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Collaboration Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Quality Assurance 
Civil + Structural Engineer
JANUARY 10, 2024
From oil and gas and renewable energy to water and transport, markets have continued to generate substantial demand for new infrastructure with the project backlog increasing in 2023. As we enter 2024, organizations will need to balance delivering on the substantial backlog of projects, while progressing toward full digital transformation.
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. All of the tools are services are readily available for any real property owner to tailor IPD to their organization.
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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros
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Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 27, 2020
How real property owners and facilities management professionals traditionally plan, procure, and deliver projects is the most significant barrier to improving capital reinvestment performance outcomes. In fact, less than 20% of all projects are delivered on-time and on-budget, or per stakeholder requirements.
Building Information Management
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Integrated design increasingly is recognized as a potential method to assure all performance criteria are considered and optimized in the design and construction of buildings. As indicated above, the participating disciplines must trust the validity of the information provided by other collaborators. – NIBS.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Powerful, yet easy-to-use services and tools that support efficient project delivery, including LEAN job order contracting that simplify administrative and operational processes, and drive best value repair, renovation, and new construction outcomes. Improve project planning by avoiding, minimizing, or eliminating miscommunications.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2022
Software is only useful if it is based upon a robust strategy, supported by robust processes and workflows that maximize leverage of internal and external resources via collaboration and common mutually beneficial goals. Two of these solutions are Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Job Order Contracting (JOC).
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 14, 2017
An integrated project delivery method is arguably required in order to achieve desired quality, satisfaction, timing, and cost for over 90% of renovation, repair, or new construction projects executed. Integrated project delivery method. Unit Price Books – Pros and Cons.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 26, 2020
Key areas monitored include the level of collaboration, timeline, costs and cost comparisons, specifications, satisfaction, and quality. Best value construction requires the integration of planning, procurement, and project delivery people, processes, information, and technology.
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Stakeholders have had to work within disjointed planning, procurement, project delivery, and operations teams and processes to attempt to meet performance goals. The net results have been a legacy of waste with overspending on the levels of 30% to 40%+, late projects, and inadequate quality.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 22, 2019
The common facilities management challenges can be mitigated using LEAN alternative construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. Common Facilities Management Challenges: Limited Budget Limited Resources & Staff Deferred Maintenance Prioritizing Projects Meeting Project Timelines. Project Delivery Method.
Building Information Management
APRIL 8, 2013
As they pass the emergent stage, BIM and cloud computing will continue to impact project delivery. Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 15, 2019
Proven collaborative construction delivery methods have existed for decades. These solutions can consistently assure that quality renovation, repair, and new construction projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. LEAN Collaborative Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 2, 2017
IPD LEAN Construction JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – all are interrelated and all can lead to measurably improved outcomes for all participants. JOC – Job Order Contracting – IPD specifically for renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects. IPD LEAN Construction JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – PRACTICES.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 30, 2020
LEAN Integrated Construction Delivery has provide to enable the consistent achievement of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. Integrated Construction Deliver y – Activities Listing. Assure both global oversight and localized decision-making.
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 4, 2020
Traditionally, the primary if not sole benefit of IDIQ contracting and project delivery has been reducing the time from planning to construction. Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) is a form of procurement. Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) is a form of procurement. Via Four BT, LLC (www.4bt.us)
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 21, 2019
Early collaboration and other associated key requirements of LEAN construction delivery methods virtually eliminate waste and deliver the highest value projects to owners and AEC service providers. It is the project delivery system that ultimately impacts eventual success or failure more than any other single element.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 4, 2019
Creating facilities value for all stakeholders requires rigorous LEAN processes that support and assure collaborative early and ongoing information sharing, as well as decision support systems based upon current and actionable information. IPD and JOC leverage innovative design, procurement, and project delivery work flows.
Building Information Management
APRIL 26, 2013
Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment. Design-bid-build, the traditional construction delivery method for decades, is inherently flawed. By Peter Cholakis.
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. Procurement must play an early and ongoing role with respect to planning, procuring, and project delivery of facilities construction and operations/maintenance support services.
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Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Pre-Construction Services include the following… Project Conceptualization. Project Delivery Method Selection. Adopting a LEAN pre-construction services approach REQUIRES collaboration among all participants and stakeholders and front loads their participation and information-sharing. Collaborative teams.
Building Information Management
JULY 15, 2015
When discussing facilities or vertical infrastructure, the implementation of cost-effective strategies that address total cost of ownership versus first-cost independently requires the integration of multiple professional competencies, technologies, and business processes (ICTB). A Framework for Success. Robust Ontology.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
Efficient management of the numerous repair, renovation, and construction project facing real property owners requires changing how owner, architecture, engineer, and builder relationships are structured. That said, not all implementations or tools for IPD and JOC are the same. appeared first on 4BT.
Job Order Contracting
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Explaining Job Order Contracting and LEAN Efficient Construction Delivery… Ok, so Job Order Contracting and LEAN construction delivery have little to do with an elephant sand castle… In construction., Poor quality assurance or quality control. Inaccurate cost estimate. … (long list).
