Job Order Contracting

APRIL 15, 2018

JOC reduces unnecessary levels of engineering, design, and contract procurement time along with construction project procurement costs by awarding long- term contracts for a wide variety of renovation, repair and new construction projects. Smaller projects were taking up to 1 year to procure creating a growing backlog of work.

Contracts 40

Contracts Building Performance Measurement Procurement Quality Assurance 40

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2022

Should Areas Cost Factors be used for Construction Cost Estimating? As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the federal government is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) variances.

Estimating 87

Estimating Procurement Construction Equipment Lean Construction 87

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 26, 2016

to 1.20, that is multiplied times the total of the construction costs estimate as developed using the UPB. Job Order Contracts can be deployed and managed directly by an Owner, (Owner-managed JOC) deployed and managed in association with a JOC Consultant (outsourced-JOC), or JOC service may be procured through a Cooperative.

Contracts 40

Contracts General Contracting Project Management Consulting Public Works 40

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the Department of Defense (and the Federal Government in general) is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) and/or time-based cost variances.

Estimating 70

Estimating Procurement Construction Equipment Lean Construction 70

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 29, 2017

County, State, and Local Governments, include secondary education unfortunately continue to use JOC simply as a means to speed delivery and bypass traditional procurement versus as a LEAN collaborative construction delivery method. Bonding must be sufficient to cover the stated estimated annual maximum contract value.

Contracts 40

Contracts General Contracting Government Works Cost Control 40

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

There is not a single public sector organization that has a robust, proven programmatic planning, procurement, and project delivery method that provides financial visibility and transparency , and the ability to support decision-making to assure the consistent quality, on-time, and on-budget outcomes, system-wide. (A

Quality Assurance 76

Quality Assurance Public Works Property Management Budgeting 76

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The process is extremely wasteful in terms of resources spent upon procurement, associate construction delays, poor quality, and the common occurrence of legal disputes. is a factor used to multiply against the estimates prepared using the UPB. This value, usually between 0.80

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 45

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Maintenance Environmental Impact Assessment Green Building 45