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Collaborative Construction Cost Estimating 2021

Job Order Contracting

Collaborative construction cost estimating provides guidance to organizations seeking improved cost visibility and transparency for repair, renovation, maintains and new build projects as well as overall facilities and physical infrastructure management. In other words, robust, LEAN process takes precedence for all associated projects.

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IPD – Ensuring Construction COLLABORATION from Planning, through Procurement, through Project Delivery, and Beyond!

Job Order Contracting

Ensuring COLLABORATION from Planning, through Procurement, through Project Delivery, and Beyond for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction requires an integrated outcome-focused process. All of the tools are services are readily available for any real property owner to tailor IPD to their organization.

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IPD – Integrated Project Delivery for Small Construction Projects

Building Information Management

I recently read a blog from a great colleague of mine about IPD for small construction projects. Due to the costs associated with setting up an IPD project one her readers wrote… “Our sticking point continues to be whether there is a “cut-off” to do IPD for projects of a certain size and budget.

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Forget Construction Cost Estimating Accuracy

Job Order Contracting

I always tell owners, builders, architects, and engineers to forget construction cost estimating accuracy. I would also avoid estimators and, or cost data providers that claim to provide accurate construction cost estimates. There is no such thing as an accurate construction cost estimate. This is clearly foolish.

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Tired of Late, Over-Budget, and Just Plain LOUSY Facilities Repair & Renovation Outcomes?

Job Order Contracting

As real property owners, it’s your roles to encourage innovation and new approaches by prescribing means and methods of planning, procurement, and project delivery and requiring compliance. Individual projects WILL NOT consistently achieve bst value outcomes unless they are conducted within an overall programmatic environment!

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Value-based Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Value-based construction planning, procurement, and project delivery can consistently enable quality projects, on-time and on-budget. This optimal outcomes is possible via the appropriate and consistent integration of people, process, information, and technology.

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Unit Price Book – UPB & Line Item Cost Estimating

Building Information Management

Unit price line item cost books – UPB – are critical to the development, use, re-use, and communication of construction cost estimates.for repair, renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, or new construction. Square foot cost books span new construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance.