CCR Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

These professionals handle everything from initial planning to the final walkthrough, ensuring the project meets both functional and aesthetic goals. From designing blueprints to managing on-site work, a construction company brings together skilled professionals, materials, and processes to create structures that last.

Building Code Compliance 52

Building Code Compliance Material Handling Building Permits Building Codes 52

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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. Realistic, valid cost and technical requirement planning. Automated Estimate Comparison. Building/Site/Location Management.

Facility Management 105

Facility Management Sustainability Building Information Modeling (BIM) Change Management 105

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The fundamental reason for poor outcomes is the failure to implement and properly manage robust and integrated LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. 10% are due to site related productivity issues, most of which could have been foreseen.

Schedule Management 93

Schedule Management Construction Management Lean Construction Building Information Modeling (BIM) 93

ProcurementExpress.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Construction teams face unique procurement challenges due to the complex nature of the business. As technology changes the game, procurement is becoming a strategic juggling act. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning.

Procurement 63

Procurement Project Management Consulting Project Management Material Storage 63

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Create estimates, deploy project workflows and controls, inclusive of timelines, approval stages, appropriate information access, and more. Put an end to poor traditional planning, cost estimating, procurement, and project delivery practices! 2) Empower those on-site who are doing the work.

Maintenance 105

Maintenance Quality Assurance Cost Control Facility Management 105

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2022

Job Order Contracting best management practices should be applied throughout the life cycle of every program, contract, project, estimate, and work order. During planning, procurement, and facilities professionals should work together to develop a clear. statement of work (SOW). Locally Researched Construction Cost Data.

Contracts 104

Contracts Lean Construction Procurement Site Planning 104

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 26, 2024

How to validate a construction takt plan: Validating an “optimized” TAKT plan is challenging, if not impossible, without access to an objective and granular local market database of construction tasks that includes labor, material, and equipment requirements. Here’s why this database is critical: 1.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 98

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Site Planning Schedule Management 98

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery can consistently drive significant improvement over traditional methods. Access to current, actionable information is critical to both global oversight and local/on-site decision-making.

Lean Construction 66

Lean Construction Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Procurement Risk Management 66

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The following is an outline of basic Construction Cost Audit Fundamentals when reviewing a construction cost estimate and conducting a construction cost audit. Construction cost audit procedures involve a thorough understand of work scope and all phases leading up to and ending with the construction cost estimate.

Lean Construction 90

Lean Construction Schedule Management Insurance Management Procurement 90

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 26, 2023

Preconstruction Preconstruction planning is critical to any project. Procurement Workflows A detailed scope of work and an associated detailed line-item estimate is required before any procurement evaluation and award. Joint site visits are also necessary prior to the contract award. Are funds available?

Facility Management 105

Facility Management Public Works Procurement Schedule Management 105

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 24, 2020

-+. Construction Cost Estimating – LEAN. This paper ” Construction Cost Estimating-LEAN” discusses the positive impacts of collaboration, a common data environment, and locally researched detailed line item construction cost data. Failure to adapt to readily available, proven and robust cost estimating practices.

Lean Construction 55

Lean Construction Estimating Cost Control Property Management 55

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 22, 2021

The consistent achievement of best value quality, cost, and schedule outcomes requires the strategic and tactical integration of planning, procurement, and project delivery in concert with the core organizational mission. Project Procurement and Delivery Environment Comparison. Sample Workflow. via 4bt.us.

Facility Management 105

Facility Management Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Construction Management Lean Construction 105

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2020

Issues with Construction Cost Indexes, Location Factors, and Cost Estimating for IDIQ and JOC impact cost visibility and transparency. Locally researched detailed unit price cost data is best suited for providing verifiable cost visibility and transparency at a site, or other appropriate geolocation basis. References.

Estimating 74

Estimating Construction Equipment Contracts Site Planning 74

CCR Magazine

MARCH 4, 2025

He will provide expertise to project owners, developers, contractors, designers, municipalities, and their counsel on matters including strategic planning, estimating, procurement, on-site operational execution, project auditing, and construction disputes. Wentz, a managing director in the firms Construction practice.

Site Planning 40

Site Planning Project Management Procurement Facility Management 40

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A fundamental element is Job Order Contracting (JOC) is line item estimating which involves breaking down the cost of construction into discrete, granular tasks, each item representing a specific material, labor, and equipment components. The latter includes studs, wiring, wallboard, etc. Market conditions can fluctuate frequently.

Contracts 98

Contracts Estimating Site Planning Construction Equipment 98

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 22, 2022

The two components of the Carbon Planning Tool are: · Carbon Modelling Tool – top-down whole life carbon assessment and optioneering, used during the project appraisal phase to enable quick and simple carbon assessment to inform the solution selection process. Align carbon and costs. Develop carbon options. Components.

Building Materials Manufacturing 104

Building Materials Manufacturing Site Planning Building Materials Estimating 104

CCR Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2024

Also included is Field Surveillance of in-process construction activities, site inspections, maintenance of construction schedules, and construction management. Other areas of infrastructure include Site Civil work in brownfield reclamation, Underground Utility removal/ restoration, and various types of Decontamination and Demolition.

Estimating 52

Estimating Schedule Management Quality Control Cost Control 52

CCR Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

CFC Construction is thrilled to announce the promotion of Josh Thall to Director of Procurement. Thall’s new role will bridge the gap between business development, preconstruction, and operations, helping to ensure that CFC’s bidding and planning activities are in alignment with how each project will be bought, staffed, and built.

