Job Order Contracting

APRIL 10, 2021

Construction Procurement Costs can be effectively managed within integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery environment. Often owners focuses only on initial purchase cost when they make decisions on repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build planning, design, procurement & construction.

Procurement 66

Procurement Building Performance Measurement Facility Management Change Management 66

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. The post Best Value Facilities Construction/O&M Planning, Procurement and Project Delivery appeared first on 4BT.

Procurement 71

Procurement Lean Construction Facility Management Change Management 71

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 21, 2022

JOC Program Planning – Tools and Services Evaluation and Selection (Unit Price Book, Services, Technology). JOC Construction RFP Planning and Procurement – Program Contract Organization, Documents/Bid Packages/Forms/Checklists/Approvals, Roles in Construction Projects, and Contractor Selection. Contract Management.

Change Management 105

Change Management Mapping Project Management Procurement 105

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2021

4BT OpenJOC TM Job Order Contracting Solution saves money by significantly improving facilities project planning, procurement, and project execution service delivery. 4BT OpenJOC TM Job Order Contracting Solution Saves Money. 4BT OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Solution Saves Money.

Contracts 105

Contracts Procurement Facility Management Project Management 105

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 12, 2022

JOC Construction Best Management Practices. • JOC Procurement Processes. • JOC Program Design, Implementation, Operations and Management. Public sector procurement and facilities management professionals are re-evaluating their Job Order Contracting and capital planning processes, and setting ambitious process improvement goals.

Contracts 105

Contracts Procurement Facility Management Project Management 105

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.

Facility Management 105

Facility Management Sustainability Building Information Modeling (BIM) Change Management 105

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 6, 2020

Ensuring COLLABORATION from Planning, through Procurement, through Project Delivery, and Beyond for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction requires an integrated outcome-focused process. While implementation does require a certain amount of change management for most organizations, the process is far from complex.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 66

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Procurement Collaboration Lean Construction 66

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Job Order Contracting (JOC) has been distorted into a way to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, and new build construction, bypassing procurement rigors and doing little to assure mutually beneficial benefit to owners and design-builder or overall efficiency. Enhanced owner and design-builder capabilities. Learn more?

Contracts 105

Contracts Lean Construction Project Management Consulting Quality Assurance 105

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 11, 2022

JOC is both a procurement mechanism and a project delivery method. When designed and managed properly, JOC integrates planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and teams under a consistent programmatic workflow. A locally researched unit price book (UPB) is core element. Absolutely not.

Contracts 105

Contracts General Contracting Procurement Project Management Consulting 105

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 12, 2022

4bt.us) has developed a SaaS (web-based) information management application, developed as a SaaS solution for the Job Order Contracting (JOC), Indefinite Quantity Contracting (IQC), and integrated project delivery. A full audit trail is monitored within the system to assure validity, cost visibility, and cost management.

Closeout 105

Closeout Project Management Procurement Change Management 105

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Over eighty percent (80%) of construction projects are over-budget, late, or not competed correctly. Sixty (60%) percent of all project fail to meet both cost and and schedule targets. Fortunately there are proven processes to better manage construction costs, schedules, and quality. Better Manage Construction Costs.

Schedule Management 93

Schedule Management Construction Management Lean Construction Building Information Modeling (BIM) 93

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 7, 2018

Rigorous, fact-based, & transparent construction project definition, procurement, & management is key to improved outcomes. A detailed, financially transparent process renovation, repair, and new construction can be accomplished using a locally researched unit price book (UPB). Would you like to learn more?

Procurement 40

Procurement Project Management Construction Management Lean Construction 40

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. During planning, procurement, and facilities professionals should work together to develop a clear. Assure ALL projects follow the same program methodology.

Contracts 104

Contracts Lean Construction Procurement Site Planning 104

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

JOC Program Management Technology. Locally Researched Detailed Line Items Unit Price Book (Local market component costs with labor, material, and equipment details.). Requisite tools and support services are readily available and include but are not limited to the following. JOC Program Development. JOC Program Support Services.

Contracts 103

Contracts Infrastructure Development Procurement Building Materials 103

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 16, 2021

If you are a public sector owner looking to put an end to underperforming facilities projects and excessive administration costs, rethinking job order contracts might be a good idea. Current JOC solutions integrate construction planning, procurement, and project delivery, associated participants and stakeholders, and more!

Contracts 103

Contracts General Contracting Project Management Consulting Lean Construction 103

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2022

Nonetheless validity of a construction cost estimate is critical to cost management. The management of a cost estimate involves updating costs with current data as it becomes available and revising the estimate to reflect changes. 4bt.us – Integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions.

Estimating 105

Estimating Lean Construction Cost Control Building Performance Measurement 105

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Physical asset management optimization requires the integration of People, Processes, Information, and Technology. Integrating internal and external Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Team under supportive and committed leadership is step one. Set quantitative performance targets and manage workflows and initiatives.

