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Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 16, 2020
4BT LEAN CONSTRUCTION COLLABORATION SaaS Solution. The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 25, 2022
Getting the most out of available funds requires LEAN Job Order Contracting. LEAN Job Order Contracting is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity program in which the costs of the project are. Contact Us. Our robust processes and technology deliver a best value solution and a solid foundation for continuous improvement.
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Job Order Contracting
MARCH 20, 2025
Finally, FAST and RELIABLE Cost Estimates for construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance are now possible with 4BT’s local market detailed cost data! commerical cost Construction cost data must be valid, reliable, and verifiable to objectively and realistically represent current local market conditions.
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Job Order Contracting
MAY 28, 2022
Optimizing repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction outcomes isn’t difficult. It does, however, require a robust LEAN Job Order Contracting programmatic framework. Real property owner leadership and commitment to fundament change are the first step. Change Management.
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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
MARCH 30, 2022
Valid construction cost estimate creation is the goal of every professional estimator. Using the final construction cost, for example, is just plain silly as there are far too many variables involved in the outcome. Nonetheless validity of a construction cost estimate is critical to cost management. and oversight groups.
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Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
A Real Property Owner’s Guide to Improving Construction Productivity. This involves creating a guideline that takes an organization through a required change management process and established a foundation of valid, actionable information.
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. The errors and poor processes result in change orders, project delays, and legal disputes.
LetsBuild
APRIL 3, 2023
But there’s a problem: Complicated construction project management tasks are around every corner, hampering the productivity and efficiency of every stakeholder. We’ll discuss some of the problems construction project managers face and five ways you can simplify complicated construction management tasks.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Collaborative Construction Procurement Planning and Project Delivery is a robust process for consistently achieving long-term best value for all participants and stakeholders. Change orders, errors, and omissions can be virtually eliminated. LEAN principles establish a collaborative culture.
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Job Order Contracting
MARCH 27, 2022
Job Order Contracting best management practices should be applied throughout the life cycle of every program, contract, project, estimate, and work order. Owner reviews the contractor’s proposals and accepts or notes issues and requests changes or additional information. Locally Researched Construction Cost Data.
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Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Best Value Facilities Construction/O&M Planning, Procurement and Project Delivery can only be achieved with a concerted focus upon change management, education, and leadership. via Four BT, LLC, the AEC industry’s innovative LEAN construction collaboration services, construction cost data, and SAAS technology provider.
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Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 3, 2020
The consistent execution of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction activities on-time, and on-budget, remains elusive to most, yet is readily available to all. Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery. LEADERSHIP. People are hired to do a job, provide a service, etc. STRATEGIC PLAN.
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
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. LEAN Construction Primer. LEAN Construction Primer.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 20, 2020
LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. LEAN JOC integrated People, Process, Information, and collaborative Technology to consistently yield quality projects on-time and on-budget. INTRODUCTION.
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Job Order Contracting
APRIL 16, 2018
LEAN construction adoption rates need to increase significantly in order to achieve any measurable improvement in productivity. Owners must demonstrate higher levels of leadership and competency, and require collaboration and all other core elements of LEAN construction delivery. Best value procurement. contact-form].
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 13, 2019
An innovative, yet proven method of construction services planning, procurement, and project delivery is gaining traction with owners who require consistent quality repair, renovation, and construction services that are both on-time, and on-budget. Learn more… The post Innovative LEAN Construction Tools appeared first on 4BT.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Owners, contractors, engineers, and designers have the opportunity to c onsistently deliver quality repair, renovation, and new construction projects on-demand, on-time, on-budget to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. The post Construction Delivery Change Management appeared first on 4BT.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 11, 2018
What if there was a better way to perform renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and construction tasks? With LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting, this is not only possible, but the norm. LEAN OpenJOC(TM). Managed individually, transferred to greatest extent. Managed collectively, appropriately shared.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 10, 2017
In general, it is advantageous, if not a best management practice, to require all renovation. repair, maintenance, construction projects, as well as all participants and stakeholders, to use common terms, definitions, and standardized data architectures. It’s amazing how many construction projects lack this basic foundation.
LetsBuild
JUNE 9, 2023
Construction is usually involving and delicate, with different teams like trade professionals, project managers, and subcontractors working together to deliver successful projects. Today, construction teams rely on Building Information Modeling (BIM) to create and manage information during the entire lifecycle of a project.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 10, 2017
LEAN Construction for Facilities Renovation, Repair, Minor New Construction. LEAN Construction for Facilities Renovation, Repair, Minor New Construction can delivery 90%+ of construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all parties involved. Few change orders.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 13, 2022
A Relationship-based Approach to Sustainable Facilities Management is needed to meet current and emerging economic and environmental requirements. Traditional methods for planning, procuring, and delivery repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction are incapable of consistently delivery of quality outcomes on time and on time.
Building Information Management
APRIL 6, 2016
Owner focus upon a BEST VALUE approach to facility management is required in order to maximize productivity and minimize waster. BEST VALUE construction project delivery methods include Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, and Job Order Contracting, JOC. More Funds Allocated to Construction versus Administration.
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 12, 2020
Delivering improved construction repair, renovation, and maintenance outcomes isn’t rocket science. All the tools and services are readily available to facilities management teams, once leadership provide the commitment to support stewardship of the the built environment. Project kick-off meeting. Regular owner inspections.
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Job Order Contracting
JULY 17, 2018
The value of LEAN construction is it’s ability to consistently deliver 90%+ of repair, renovation, and new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. Job Order Contracting, JOC, for repair, renovation, and minor new construction. must be maintained.
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 15, 2019
Proven collaborative construction delivery methods have existed for decades. These solutions can consistently assure that quality renovation, repair, and new construction projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. See… Simple Guide to LEAN Construction. ). robust LEAN processes and workflows, 3.)
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 24, 2016
Here’s a quick tutorial about Unit Price Books, UPBs, for Job Order Contracting, and what you need to know. Transparently sharing detailed information, about renovation, repair, and construction requirements and associated costs, among collaborative team members is key to the success of any Job Order Contract and improving outcomes.
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Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Change management – Moving from traditional ad hoc day to day practices to robust workflows based upon proven LEAN processes. With direct owner involvement, for example the excessive long-term reliance upon JOC contractors to “manage” the JOC, the program will not deliver a BEST VALUE outcome.
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
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Alternative LEAN Project Delivery consistently drives mutually beneficial best value outcomes for the owner, designer, builder, and facility user. All of the tools and services required to implement Alterative LEAN Project Delivery are proven and readily available. Alternative LEAN Project Delivery.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 11, 2019
LEAN Job Order Contracting, JOC, is the better solution in terms of cost and best value outcomes. LEAN JOC 4BT OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting successfully integrates People, Process, Information, and Technology with a low cost solution. LEAN process and common data are tailored to individual owner needs.
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Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 7, 2017
LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting (INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY) – RELATIONSHIP CONTRACTING. LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting offers several enhancements … Competent Owner providing leadership on-site management. Locally researched unit price book. Contract documents are developed.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Sustainable Public Sector Facilities Management is unattainable if current practices are not fundamentally changed. The current mindset across all public sector organizations is not conducive to sustainable facilities management from either economic or environmental perspectives. appeared first on 4BT.
LetsBuild
JUNE 2, 2023
The success of any construction project hinges on multiple factors, including budgeting and scheduling, which impact the project’s completion. Manual processes and tasks in designing, estimating, bidding and project management are primarily responsible for such lapses.
Building Information Management
DECEMBER 30, 2014
Lean = Faster, Better, Cheaper, New Efficiencies, Teamwork, Time, Savings, Commitment, and Ownership. Lean streamlines supply chains and reliability in commitments to insure a continuous and predictable flow. ” – Alliance of Construction Excellence. Both are proven LEAN processes. Benefits include: 1.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 22, 2019
The common facilities management challenges can be mitigated using LEAN alternative construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. Common Facilities Management Challenges: Limited Budget Limited Resources & Staff Deferred Maintenance Prioritizing Projects Meeting Project Timelines. Project Delivery Method.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 29, 2021
Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders… possible? Only two of the following construction delivery methods are LEAN. Construction Project Delivery Comparison. Do you know which they are?
LetsBuild
APRIL 28, 2023
Location-based planning and scheduling (LBS) is a methodology used by construction project managers to optimise their planning and scheduling processes by taking into account the physical location and space of their projects. Maybe we need to think about construction planning and scheduling a little differently.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 10, 2016
OpenJOC, a term coined by Four BT, LLC, is the deployment of Job Order Contracting based upon LEAN construction delivery best management practices. Relationships are critical to LEAN construction and successful Job Order Contracts. In some cases, consultants are hired to assist in managing a Job Order Contract.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 20, 2020
LEAN JOC (Job Order Contracting) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. A LEAN JOC implementation integrates People, Process, Information, and collaborative Technology to consistently yield quality projects on-time and on-budget.
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Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Rewiring the construction industry, and the overall AECOO sector (architects, engineers, construction contractors, owners, and operators) have been proven to be the only viable solution to the legacy of rampant economic and environmental waste. ” The answer comes down to three elements, education, education, and education.
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