Category: Why LEAN Construction Matters

Army Job Order Contracts fail to meet critical AFARS requirements most of the time. The JOCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current […]

The value of time and motion study is clear.  The process enables the accurate definition of labor, material, and equipment requirements to […]

Sustainable Public Sector Facilities Management is Unattainable if current practices are not fundamentally changed.

Even though tools and services are readily available to consistently deliver quality, on time and on budget repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes, real property owners and facilities management professionals have yet to adopt system thinking. Until this occurs, sustainable facilities management solutions will remain on the shelf.

LEAN Job Order Contracting integrates system thinking within organizations to drive best value outcomes.

Construction Costs – Market Update 2022-2023

In today’s economic environment it may be time to rethink Preventive Maintenance, lower costs 30%-40%, and extend system life up to 10x.

January 2023 two climate requirements for new construction entered into force in the Building Regulations. If you are going to build a […]

Facilities Management and the full AECOO community have a fundamental flaw that is solely responsible for rampant economic and environmental waste; the lack of body of knowledge (BOK or BoK), the complete set of concepts, terms and activities that make up a professional domain.

Facilities STAKEHOLDER CONTINUOUS PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT are required to assure quality, on time, on budget outcomes.

Uncertainty –  The inability to foretell consequences or outcomes because of a lack knowledge or basis on which to make any predictions […]

Improving Facilities Management Outcomes REQUIRES LEADERSHIP. LEADERS must ENABLE people doing the work to leverage their expertise to contribute to problem solving and continuously improve daily activities and processes.

A robust facilities sustainment solution is critical to any real property owner.

All things JOC – Job Order Contracting. Structuring a best value JOC Program requires far more than getting a certification, buying software, or hiring a ‘JOC consultant”.  

A Relationship-based Approach to Sustainable Facilities Management is needed to meet current and emerging economic and environmental requirements.

PROVEN FORMULA FOR EFFICIENT FACILITIES Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Construction

Physical Asset Management Optimization: People, Processes, Information, and Technology

What’s WRONG with LEAN Construction?

LEAN Job Order Contracting is the process of integrating planning, procurement, and project delivery for physical infrastructure repair, renovation, maintenance, or new builds, across disparate internal and external teams, within a common data environment (CDE) to consistently enable quality, on time and on budget outcomes. 

  View Information

An introduction to a LEAN Construction Framework – A Robust Solution fully supported by tools and services. Efficient, balanced, and collaborative Integrated […]

The fundamental requirements for achieving adequate cost management with respect to physical infrastructure sustainment and new construction are shown below. Tools and […]

The lack of a basic framework for the construction of facilities is the fundamental cause of rampant environmental and economic waste. The […]

ISO 50001-based energy management system is flawed and will provide little benefit with respect to the environment or cost management

WBS-Work Breakdown Structure Matters for every repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds. Terms and hierarchy are critical. WBS is significantly enhanced by […]

Current Construction Cost Data CSI Masterformat is critical to cost visibility and cost management for both owners and design-builders throughout the repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build planning, procurement, and project delivery life-cycle.

Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and Construction Services requires Obtaining the maximum projected value for each dollar of expenditure and ensuring that all purchasing transactions follow all state, local and federal regulation.

The role of procurement in measurably improving construction productivity is critical to consistent achievement of best value outcomes.

Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Design-Build (DB), Construction Management (CM), Design-Build-Operate (DBO), Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Project Alliancing (PA), Cost Led Procurement (CLP), […]

4BT, founded in 2016, is a certified veteran-owned small business (VOSB), and was founded by JOC program management, technology, and cost data […]

The True Origin of LEAN begins with Henry Ford, the first person to truly integrate an entire production process was Henry Ford. At Highland Park, MI, in 1913 he married consistently interchangeable parts with standard work and moving conveyance to create what he called flow production.

Effective Construction Cost Estimating requires local construction cost data to provide true cost visibility

Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, […]

LOCALLY RESEARCHED LINE-ITEM COST DATA IS CRITICAL TO PRODUCTIVITY • Reliable, shared source of truth of both cost and scope of work […]

Ordering Job Order Contracting Services via a Cooperative requires adequate market research on the part of public sector organizations.  Many cooperatives are […]

The lack of continuous competent leadership is the root cause of environmental and economic woes impacting the DoD’s real property portfolio and […]

Facilities Preventive Maintenance requires the following information to minimize downtime and unscheduled maintenance and repairs. Installed model and features of each system. […]

JOC PROCEDURES FOR ORDERING WORK    Initiation of a Job Order Contract Administrator notifies the Contractor of a Project, schedules a Joint […]

Selecting a Job Order Contracting Solution

Job Order Contracting Has Never Been Easier

West Bank – Construction Costs Increase Construction Cost Index (CCI), Road Cost Index (RCI), Water Networks Cost Index (WNCI) and Sewage Networks […]

The 4BT-PEP is a new, innovative Job Order Contracting Information Management Solution (JOCIMS). The 4BT JOCIMS enables owners, designers, engineers, contractors, and […]

It’s now easier that ever to Remove Construction Barriers to Efficient Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery… that, in the past, have resulted […]

Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders… possible? Only two […]

California Contractor Tests the Bounds of Job Order Contracting By Garret Murai, February 15, 2021 (source: https://calconstructionlawblog.com/2021/02/15/california-contractor-tests-the-bounds-of-job-order-contracting/) Most contractors have heard of design-bid-build, design-build, construction […]

Actionable construction cost data is required to assure financial visibility and transparency and to create a detailed, well-communicated scope of work. The […]

JOC unit price book updates should be done annually, at a minimum. The updates should include research and associated appropriate granular changes […]

Simplifying construction through process.

Most people don’t truly understand JOC, and the the question “What is JOC / Job Order Contracting” invariably gets a a wide […]

Don’t Pay a % of Construction Volume Collaborate, Really Collaborate Tightly Couple Learning with Actions Manage Projects as a Program Increase Relatedness […]

JOC is not a project, it is a program. Job order contracting is a program-based LEAN, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery […]

What is a successful project? Whether its a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build, understanding what constitutes success is a fundamental starting […]

Relationship-based FM (facilities management) is a knowledge domain that is critical to improving associated environmental and economic outcomes. Culture must be the […]