Collaborative JOC Consulting enables owners and design-builders to consistently and successfully plan, procure, and deliver facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to everyone’s satisfaction.
Learn a proven, systematic approach to resolving traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery problems.
4BT provides an experienced professional team that will assist with configuring, implementing, and supporting a best value JOC Program. Our team reports directly to the real property owner and is available to assist owners and awarded design builders throughout the JOC Program lifecycle.
JOC Consulting
Measurable efficiency improvement with less resource waste
Cost visibility and transparency
Robust workflow development
Continuous improvement
Improved decision-making
Environment supporting idea generation
Higher customer satisfaction
Greater internal and external team involvement
Enabling technology development and implementation services
“Lookahead planning involves bringing all stakeholders together, creating sub-tasks from the milestone schedule, identifying and assigning responsibility to constraints and commitment from workers in removing these constraints.” (Ballard 2000).
Our team of experienced professionals and partners support you with technical and LEAN process expertise, so that you can maximize your investment in physical assets, including the reduction of deferred maintenance. Our expertise – LEAN processes, locally researched cost data, total cost-of-ownership asset management, and collaborative technology – is based on decades of practical experience.
JOC Consulting
Fields of Competency
Strategy development
Process design and workflow development
Project management, including audits, document creation and review, locally researched unit price book development
Off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom cloud-based enterprise technology
Best Value Outcomes:
Less waste via improved resource utilization and measurably productivity gains through needs-based information availability
Pro-active responsiveness to situational requirements
Comprehensive identification of opportunities and risks
Sustainable increase in facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction project success.
4BT provides a full range of JOC Consulting services, tailored to meet your needs. JOC consulting services are available to real property owners and construction contractors.
Maximizing value is difficult when the selection processes and decision-making are not based on increased value, quality, ease of use/implementation..
In addition to that, the type of contract inhibits coordination, stifles cooperation and innovation, and rewards individual contractors for reserving good ideas and optimizing their performance at the expense of others – (Matthews and Howell, 2005).
Available JOC Consulting Support Services
JOC Program Strategy
JOC Program Request for Information – RFI – Development
JOC Program Request for Proposal – RFP – Development
JOC Program Monitoring/Audits
Ongoing Consultative Services and Guidance
Compliance Reviews (Informal and Formal)
Document Development and Review
Unit Price Book Development, including Updates and Review of NPP Line Items (Locally researched UP
Formal JOC Estimate Compliance Review Per Audit (FCR)TM
Informal JOC Estimate Compliance Review Per Audit (ICR)TM
Technical Specifications Preparation and Integration
Owner Estimates / Independent Government Estimates – IGE
Workflow and Phase Development
Multi-format and Multi-Level Training – On-site / Virtual / Regional, Introductory / Advanced / Topical
Training Manuals, Operations Manuals, Execution Manuals
Software Support – Customization, Multi-level, Multi-mode Support Programs (phone, email, on-line) including 24/7
Contractor Qualification
JOC Program, Contractor, and Internal Marketing
Sample JOC Workflow
OpenJOCTM LEAN JOB ORDER CONTRACTING SOLUTIONS
The OpenJOC approach drives maximum productivity by leveraging proven LEAN construction delivery processes.
Process – Assure full compliance with fundamental core LEAN JOC methods and workflows, as well as State, Local, and EDGAR compliance. Fully transparent and verifiable.
Information – A shared common data environment, CDE, using LOCALLY RESEARCHED detailed line-item construction cost data assures a mutual understanding of all project requirements. Industry standards terms and definitions, in plain English, are used with breakdowns for labor, material, and equipment costs (organized using CSI MasterFormat – 4BTis a license CSI MasterFormat provider). Line-item modifiers that account for varying work methods, locations, quantities, etc. are also included.
Uses – On-demand renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability projects and minor new construction are fully supported.
People – Real property owners and approved construction contractors work within an atmosphere of collaboration, respect, and mutual benefit.
Technology – The role of technology is one of enablement. Cloud technology provides a secure method for all participants to create, view, and share current actionable information. Communications, tasks, and documents are all maintained in a common digital environment.
Assessment & Training – Key performance indicators, KPIs, and regular audits, as well as required ongoing training, assure proper JOC Program implementation, management, and continuous improvement.
BEST VALUE SOURCE SELECTION! – The criteria vary for each procurement. While price is certainly a consideration, key evaluation factors also include past performance, key personnel qualifications, operational methods, organization plans, scheduling methodology, and value engineering… among others.
Factors Assessed by a Construction Performance Audit Contractor and subcontractor charges Schedule, scope, and quality management Project funding and plan alignment Project controls, including contract administration and procurement Compliance with regulatory requirements Budgetary management and financial reporting Program staffing gaps and redundancies Master plan development and scope prioritization Change-order controls Project close-out Communication among stakeholders
