Granger Construction

MAY 14, 2024

Granger Construction celebrates 65 years of collaborative project delivery with the Ottawa County Family Justice Center project in West Olive, MI. As a pioneer in IPD, Granger demonstrated exceptional collaboration among past project partners, including public entities, leading to outstanding project outcomes.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 98

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Collaboration Building Information Modeling (BIM) Stakeholder Engagement 98

Building Radar

JULY 17, 2024

In the construction industry, procurement plays a crucial role in project success. Efficient procurement strategies can lead to significant cost savings, timely project completion, and overall enhanced productivity. Explore more about the benefits of procurement software on GetPowerplay.

Procurement 52

Procurement Building Performance Measurement Risk Management Building Optimization 52

Building Radar

AUGUST 5, 2024

Procurement plays a crucial role in determining project success. With rising material costs and tighter schedules, optimizing construction procurement strategies is essential for enhancing efficiency and reducing costs. Effective procurement is vital for managing costs, ensuring quality, and maintaining project timelines.

Procurement 52

Procurement Building Optimization Building Materials Manufacturing Building Automation 52

Construction Daily News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plays a vital role in managing construction procurement for various projects across the state. Understanding the processes involved in KYTC construction procurement is essential for contractors and stakeholders looking to engage effectively.

Procurement 52

Procurement Environmental Impact Assessment Stakeholder Engagement Risk Management 52

Building Radar

AUGUST 29, 2024

Effective procurement negotiation strategies are crucial for success in the construction industry. From securing high-quality materials at competitive prices to establishing strong relationships with suppliers, procurement teams have a significant impact on the overall cost structure of a construction project.

Procurement 52

Procurement Building Performance Measurement Building Materials Manufacturing Building Materials 52

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 31, 2022

Improving the PROCURMENT MODEL for Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance and Construction begins with a gap analysis, a quantitative review of the current situation and a target of how things can be when improved. The procurement model is broken. Current procurement models are inefficient due to the following… #1.

Procurement 77

Procurement Maintenance Lean Construction Facility Management 77

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. Introduction.

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Procurement Building Performance Measurement Facility Management Change Management 59

CCR Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

While many sectors capitalize on cooperative procurement contracts, higher education institutions and campuses are increasingly turning to the business model and opportunity as enrollment struggles and tuitions are teetering. This collaborative method of purchasing is also advantageous for construction companies and contractors.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contracts Stakeholder Engagement Building Optimization 52

Job Order Contracting

MAY 18, 2022

The above provides a foundation to allow a real property owner and their design-builders to efficiently manage their ongoing repair, renovation, sustainability, maintenance, and new build projects. 4bt.us – Integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions. contact-form] www.4bt.us

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 89

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Procurement Foundation Systems 89

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) 59

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Procurement Collaboration Lean Construction 59

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 5, 2022

Public sector efficient physical asset management requires robust process, collaborative teams. Moving beyond traditional methods that are responsible for rampant economic and environmental waste requires that public sector real property leadership focus upon forward thinking and change management. contact-form].

Collaboration 89

Collaboration Lean Construction Public Works Procurement 89

Civil + Structural Engineer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

For owners facing this scenario, integrated services like the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) delivery method may be the best option for your project. Nevertheless, these additional costs are still significantly less than making changes during execution.

Project Management Consulting 246

Project Management Consulting Risk Management Schedule Management Project Management 246

Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 3, 2024

HDR’s Construction Management Team Helped Deliver Landmark East Link Light Rail Extension Project The initial segment of Sound Transit’s 2 Line began operations April 27, the product of more than a decade of work to improve transit connections between Seattle, Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond. The Bellevue-Redmond segment of the $3.7

Change Management 130

Change Management Schedule Management Project Management Electrical Systems 130

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 30, 2022

The characteristics of strategic collaboration and efficient construction project delivery are discussed below. Organizations that provide leadership and commitment to collaborative environments are rare. Mandatory early and ongoing collaboration for each project. Reduced project related cost growth per change order.

Collaboration 89

Collaboration Project Management Consulting Project Management Construction Management 89

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 1, 2017

LEAN Procurement via Collaborative Job Order Contracting provides significantly improve outcomes for all participants and stakeholders. There are several core elements associated with LEAN Procurement via Collaborative Job Order Contracting for real property owners, construction contractors, and building users.

Procurement 40

Procurement Collaboration Contracts Lean Construction 40

Job Order Contracting

JULY 22, 2020

Adaptive Lean Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery tools and services are readily available to assure the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. are all specified with a collaborative contract and an operations manual/execution guide.

Procurement 59

Procurement Lean Construction Property Management Project Management 59

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 19, 2020

A Guide to Construction Services Procurement would be incomplete without a discussion of collaborative LEAN construction planning and management methodology. The primary mistake that organizations make in procuring construction services in support of their facilities management needs is that they do not manage their providers.

Procurement 60

Procurement Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Construction Management Lean Construction 60

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. via Four BT, LLC, the AEC industry’s innovative LEAN construction collaboration services, construction cost data, and SAAS technology provider.

Procurement 60

Procurement Lean Construction Facility Management Change Management 60

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 16, 2020

4BT LEAN CONSTRUCTION COLLABORATION SaaS Solution. The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features. The innovate and exclusive Collaborative LEAN Construction Software for the Enterprise or Single Organization offering all of these features.

