Collaborative LEAN Job Order Contacting (TM) requires significant change management, learning, and leadership. The results, consistent on-demand, on-time, on-budget, quality construction are […]
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The following, Job Order Contracting – Recommended Best Practices, have been compiled from numerous independent third party audits of JOC Programs as […]
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Procuring and executing on-demand, on-budget, on-time, quality construction services has traditionally been as likely as seeing pig fly. Solving the construction productivity […]
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JOC Strategic Needs Analysis JOC requires a focus upon change management for many/most organizations. Does your organization have a backlog of millions […]
State, local governments may spend approximately $275B on commercial construction in 2018, including $90+B on roads and $70+B. Unfortunately the bulk of these […]
Public Sector Real Property Owners have a fiduciary responsibility to efficiently manage their buildings and other physical infrastructure. Traditional design-bid-build simply isn’t […]
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Audit of City of Scottsdale’s Job Order Contract shows a need for improvement? The audit of Selected Job Order Contract Construction Contracts […]
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Local Intelligence – Leverage local knowledge and a locally researched detailed line item unit price books Efficient Information Sharing – Require collaboration […]
It can be very difficult for any public sector real property owner to efficiently manage the ongoing demands for repair, renovation, and […]
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This LEAN Job Order Contracting Guide is designed introduce a subset of best management practices to optimize repair, renovation, sustainability, and minor […]
LEAN Job Order Contracting best management practices are critical to assuring optimal outcomes for owners, building users, and construction contractors. Job Order […]
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The Benefits of LEAN Job Order Contracting Bringing significantly higher Productivity, better Quality, full Financial Transparency and Compliance, and Continuous Improvement […]
LEAN Construction Drives Productivity Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. […]
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Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation and Minor New Construction It can be very difficult for any public sector real property owner to efficiently […]
Why do public sector real property owners consider and implement JOB ORDER CONTRACTING? Improved financial visibility Need to reduce renovation/repair backlog Supplement […]
JOC Unit Price Book Definition JOC Unit Price Book: A JOC UPB differs from a reference and/or generic construction cost book/guide. A […]
Understanding facility life-cycle costs for a commercial building is the first step towards maximizing efficiency and positive outcomes. Once this is accomplished, […]
Collaboration Drives Efficiency Creating a “best value chain” for renovation, repair, and construction must be a common focus for all participants and […]
Far to many organizations and professionals call construction cost estimating an art. It simply isn’t true. Is surgery an art? Is engineering […]
A JOC Unit Price Book is a fixed list of detailed construction tasks and associated pricing/costs that is used to estimate costs […]
The following is intended to introduce the basics of job order contracting (JOC). What is Job Order Contracting? Job Order Contracting (JOC) […]
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An Introduction to Job Order Contracting – The LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Way! #1 JOC is PROGRAM not a PROJECT Job Order Contracting (JOC) […]
The consistent deployment and leverage of efficient, collaborative, LEAN construction processes is what drives significant productivity gains for both owners and contractors. […]
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Many things go into a JOC Scope of Work. The following outline, provided for general information only, highlights just a few of […]
