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Building Performance Measurement General Contracting Lean Construction 
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 10, 2021
Is it a a fact that Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector. While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. 1440-7027).
Building Information Management
JULY 26, 2016
While LEAN principles, as defined for production systems, originated from the Japanese manufacturing industry, LEAN construction delivery methods have evolved to meet the requirements of real property owners and the AEC sector. Continuous monitoring – use of key performance indicators, KPIs. Focus upon outcomes.
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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
Building Information Management
JULY 26, 2016
While LEAN principles, as defined for production systems, originated from the Japanese manufacturing industry, LEAN construction delivery methods have evolved to meet the requirements of real property owners and the AEC sector. Continuous monitoring – use of key performance indicators, KPIs. Focus upon outcomes.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The History of Job Order Contracting. The LEAN Integrated Construction Project Delivery Method. . The United States Department of the Army is attributed with initially developing and deploying Job Order Contracting during the early 1980s. Job Order Contracting goes under the name of SABER in the USAF.
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. Two of these solutions are Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Job Order Contracting (JOC).
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Now that we’ve laid the foundation for the four P’s of construction improvement (performance, predictability, planet, and people), let’s add some framework around performance. Particularly, the way performance impacts one of our most coveted metrics of measure—productivity. The end goal? Design Standardisation.
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 12, 2017
LEAN Facilities Renovation, Repair, and Construction. Change Management – A comprehensive change management plan is a requirement in the journey to collaboration, transparency, and mutual respect among all participants… and measurably improved outcomes. Represented using common, standard terms and in plain English.
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
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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Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Army Job Order Contracts fail to meet critical AFARS requirements most of the time. 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.
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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.
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.
Building Information Management
JUNE 29, 2016
In include all aspects, including people, processes, and technology, throughout all phases from conceptualization/planning, construction project delivery, renovation/repair/maintenance, to deconstruction/recycling. Building RELATIONSHIPS. A primary focus upon technology will generally not provide positive outcomes.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 21, 2019
Job Order Contracting: Everything Owners and Builders Need to Know. Of course, the question remains… why don’t more real property owners and facilities management teams leverage the benefits of job order contracting? What Is Job Order Contracting? as well as total cost-of-ownership asset management.
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Job Order Contracting
APRIL 30, 2022
The characteristics of strategic collaboration and efficient construction project delivery are discussed below. Performance-centric reward system. Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery. Shorter construction schedules than planned. management in the UK construction industry.
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 14, 2019
Any real property owner and their service providers can leverage collaborative project delivery to increase efficiency and reduce design, construction, and life-cycle costs. The surest path to measurably achieving this goal is to change the construction project procurement and delivery method. Learn more… [contact-form].
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. Change management . Collaboration and user participation.
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.
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
JULY 21, 2019
Job Order Contracting: Everything Owners and Builders Need to Know. 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.
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Building Information Management
JULY 25, 2016
Optimize Facility Renovation, Repair, and Construction Delivery with Robust Business Processes. Also, all parties must implement methods to improve the customer experience of building users. Performance improvements are available via LEAN business process and associated collaborative construction delivery methods.
Building Information Management
JULY 25, 2016
Optimize Facility Renovation, Repair, and Construction Delivery with Robust Business Processes. Also, all parties must implement methods to improve the customer experience of building users. Performance improvements are available via LEAN business process and associated collaborative construction delivery methods.
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. Mandatory Partnering.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 22, 2018
OpentJOC(TM) LEAN Job Order Contracting for Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction. Accurately estimate and manage LEAN construction programs and associated renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects. 4BT-CE Building in Cloud & the OpenJOC(TM) Framework.
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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Job Order Contracting
JUNE 8, 2017
Distribution and sharing of information by the Facilities Management Team is crucial to achieving cost efficient and high performing facilities, however, 3-D BIM visualization and modeling software is generally very sophisticated, relatively expensive, and very complex.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
Managing the numerous and ongoing facilities renovation, repair, maintenance, and minor new construction projects is particularly problematic for many real property portfolio owners. Job Order Contracting, JOC, is the most widely known and used method for renovation, repair, and minor new construction.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 21, 2017
Job Order Contracting Guide. A job order contracting guide is a required component of any best practice Job Order Contract. The Job Order Contract and is integral Job Order Contracting Guide should reflect current, objective, and transparent collaborative best management practices. Owner leadership and competence.
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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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Building Information Management
APRIL 24, 2012
Job Order Contracting – JOC, is perhaps the only proven, collaborative, performance-based construction delivery method designed specifically for the numerous task faced by facility managers. Presidential Memorandum — Implementation of Energy Savings Projects and Performance-Based Contracting for energy savings.
Building Information Management
JULY 12, 2016
It they were, physical infrastructure (buildings, roads, bridges, utilities, … ) deferred maintenance wouldn’t be continuing to climb AND construction would not still be one of the least productive industries of all. LEAN best management practices. Collaborative construction delivery methods (IPD, JOC).
Building Information Management
JULY 12, 2016
It they were, physical infrastructure (buildings, roads, bridges, utilities, … ) deferred maintenance wouldn’t be continuing to climb AND construction would not still be one of the least productive industries of all. LEAN best management practices. Collaborative construction delivery methods (IPD, JOC).
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
MARCH 10, 2017
Not all Job Order Contracts (JOC) are not the same. Carefully review all of the Job Order Contract and all associated documents. The following is a listing of Job Order Contract Do’s and Don’ts. Material, equipment and labor costs for appropriate renovation, repair, and minor new construction tasks should also be incorporated.
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Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 5, 2017
Things Contractors Should Know About Job Order Contracts. As a construction contractor considering a Job Order Contract (JOC), it is critical to be aware that all JOCs are not the same. Here are a just a few things contractors should know about job order contracts. Will you earn a reasonable profit? Army and U.S.
40 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.
CivilJungle
APRIL 13, 2022
Important Factors to Consider When Building a New Home. So when we want to build a new home, we also have to consider all our needs related to home and comfort zone. So when we want to build a new home, we also have to consider all our needs related to home and comfort zone. Building Design. Building’s Size.
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.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Work execution and contract administration. An owner’s review of the historical type and volume of work is generally the first step. A review of any existing related contracts is also important in order to avoid any potential conflicts or work disruption. Facility management/engineering planning. JOC procurement/award process.
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Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Setting up a Job Order Contract Using Best Management Practices involves a mix of strategic and operational steps including a gap analysis of current and planned outcomes. . From a JOC Program perspective, an annual total JOC construction value of approximately $2M is required before considering JOC due to associated administrative costs.
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CivilJungle
APRIL 26, 2020
Dry lean Concrete. Dry lean Concrete / Roller Compacted Concrete. Asphalt concrete, more commonly called just asphalt, is a composite material used in the construction of roads, highways, airports, parking lots, and other kinds of pavements. Also, read: How to Building Construction Process Step by Step.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 29, 2017
Best Practice Job Order Contracting. The DOD has long been recognized as the leader in best practice job order contracting. Other non-DOD Federal Government Agencies and Higher Education follow in a close second in terms of level of general knowledge and skill. Best Practice Job Order Contracting. Note that for.
40 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.
Levelset
JULY 22, 2022
It’s an excellent time to consider starting a roofing company, as both the residential and commercial sectors are experiencing a wave of new construction, and that means opportunities for the roofing industry, which is expected to grow revenues by around 1% annually for the next five years. . Use cash flow to inform your business decisions.
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