Improve Construction Productivity using Integrated Project Delivery, Job Order Contracting (JOC) and other proven LEAN construction methods.
Research has clearly determined as well as decades of successful deployment have determine that integrated service delivery methods, such as JOC and IPD, improve overall project delivery effectiveness.
Survey information obtained from both real property owners and construction contractors spans construction performance, administrative support, owner-contractor relationships, and overall satisfaction.
Analysis of available survey data and discussion with experience professionals in these areas reveal that owners, contractors, and oversight groups perceived advantages in the use of properly designed and executed Job Order Contracting and Integrated Project Delivery programs.
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Below are examples of best practices to be considered when structuring and executing a JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM.
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Promote awareness and education of LEAN and BEST VALUE construction delivery methods among management and projectall project participants – Owners (procurement/contracting, engineering/management) Contractors, Engineers, Architects, and Oversight Groups.
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Focus upon BEST VALUE and fully leveraging and enabling the expertise of all project participants from initial concept and throughout the entire life-cycle of the built structure.
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Enhance the understanding and appreciation of collaboration, transparency, common terms/definitions/data formats, shared risk/reward, best business practices, metrics, and continuous improvement.
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A common and minimum body of knowledge must be defined as a performance standard.
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Reward achievement through an appropriate recognition – example – additional work for contractor.
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Provide work flows, data formats, and technologies which enable experiences with the principles and techniques of state of work definition, cost estimating, project management, and performance analysis to be reported, discussed, documented, and reused.
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Foster and promote ongoing training.
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Incorporate systems to maintain standards of proficiency and performance – monitoring / metrics.
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Require cooperation among internal and external project participants with common or related purposes, in furtherance of project success.
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Provide opportunities for participants to collectively discuss and comment on subjects of common interest.
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Establishing standards in the terminology, conduct and application of all procedures and policies
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Leverage technology that embeds LEAN workflows
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Share risk and reward among participants.