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Building Performance Measurement Estimating Lean Construction 
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 30, 2022
Valid construction cost estimate creation is the goal of every professional estimator. The reason is simple, an estimate, by nature, is an approximation. Furthermore, measuring accuracy is impossible as there is no datum. Nonetheless validity of a construction cost estimate is critical to cost management.
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Job Order Contracting
JULY 9, 2019
LEAN Construction Cost Estimating Drives Optimal Performance. LEAN Construction Cost Estimating. Detailed line item construction cost estimating is a core component of LEAN construction and measurably improved outcomes. The Simple Guide to Lean Construction.
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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros
Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 12, 2017
LEAN Collaborative Construction Practices Construction Cost Estimating. LEAN Collaborative Construction Practices Construction Cost Estimating. There are multiple alternative forms of estimates including conceptual, square foot, building, system, life-cycle, etc. Four BT, LLC.
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. Key Performance Metrics. Long-term Relationships. Financial Transparency.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 31, 2019
LEAN Performance-based Construction Services Procurement and Project Delivery. Consistently Deliver Quality Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction Projects On-Time & On-Budget! Traditional procurement and construction delivery methods commonly produce poor outcomes. NOVEMBER 27, 2018.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 30, 2018
LEAN METHODOLOGY. LEAN methodology was first introduced by Henry Ford, later expanded by Toyota, and subsequently adopted by numerous manufacturing and service sectors. An understanding of LEAN fundamentals and their application to O&M and overall Facilities Management is of great benefit to all participants and stakeholders.
Building Information Management
MARCH 24, 2015
What a great tool for transferring information and performing some analysis work! PROCESS: It is the construction delivery method that sets the tone, establishes responsibilities, details deliverables, defines risk, and ultimately determines the success or failure of any renovation, repair, construction project.
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Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The LEAN Integrated Construction Project Delivery Method. . It did so in response to a growing need for increasing and unsupportable demands for construction throughout Europe. In addition, multiple independent Audits of Job Order Contracts have been performed by Federal and State Governments. Lessons Learned.
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. Program versus Project View.
Job Order Contracting
MAY 3, 2020
Significant improvement across the AECOO sector (architecture, engineering, construction, operation, owner) requires an understanding of the critical parameters. Training and organization-wide communications in support of LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are mandatory in order to achieve continuous improvement.
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Autodesk Construction Cloud
DECEMBER 21, 2023
We don't always throw around the word "revolutionary," but building information modeling (BIM) has truly been that over the last few decades. Remember, BIM is all about creating and managing the information of buildings. Essentially, 3D BIM lets you create and visualize the building's design. walls, floors, architecture, etc.).
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. LEAN Job Order Contracting is now available. First, a few things to consider. Fully Compliant.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 26, 2015
The Need for Credible Construction Cost Estimates. Education, key performance indicators, common terms and definitions, LEAN collaborative construction delivery methods and supporting technology can to be leveraged to enable significant productivity and quality improvement.
Building Information Management
JULY 16, 2012
July 16th, 2012 – NIBS Report - National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council . Per the NIBS Consultative Council there are four areas where our industry needs to focus highlights four in order to improve buildings and infrastructure. Defining High-Performance and Common Metrics.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The good news is that robust solutions are readily available to enable the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on time and on budget. Quantitative metrics/performance indicators. The only valid cost measurement is a line-item estimate based upon local market conditions.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Belgian construction company Ibens uses prefabrication and extensive BIM modelling to deliver the highest quality project outcomes. Using Autodesk Construction Cloud’s BIM 360 solution has significantly streamlined the company’s collaboration with clients and partners, reducing review times from four weeks to one.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
MARCH 23, 2022
Equip Your 2022 Projects With the Right Construction Data and Stats for Success. Construction industry statistics and data are playing an increasingly important role in the building sector. Undoubtedly, the construction industry is very complex. Global Construction Demands Are Growing . Industry Performance.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 22, 2018
OpentJOC(TM) LEAN Job Order Contracting for Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction. Manage estimates, budgets and forecasts. Accurately estimate and manage LEAN construction programs and associated renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects. Building Explorer.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 29, 2012
Okay, so know let’s look a bit more about why BIM is not fully understood, nor being rapidly accepted across the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner, Operations/Facility Management sector(s). A good example is the continued use of proprietary spreadsheets for cost estimating and other somewhat complex domains.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 29, 2017
LEAN METHODOLOGY. LEAN methodology was first introduced by Henry Ford, later expanded by Toyota, and subsequently adopted my many manufacturing and service sectors. An understanding of LEAN fundamentals and their application to O&M and overall Facilities Management will benefit Planning. LEAN Considerations.
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Building Information Management
JANUARY 17, 2012
BIM (Building Information Technology) and THE CLOUD (Cloud Computing) are disruptive technologies converging to significantly alter traditional construction and facility management practices. Building Information Management (BIM) is the life-cycle management of facilities [1] supported by digital technology.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 27, 2019
Repair, Renovation, & Construction Project Cost Management. Prioritize and Budget Requirements Every real property owner is face with aligning organizational requirements with facilities repair, renovation, and construction needs as well as available current and projected multi-year resources.