Lean Construction 54

Lean Construction Collaboration Building Information Modeling (BIM) Facility Management 54

Job Order Contracting

MAY 30, 2024

Public sector facilities management has not measurably improved for decades. Mired in barriers to improvement, largely reinforced by leaderships inability or lack of interest in change, the public sector FM remains economically and environmentally wasteful. The reason is simple. Lack of organizational development readiness.

Facility Management 73

Facility Management Change Management Procurement Project Management 73

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 17, 2020

The path to LEAN construction planning, procurement, and integrated project delivery, IPD… 1. Leverage early and ongoing input and collaboration among all parties, especially those doing the actual work. Collaboration shouldn’t be a chore, but rather a seamless part of daily activities.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 60

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Procurement Collaboration 60

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 15, 2019

Proven collaborative construction delivery methods have existed for decades. The levels of performance attainable by LEAN collaborative processes CAN NOT be achieved using design-bid-build, design-build, or other “traditional” forms of project planning, procurement, and delivery. Collaborative technology ).

Lean Construction 40

Lean Construction Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Procurement Collaboration 40

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 29, 2024

That said, most JOC Programs are not designed, implemented, and managed properly. It was simply a way to speed procurement. Since that time JOC has evolved into an integrated project delivery (IPD) method that not only accelerates procurement, but also shorten project delivery times and reduces costs up to 30%-40%. Learn more.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 78

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Contracts Project Management Consulting Property Management 78

iField Smart

MAY 14, 2024

Constructing Efficiency: Exploring the Leading Construction Project Management Software of 2024 In 2024, the construction industry continues to witness a transformative shift towards digitalization and innovation, with construction management software playing a pivotal role in enhancing project efficiency and collaboration.

Project Management 91

Project Management Construction Management Building Information Modeling (BIM) Risk Management 91

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 5, 2024

Are you and your Job Order Contracting Team… continually making improvements. identifying if the JOC Program is actually meeting “customer” and organizational requirements?

Stakeholder Engagement 87

Stakeholder Engagement Change Management Procurement Communication 87

Construction Law

AUGUST 3, 2020

At about the same time, the restarted Grenfell inquiry was drawing a picture of a procurement and construction management process that was somewhat less than flattering; little was being heard that would give observers confidence that this was an industry set up to deliver safe, never mind quality, buildings. Nick Barrett.

Procurement 59

Procurement Change Management Construction Management Building Design 59

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 92

Facility Management Sustainability Building Information Modeling (BIM) Change Management 92

Construction Law

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The UK’s poor procurement practices are highlighted yet again by the news that the £19bn Crossrail project can’t be completed with the money available to the project. Another chapter in the long history of analysing why the UK’s procurement practices are so poor has just been produced by the National Audit Office (see News).

Procurement 52

Procurement Estimating Schedule Management Government Works 52

Practical Law Construction

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In our previous blog post , we introduced two-stage procurement and two key options for documenting it (a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) followed by a separate main works contract and a Combined PCSA/Main Contract) noting that the differences were generally presentational or mechanical. Site investigations.

Procurement 52

Procurement General Contracting Insurance Management Risk Management 52

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.

Procurement 40

Procurement Construction Management Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Project Management Consulting 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 31, 2021

A collaborative construction solution, capable of consistently delivering quality repair, renovation, and new builds, on-time and on-budget, is available to any real property owner. Traditional project delivery involves a counter productive, non-integrated, approach to planning, procurement, and project delivery. The Problem.

Collaboration 61

Collaboration Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Project Management Consulting 61

UK Construction Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

The post The 8 Primary Benefits of Effective Supply Chain Management appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Effective supply chain management (SCM) is important for businesses to streamline their operations, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

Building Products Distribution 62

Building Products Distribution Change Management Building Materials Manufacturing Schedule Management 62

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 10, 2022

OpenBUILD(TM) is The ONLY Construction Integrated Project Delivery Solution with Locally Researched Cost Visibility with Program Management, Contract Management, Proposal/Bid/Estimate Management, Workorder Management , Project Management, Document Management, Team Management, Issues/Task Management, Workflow Management, and BIM integration.

Property Management 88

Property Management Facility Management Change Management Project Management 88

UK Construction Blog

JANUARY 13, 2024

The post Read the Latest News on a New Method to Materials Procurement Can Improve Building Sustainability, the Bridgwater Road Junction Will Be Built Soon, and an Innovative US Construction Company Has Opened Offices in Rotherwas to Expand its UK Presence appeared first on UK Construction Blog.

Building Materials 62

Building Materials Procurement Building Materials Manufacturing Sustainability 62

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The primary reason why all owners, designers, and builders don’t use these alternative construction delivery methods is that they require change management. Associated procurement and construction documents and workflows, as well as associated written Operations Manuals and/or Execution Guides are core requirements.

Change Management 40

Change Management Construction Management Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction 40

Civil + Structural Engineer

JANUARY 29, 2024

WSP provided project management and design services to Orange County Transportation Authority for a new system, customer service and walk-in center for Interstate 405 motorists. The original procurement required a 24-month delivery time. WSP delivered the project ahead of the original target, meeting OCTA’s Dec. 1 go-live date.

Project Management Consulting 100

Project Management Consulting Facility Management Project Management Change Management 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 22, 2019

Efficient & Quality Construction Services Procurement and Delivery should not be this hard! We all know what can go terribly wrong with traditional construction procurement and delivery processes… lack of financial visibility, poor work scope definition, quality issues, legal disputes… in short, poor outcomes tend to be the norm.

Lean Construction 40

Lean Construction Procurement Quality Assurance Property Management 40