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Construction TARGET COSTING – Should be required of all public sector real property owners

Job Order Contracting

Construction Target Costing is a method used to shape repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build outcomes and process design to deliver customer value within specific constraints. Detailed technical and cost requirements for the project should align with current commercial construction standards.

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DoD’s reliance on RSMeans for FSRM

Job Order Contracting

Historical Precedent and Familiarity RSMeans has been a longstanding standard in construction cost estimation. Perceived Standardization RSMeans provides a nationally standardized database, which may give the illusion of consistency across different regions and projects.

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Southern Water starts hunt for £700m treatment works partners

Construction Enquirer

In parallel to this procurement process, Southern Water is working up its plans for PR24 – including working with regulators and stakeholders to confirm the investment that will be available, and the capital delivery projects that will need to be undertaken. The new arrangements will offer the option of running for AMP9.

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Standardized repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build processes and workflows and continuously improve

Job Order Contracting

Select, define, clarify, and cost all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds. Define and clarify problem situations and address via collaborative methods. Standardized repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build processes and workflows and continuously improve.

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Dependable Cost Estimating Software for Construction

Job Order Contracting

Cost data organized by a well-defined Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and standardized data architecture such as expanded CSI Masterformat. Collaborative online cost estimate review and/or creation. The ability to create modified/custom unit price line items by adjusting labor, material, equipment, crew, and productivity data.

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6 Steps to Construction planning, procurement, and project delivery integration and significantly improved outcomes.

Job Order Contracting

Construction planning, procurement, and project delivery integration is a prerequisite to the consistent delivery of quality facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build project on time and on budget. Achieving integration and collaboration among internal and external groups is far from complex. Learn more?

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Productive Construction – Traits of Collaboration

Job Order Contracting

Productive construction and collaboration go hand in hand. The traits of collaboration include: co-location. Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? commitment.