Consistent Delivery of On-time, On-Budget, Quality Renovation, Repair, and Construction is available to any competent real property owner that demonstrates leadership.
The AECOO sector is not wasteful due to its inherent complexity, it’s due to lack of proper management.
LEAN Collaborative Construction is the delivery tools for owners, builders, and other stakeholders that wish to consistently deliver quality projects on-time and on-budget.
Key Characteristics of LEAN Collaborative Construction Delivery
(Specifically for Job Order Contracting, though Integrated Project Delivery is similar and used for major new construction)
- Firm, Fixed Priced based upon Locally Researched Unit Price Book, UPB ( Bare Cost …not including contractor overhead and profit, Line Item Construction Tasks based upon Local Prevailing Wages/Davis-Bacon Wage Rates, Material and Equipment Costs and organized using 50 Division MasterFormat, inclusive of line item modifiers and demolition line items)
- Minimum and Maximum Dollar Values (Per Contract, Per Job/Task Order)
- Best Value Procurement Competitively Bid
- Designed to Accomplish Small-Medium Size, Multi-trade, Minor Construction, Repair and Remodel Projects, or Minor New Construction
- Numerous Individual Projects Issued As Job/Task Orders Under the Base Contract
- Implemented by… Federal Government (most experienced and successful), Education, Healthcare, County/State/Local Government (in early learning curve phase)
- Generally Three (3) to Five (5) Year Duration (base, plus option years)
- Shorter Project Delivery Times
- Shared Risk/Reward
- Mutual Trust/Respect
- Fully Defined and Documented Roles, Responsibilities, and Workflows (Job Order Contract Execution Guide / Operations Manual) – Examples – Procedures for.. defining scope, joint site visits, ordering projects, proposal requirements and formats, timelines, auditing/reporting…
- Use Owner’s Existing Technical Specifications (if not available, create using commercially acceptable standards modified to owner requirements)
- Associated Documents and Reports (JOC Operations Manual, Notice to Bidders, Bid Forms, RFP, Proposal Form, Negotiations Records, Close-out Form/Package)
- Supporting Collaborative Cloud-based Technology
- Contractor coefficient(s) – Normal Hours, Outside of Normal Hours, Special Access, etc. Coefficient make up defined in contract and examples of items that may be including are overhead, profits, taxes, fringe benefits, permits, clean up.
- Owner competency and leadership