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 14, 2017
Lean construction techniques are central to improving quality, timeliness, satisfaction, and lowering costs. Owner must provide value by sharing knowledge and collaborating in a timely manner with all service providers from concept through close-out, and not engage in excessive management and control. Focus upon Outcomes. White Papers.
Building Information Management
JANUARY 3, 2014
Simple answer… an industry-wide lack of collaboration, transparency, and shared risk/reward. Change however is possible IF and ONLY IF Owners, Contractors, and AE’s take the time to understand and implement collaborative construction delivery methods correctly. Shared risk-reward. Shared risk-reward.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
While LEAN Construction Delivery Methods have existing for decades are are proven to improve productivity, reduce waste, lower cost, speed delivery, and improve quality… most real property owners lack the required capability, understanding, and/or awareness for implementation. Reliance upon participants’ expertise.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 8, 2019
Rethink, Reshape, Rewrite Your Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Procurement and Project Delivery Methods. The only proven way to improve facilities management outcomes is to RETHINK,, RESHAPE, and REWRITE your facilities repair, renovation, and construction procurement and delivery methods. The Solution.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 4, 2019
Build the right team, collaborate with all participants and stakeholders from day one, incorporate LEAN construction processes. The consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, and new construction projects isn’t difficult. Projects Delivery. Failure to adequately focus on project flows.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 28, 2017
INTRODUCTION – The goal of Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management activities is to maximize the value of physical structures and assure appropriate ownership of the project outcomes over the project’s life span. Both collaborative construction delivery methods, JOC and IPD, focus upon best value.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 29, 2021
Only two of the following construction delivery methods are LEAN. Construction Project Delivery Comparison. Construction Project Delivery Overview & Comparison. Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) delivery process with design, bidding, and construction in separate, sequential steps. Design-Bid-Build.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 28, 2012
What is an IDIQ / Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity construction delivery method? Focused on smaller projects (up to low millions). Allows more efficient and higher quality construction for owners of large facility infrastructure. Suitable for the smallest projects. Flexible for projects with unknown scope.
CCR Magazine
APRIL 17, 2024
The construction process is streamlined, project schedules are reduced, and quality control is improved via the use of these approaches, which include the fabrication of building components off-site in highly regulated factory conditions. This affects how projects are planned and built. </p>
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. Collaborative “LEAN” collaborative construction delivery methods actually predate the term LEAN!
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. Collaborative “LEAN” collaborative construction delivery methods actually predate the term LEAN!
Building Information Management
DECEMBER 30, 2015
Yet, the importance of the construction delivery method in enabling the above and driving greater productivity and satisfaction is rarely understood. Fortunately collaborative construction delivery methods for smaller projects have been implemented and proven for over a quarter of century.
Building Information Management
AUGUST 10, 2015
The benefits of asset management are equivalent to those of efficient construction delivery methods (Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, and Job Order Contracting – JOC). Operational Excellence reduces operational costs and waste, without affecting quality, time delivery and cost.
Building Information Management
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Discrepancies in construction delivery methods and contracts lead to the failure of BIM, or many/most facility renovation, repair projects. It is time to rethink the contractual context for efficient construction project delivery. THE ROLE OF CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHODS. Life-cycle Management 101.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 23, 2019
LEAN Procurement & Construction Delivery for Improving Performance. Construction services procurement and project delivery that follow robust LEAN processes have been successfully adopted and deployed. Study of each can be helpful, however, only the following are proven LEAN procurement and construction delivery methods: 1.)
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The construction delivery method affects the success or failure of any renovation, repair, maintenance, or new construction project more than ANY other single factor. JOC is a method for managing the myriads of details of renovation,remodeling, rehabilitation, repair, and other construction projects. JOC coefficient.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 10, 2016
OpenJOC, a term coined by Four BT, LLC, is the deployment of Job Order Contracting based upon LEAN construction delivery best management practices. OpenJOC leverages processes, standardized cost data , and technology to drive win-win relationships among all project participants and on-time, on-budget, quality construction outcomes.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Performance Based Contract Management principles for Construction have existed for decades, and include Integrated Project Delivery and Job Order Contacting. Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Supporting collaborative technology. Key Performance Indicators. Joint work scope development.
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Building Information Management
MARCH 27, 2015
Job order contracting (JOC) is a collaborative construction delivery method, and/or a form of integrated project delivery – IPD, that enables organizations to get their numerous, commonly encountered construction projects done quickly, easily, and cost-effectively through multi-year contracts – IDIQ.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 8, 2017
LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 3 – Hoe to provide focus upon best value, quality, timeliness, and reasonable cost, assuring overall satisfaction. Owner provides LEADERSHIP and the team collaborates to resolve any inconsistencies or conflicts. Focus is upon Best Value – Quality and Timeliness at a reasonable cost.
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JUNE 9, 2017
Secondly, robust LEAN collaborative project delivery methods have proven capable of delivering approximate 90% of renovation, repair, and new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants. Continuous education, improvement, and collaboration drive better outcomes.
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