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The Role of As-Built Drawings in Quality Assurance and Quality Control

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The Role of As-Built Drawings in Quality Assurance and Quality Control As-built drawings are accurate and exhaustive construction documents that portray the final state of construction. This leads to greater quality assurance and control for construction projects.

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Best Value Facilities Repair, Renovation Work Order Delivery

Job Order Contracting

An integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution that drives consistent on-time, on-budget, quality outcomes at a fair price. A programmatic approach centered upon LEAN fundamentals assure common understanding among diverse internal and external teams. Collaborative design for constructibility.

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Better Manage Construction Costs Schedules and Quality

Job Order Contracting

Fortunately there are proven processes to better manage construction costs, schedules, and quality. 80% of cost overruns are due to poor scope of work definition, and associated inadequate and/or flawed construction cost estimates and otherwise poor planning, procurement, and project delivery management.

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Learnings from JOC Program Audits and AEC Industry Research

Job Order Contracting

A common set of terms and definitions is also extremely important to collaborative information sharing, without this, inclusive of a locally researched granular unit price book, “apples to apples” comparisons and mutual understanding on an early and ongoing basis are virtually impossible.

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The Physics of Efficient Construction Delivery – Improving Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Builds

Job Order Contracting

The following 4 core elements are mandatory for the consistent achievement of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds on time and on budget. Consistent application virtually assures cost savings of 30%-40% as well as long-term mutually beneficial relationships between all participants and stakeholders. #1

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JOC Program Development

Job Order Contracting

JOC Program development involves a strategic analysis of current and planned capabilities and a clear definition of desired outcomes. The unit price book, UPB, is one of the most important tools beyond introductory and ongoing training.

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Area Cost Factors – Not a viable for Federal Construction Cost Estimating?

Job Order Contracting

Definition of Area Factor – A multiplicative value used to reflect relative geographical cost differentials. They are used in the development of construction cost budgets and project estimates. – GAO.