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The Complete Guide to Project Commissioning

Autodesk Construction Cloud

How to Increase Building Performance and Meet LEED Requirements. But while closeout is essential, planning for a seamless handover happens well before ground is broken. In construction, commissioning is the process of evaluating a building to be ready for service. In construction, last impressions matter.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

The building and fire codes require FRTW to be impregnated with chemicals. The specification summary section should include both, as interior and exterior FRTW can be used in many applications where noncombustible materials are required by building and fire codes. The building and fire codes contain prescriptive requirements for FRTW.

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Construction Risk Management: How to Reduce Top Construction Risks

Autodesk Construction Cloud

While comprehensive, a list that long isn’t quite actionable because it contains many things you can’t control such as force majeure or acts of god. In most projects, internal resources are stretched thin and project managers struggle to consistently deliver the necessary performance and control assessments.

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Job Order Contracting Lessons Learned Regarding Improving Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

Data is certainly important, especially actionable detailed transparent and objective sourced information, shared among all participants (FM, contractor, AEs, building users…) at early stages and throughout end-of-life. Quality Control/Quality Assurance Plans. Negotiation-centered Dispute Resolution.

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Construction Quality Management 101

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Everything you need to know about construction quality and how to manage it. Quality is what separates the good from the bad. Both in our lives and in our work, quality is the defining factor in how we evaluate and are evaluated by others. There are two quality processes in construction: quality assurance and quality control.

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Job Order Contract Execution

Job Order Contracting

Quality assurance, inspection, and acceptance procedures are similar for JOC task orders as for other construction contracts and task orders. Note: Services such as carpet installation, landscaping, asbestos removal, and building demolition are generally considered construction services. Purchasing then issues a task order.

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An Introduction to Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Additionally, traditional low bid/design-bid-build procurement produced low quality results. From these early beginnings, the multiple Army projects were piloted in the U.S. JOC contractors strive for: • Fast Delivery • High Quality • No Change Orders • No Warranty Hassles • Maximize budgets. and Linda T. OpenJOC Benefits.