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Job Order Contracting
JULY 1, 2019
Any real property owner can develop and deploy a robust Framework for Integrated Facilities Planning, Procurement, and LEAN Project Delivery. The benefits of LEAN process adoption consistent include the optimized delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects.
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Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The process enables the accurate definition of labor, material, and equipment requirements to perform a specific task. The evaluation of work performance, analysis of the time spent in going through the different motions of a job or series of jobs. The value of time and motion study is clear. What is time and motion study?
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 26, 2017
LEAN Business Models and Methods. Metrics/Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). It should be written with LEAN process fundamentals in mind that focus upon BEST VALUE outline measurable desired OUTCOMES. LEAN Business Models and Methods. A partial list is shown below: Organizational Strategy, Goals, Required Outcomes.
Building Information Management
JUNE 16, 2016
Facilities operations involving multiple sites and building types/ages can be efficiently managed with the right mix of global oversight and local execution as well as consistent application of LEAN best management practices.
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ProcurementExpress.com
APRIL 15, 2019
Let’s look at Construction 4.0. Technology is supplementing, not replacing, humans in construction. Over the next couple of decades, the construction industry will face a profound transformation that will shake up everything from how we order supplies to how we work with machines. What is Construction 4.0?
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 19, 2016
Robust collaborative construction delivery methods provide a proven path for Owners to significantly improve construction productivity and levels of satisfaction among a participants and building users. – 2016, Arizona State University – Job Order Contracting Performance Survey-2015.
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Building Information Management
JUNE 20, 2012
Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. The “how” of measuring investment successes. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Communication strategies.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
The efficient renovation, repair, maintenance and new construction of facilities and infrastructure has proven an insurmountable challenge for most real property Owners. Efficient construction delivery methods have been available and successfully practiced for decades. Owners estimate a 24% administrative cost savings.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 21, 2019
Job order contracting is neither difficult to understand, nor costly to practice, yet is virtually it assures the consistent delivery of quality, on-time, on-budget repair, renovation, and new construction projects…if the JOC Program is designed, deployed, and managed correctly. as well as total cost-of-ownership asset management.
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Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 17, 2019
Construction services procurement best management practices focus upon collaboration and change management. The following are all resident within a LEAN construction alliance contract and/or integrated LEAN collaborative construction procurement and project delivery method.
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Building Information Management
JUNE 3, 2016
Eight Steps Toward Improving Construction Productivity. Partnering and collaboration must be a key performance metric by which real property owners and facility management professionals are measured. Until this occurs, there is little hope for construction sector productivity improvement.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 29, 2017
Facilities Management Key Performance Indicators(KPIs) provide objective analysis of select aspects of the built environment. Number of contractor estimates issued. Average time from RFQ to receipt of contractor estimate. Average variance between owner estimates and contractor estimates. feet per building.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Building in Cloud (BiC) and the 4BT-PE/4BT-CE modules support LEAN COLLABORATIVE OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contract via Software as a Service (SaaS). Program Management, Project Management, Estimate Management, Document Management, Asset Management and Facility Management are included. Buildings geolocation.
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Building Information Management
JANUARY 29, 2013
Reusing existing buildings achieves a 15%+ higher return on investment and 20% reduction in greenhouse gases. It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. DoD Building Treatment Terms. This study compares the costs and GHG of modernization with new construction. Demolition and New Construction.
Building Information Management
JUNE 27, 2012
Cultural Fit – Collaboration, Communication, and Transparency are REQUIRED, Involve all Shareholders (Owners (senior management, FM, capital planning, procurement, building users…), AE’s, Contractors, BPMs (business product manufacturers), Oversight Groups, Community …). Economic Fit.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 1, 2012
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Behaviors across all AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner) professions, building users, and oversight groups must change.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 21, 2019
Job order contracting is neither difficult to understand, nor costly to practice, yet is virtually assures the consistent delivery of quality, on-time, on-budget repair, renovation, and new construction projects…if designed, deployed, and managed correctly. What Is Job Order Contracting? How Does Job Order Contracting Work?
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Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price. Each JOC order is comprised of several pre-described and pre-priced tasks. 5117.9001 Definitions.
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Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 12, 2018
A LEAN Facilities Management Roadmap can help any committed organization maximize value from its built environment. What is a LEAN Facilities Management Roadmap? It provides detailed renovation, repair, and new construction tasks with supporting labor, material, and equipment costs. Step-by-step plan.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 15, 2018
An Introduction to Job Order Contracting – The LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Way! #1 Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a way for organizations to get numerous, commonly encountered construction projects done quickly and easily through multi-year contracts. 1 JOC is PROGRAM not a PROJECT. and Linda T. and Linda T.
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Building Information Management
JANUARY 29, 2013
Reusing existing buildings achieves a 15%+ higher return on investment and 20% reduction in greenhouse gases. It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. DoD Building Treatment Terms. This study compares the costs and GHG of modernization with new construction. Demolition and New Construction.
Building Information Management
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
JOC is about performance! Maximizing construction budgets. move away from the low capture ratios and low profit world of traditional design-hard bid-build and achieve reasaonble payment for your effort and service. weather downturns in construction economic cycles. Performance incentives. Inherently LEAN.
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