial approach can consistently improve safety and quality, while significantly reducing cost and delivery time. 2017, Building a Safer Future, Independent Review of Building, Regulations and Fire Safety: Interim Report. .
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Job Order Contracting
MARCH 28, 2024
Public procurement of construction services could be improved through the adoption of currently available best management practices. How Organizational integration and alignment of cultural, professional, management, and commercial interests is also required, both internally and with construction services providers.
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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.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 18, 2020
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.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 10, 2021
Is it a a fact that Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector. While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. 1440-7027).
Autodesk Construction Cloud
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The Lean methodology is most often associated with manufacturing. Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, pioneered the thinking and processes that are now known as Lean. The other core elements of Lean are maximizing customer value and continuous improvement. The methodology focuses on collaboration and accountability.
Building Radar
JULY 16, 2024
Adopting lean principles in procurement is becoming increasingly vital for achieving operational excellence, reducing waste, and enhancing project outcomes. This article delves into the fundamentals of lean construction procurement techniques, their benefits, and how they contribute to streamlined project management.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 5, 2019
The ten fundamentals of LEAN construction include… 1. Shared risk/reward. If you want to engage in LEAN theory, high level learning… Google Kaizen, LEAN blackbelt last planner, et all. Learn more about LEAN construction? Focus upon outcomes. Mutual trust and respect.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 18, 2020
What is LEAN Construction ? LEAN construction spans Planning, Procurement, Project Delivery, and ongoing Operations and Maintenance. via Four BT, LLC (4BT) is the AEC industry’s innovative integrated project delivery, construction cost data, and SAAS technology provider. ” – Henry Ford.
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. In fact, many JOC Programs have failed to employ LEAN principles.
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Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Job Order Contracting is a LEAN process and should never be used to simply speed procurement or bypass critical assurances against improper practices. Risk of Fraud. Outsourcing has no role in facilities management if built structures are critical to an organization’s mission. Higher Costs. Productivity Loss .
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Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
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. Enable a dynamic, well-coordinated construction project delivery system. LEAN Construction Best Management Practices.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 5, 2022
Public sector efficient physical asset management requires robust process, collaborative teams. Moving beyond traditional methods that are responsible for rampant economic and environmental waste requires that public sector real property leadership focus upon forward thinking and change management. valid data and enabling technology.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Innovative construction capital delivery for public sector owners can consistently enable quality, on-time, on-budget and fully compliant repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new build outcomes. 85% of all construction projects are over-budget, late, and/or poorly completed. Primary Causes of Construction Failures.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 22, 2019
Efficient & Quality Construction Services Procurement and Delivery should not be this hard! We all know what can go terribly wrong with traditional construction procurement and delivery processes… lack of financial visibility, poor work scope definition, quality issues, legal disputes… in short, poor outcomes tend to be the norm.
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 contrasts with the traditional design-bid-build approach, where design and construction are handled by separate entities.
Job Order Contracting
MAY 19, 2022
Optimizing Construction, Repair, Renovation, and New Build Outcomes requires a robust programmatic process that is consistently applied and continuously improved. CM@R/CM@Risk. Integrates internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams. contact-form] What’s needed for LEAN IPD or LEAN JOC?
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. Learn more about… Lean Construction. Poor collaboration is the most primary cause of construction project failure.
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. INTRODUCTION. CURRENT STATUS. CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
The following is an outline of basic Construction Cost Audit Fundamentals when reviewing a construction cost estimate and conducting a construction cost audit. Construction Cost Audit Fundamentals. Regular audit are mandatory for any LEAN construction planning, procurement, and delivery implementation.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2022
Unlock Public Sector Construction Productivity[1] with Proven Strategies: A White Paper. It has done virtually nothing to measurably impact the repair, renovation, maintenance, and construction of the built environment. The risk of change is high, however, not pursuing fundamental change is potentially catastrophic.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Whether a Federal, State, County, or Local Government, most public sector organizations underperform when it comes to planning, procuring, and executing facilities repair, renovation, or new builds. Owners and facilities management professionals provide leadership and support. Integrate planning, procurement, and project delivery.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 1, 2019
LEAN Construction Cost Estimating Drives Optimal Performance. Eighty percent (80%) of all construction projects are late, over-budget, or incorrectly completed. Like most things these days, LEAN construction is a simple concept that has been complicated by hype, ignorance, and/or the well-intentioned but potentially misguided.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
Over eighty percent (80%) of construction projects are over-budget, late, or not competed correctly. Fortunately there are proven processes to better manage construction costs, schedules, and quality. Better Manage Construction Costs. Reasons for Poor Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Build Outcomes.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 25, 2021
8 Keys to Successful Construction Delivery – -Or Everything a Public Sector Facilities Management Professional Should Know. Owners and facilities management professionals provide leadership and support. Integrate planning, procurement, and project delivery. and share risk as well as rewards. #7. environment.
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