Procurement 52

Procurement Project Management Green Building Construction Management 52

ProcurementExpress.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Construction teams face unique procurement challenges due to the complex nature of the business. As technology changes the game, procurement is becoming a strategic juggling act. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning.

Procurement 52

Procurement Project Management Consulting Project Management Material Storage 52

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2022

Internal and independent audits have found that many Job Order Contracting deployments have unfortunately degraded into a simple means of speeding procurement and also carry excessive administration costs tied to a percentage of construction costs. Integrated Project Planning, Procurement, and Delivery. Common Source of Truth.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 105

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Lean Construction Quality Assurance Procurement 105

Building Information Management

MARCH 21, 2012

Accurate construction estimates are a fundamental component of any successful construction project. The more accurate the scope of a construction project, the more accurate the estimate. To achieve accuracy in both the scope and the estimate requires collaboration and communication among Owners, AE’s, and Contractors.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 45

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Estimating Project Management Construction Equipment 45

PN - Project Management

AUGUST 15, 2022

This article offers insight on the top reasons to add new estimating software to your construction company. Benefits of estimating software ​ Better Overall Construction Job Planning The top reason to add construction estimating software to your repertoire of internal tools is that it helps you see the big picture.

Estimating 52

Estimating Project Management Cost Control Procurement 52

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 12, 2020

Nonetheless, a small, but growing number of real property owners and facilities management teams have embraced changing to integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. Planning – Owner conceptualizes need, budget, and appropriate project delivery method.

Maintenance 80

Maintenance Lean Construction Procurement Change Management 80

Civil + Structural Engineer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The $922 million plan calls for designing and constructing a landscaped tunnel that will span about a mile of the Kensington Expressway on Route 33 in Buffalo, New York. Because the project is currently in an environmental review process, construction is planned for 2025. After receiving over $55 million from the U.S.

Cost Control 130

Cost Control Site Planning Infrastructure Development Estimating 130

CCR Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

Whether you are a homeowner planning a renovation , a developer looking to break ground on a commercial project, or simply an interested party in the real estate market, understanding the construction costs in NYC is crucial for making informed decisions. NYC is built on a variety of terrains, including bedrock, sandy soils, and marshland.

Construction Management 52

Construction Management Project Management Consulting Real Estate Development Cost Control 52

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2020

Integrated project delivery software and support services embed robust LEAN planning, procurement and project delivery processes within a common data and cloud technology environment. While fundamental LEAN elements serve as the foundation, solutions can be tailored to an organization’s individual requirements.

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 71

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Closeout Lean Construction Procurement 71

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 16, 2021

Current JOC solutions integrate construction planning, procurement, and project delivery, associated participants and stakeholders, and more! It is critical to assure that the JOC Program is based upon fundamental LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery methods that mutually benefit all participants.

Contracts 103

Contracts General Contracting Project Management Consulting Lean Construction 103

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

MARCH 24, 2021

An integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution that drives consistent on-time, on-budget, quality outcomes at a fair price. Create a shared scope of work using a a detailed line item construction cost estimate using locally researched cost data. Collaborative design for constructibility.

Quality Assurance 100

Quality Assurance Facility Management Lean Construction Project Management 100

Roads Online

AUGUST 24, 2023

Currently Aboriginal participation is a criterion under the social procurement framework which is relevant to all government funded works,” he says. He’s always prioritised this as the number one priority from a board level, all the way down to the construction site. Hotak Akran, Site Engineer says he almost uses the software daily.

Change Management 98

Change Management Site Planning Government Works Project Management 98

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 13, 2017

JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROCUREMENT STRATEGY. A JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROCUREMENT STRATEGY spans process of soliciting/marketing, contractor selection, and award of a Job Order Contract involves technical and business strategies. The JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROCUREMENT STRATEGY and approach should be tailored to JOC construction services required.

Procurement 40

Procurement Contracts Quality Assurance Energy Conservation 40

iField Smart

APRIL 23, 2024

In the construction industry, efficiency is critical to meet project timelines, achieve planned costs, and produce high-quality outcomes. Insufficient planning and scheduling Inefficient construction project management stems from unsatisfactory planning and scheduling. This improves productivity and ensures positive outcomes.

Construction Management 103

Construction Management Schedule Management Risk Management Project Management 103

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 16, 2020

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 75

Lean Construction Collaboration Building Information Modeling (BIM) Facility Management 75

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

There is not a single public sector organization that has a robust, proven programmatic planning, procurement, and project delivery method that provides financial visibility and transparency , and the ability to support decision-making to assure the consistent quality, on-time, and on-budget outcomes, system-wide. Wood, Chris.

Quality Assurance 97

Quality Assurance Public Works Property Management Budgeting 97

Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 1, 2023

The design team used Bentley’s OpenRoads technology in all aspects of the project, which allowed for real-world contextualization of the project site and elements in a 3D deliverable. Inclusive of the time taken to master the new software, the design team achieved plan approval within 12 months of notice to proceed.

Project Management Consulting 130

Project Management Consulting Building Design Project Management Building Controls 130

LetsBuild

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Prioritise value over competition One mistake project owners and procurement teams often make is prioritising bidding price over value. Using this traditional procurement method pits trade partners and contractors against each other. More to read: The importance of keeping construction daily logs for every site activity 4.

Risk Management 98

Risk Management Building Materials Manufacturing Construction Management Lean Construction 98

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 17, 2020

Anyone with the appropriate levels of motivation, expectation, leadership, and competency can begin to implement LEAN, integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery today. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” ” Henry Ford.

Lean Construction 66

Lean Construction Site Planning Procurement Estimating 66