Property Management 104

Property Management Facility Management Quality Control Cost Control 104

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2021

Ensure robust nontechnical risk management by developing long-term relationships with well defined roles, responsibilities, workflows, information requirements, and deliverables. Individual projects WILL NOT consistently achieve bst value outcomes unless they are conducted within an overall programmatic environment!

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 99

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Budgeting General Contracting Procurement 99

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 9, 2021

We are solving facilities repair, reno, new build Knowledge Problems, Process Problems, Data Problems, and Management Problems. If you believe BIM, CMMS, CAFM, IWMS, or any other technology will resolve you track record of over-budget, late, and poor-quality project, do not bother to read further. What You Can Do. The Path Forward.

Facility Management 98

Facility Management Procurement Project Management Property Management 98

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.

Facility Management 105

Facility Management Sustainability Change Management Project Management 105

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Current actionable information and integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery teams are required to mitigate uncertainty. An objective, introspective look at your organization will more than likely result in a clear need for fundamental change and change management. Poor team relationships. CSI Masterfomat).

Maintenance 105

Maintenance Change Management Facility Management Procurement 105

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Best-in-class training and support – 4BT has the ability to market to, train, and support JOC contractors at all levels of Job Order Contracting capability ranging from those with limited line item and/or JOC estimating experience with unit price books, to builders with national JOC expertise.

Contracts 105

Contracts Building Automation Project Management Procurement 105

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 26, 2022

Unit price construction cost estimating is the foundation of every reliable cost determination prior to procurement. Systems level estimating, historical data, assemblies, or square foot calculations should never be exclusively used to procure a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service. Contact Us.

Estimating 105

Estimating Procurement Foundation Systems Insurance Management 105

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. In fact, less than 20% of all projects are delivered on-time and on-budget, or per stakeholder requirements.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 105

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Maintenance Lean Construction Procurement 105

Job Order Contracting

MAY 28, 2022

The combination of owner support and a programmatic LEAN JOC Program integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery teams to enable the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds on-time and on-budget, without excessive administrative cost or burden. Change Management. Status Quo.

Contracts 105

Contracts Lean Construction Quality Assurance Procurement 105

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 25, 2021

There are major disadvantages of having a construction acquisition/procurement plan lacking granularity. With respect to construction, renovation, maintenance, sustainability or repair procurements, lacking granularity results in a lack of cost visibility and transparency and financial management inefficiencies.

Procurement 52

Procurement Project Management Construction Management Maintenance 52

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The Fundamentals of Efficient Public Sector Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery are important to professionals hoping to meet their fiduciary responsibilities by maximizing the use of taxpayer funds. The most common and proven tools for this is a detailed, locally researched unit price book.

Procurement 56

Procurement Lean Construction Collaboration Construction Equipment 56

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2023

Sustainable facilities management is the allocation of financial, environmental, and other organizational resources in the most efficient way possible. The role of Technology is to enable the consistent deployment and management of processes, workflows, and information to lower the cost of doing so. contact-form] www.4bt.us

Facility Management 98

Facility Management Sustainability Maintenance Building Performance Measurement 98

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. The Master Builder concept is an ancient approach to construction, where a single individual or entity is responsible for both the design and the construction of a project.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 98

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Contracts Building Information Modeling (BIM) Lean Construction 98

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 9, 2023

Standardized work management drives FM productivity by providing full technical and cost transparency to both owners and service providers. Without a baseline productivity management is simply not possible. Require initial and ongoing training in support of continuous improvement.

Facility Management 98

Facility Management Project Management Collaboration Procurement 98

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The key to obtaining best value construction outcomes for all participants and stakeholders is the adoption of a p rogram approach vs. a project approach involving robust LEAN integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery.

Lean Construction 96

Lean Construction Property Management Procurement Change Management 96

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

While traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems, Job Order Contracting can consistently deliver quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. DO – Use locally researched detailed construction cost data that is regularly updated for your JOC unit price book (UPB).

Contracts 105

Contracts Project Management Consulting General Contracting Cost Control 105

PN - Project Management

MAY 29, 2023

"Effective project management is the backbone of any successful construction endeavor." ​Picture this: a bustling construction site, a symphony of hard hats, and heavy machinery. Behind the scenes, construction project management's a crucial element in orchestrating this complex operation.

Project Management 52

Project Management Construction Management Risk Management Property Management 52

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

While alliance contracting is typically a term applied in the Australia and the UK to a model applied to large complex projects, its core aspects have been in place for both Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for major projects, and LEAN, Open Job Order Contracting for years, if not decades.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 97

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Contracts Project Management Consulting Stakeholder Engagement 97

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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.

Estimating 85

Estimating Collaboration Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction 85

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 29, 2020

Detailed line item construction cost estimating is a prerequisite to obtaining best value outcomes for facilities / built infrastructure repair, renovation maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. see LEAN construction guide ). Each task is described in plain English and organized using CSI Masterformat.

Estimating 76

Estimating Lean Construction Procurement Schedule Management 76

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2017

Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

Procurement 40

Procurement Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Building Information Modeling (BIM) Land Use Regulations 40