JOC Contract strategy, development, implementation, and management involves a thorough understanding of LEAN Construction and Life-cycle Asset Management.
Basic steps involved in JOC Program implementation include;
- Strategic evaluation of objectives, goals, and appropriateness
- Development of acquisition/procurement approach
- Facility management/engineering planning
- JOC procurement/award process
- Work execution and contract administration
- Monitoring
- Ongoing training
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JOC Contract – Additional Information
Proper JOC contract design and management are central to improved renovation and repair outcomes. Public sector real property owners can significantly improve the percentage of quality construction projects delivered on-time and on-budget and to the satisfaction of all stakeholders.
A JOC Contract is the legal, multi-party procurement and construction delivery document that specifies roles, responsibilities, workflows, deliverables, time frames, and expenditure limits for renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects.
OpenJOC is a standardized, independent, objective, and defensible method for organizing, describing, pricing, procuring, and managing renovation, repair, and minor new construction activities.
JOC Unit Price Book
A locally researched unit price book, UPB (NOTE: A national average unit price book and associate use of localization or location factor is not recommended.) provides a common data environment, CDE, to help assure transparency, collaboration, and productivity.
- Davis-Bacon labor data, locally research and properly applied, providing 30%+ greateer accuracy than traditional sources.
- Locally researched labor, material, and equipment – cost localization factors are not used (Cost localization factors introduce gross error)
- Line item modifiers for quantity, material, and location – Line item modifiers can significantly (10$-50%) impact cost.
- Fraction of the cost of alternative sources.
- Standard data architecture – CSI Masterformat is the North American standard data format for construction.
- Description in plain English using industry standard terms with limited use of abbreviations – Promotes higher levels of productivity, collaboration, and communication , and mitigates errors and omissions.
The 4BT OpenJOC Unit Price Book provides transparent, locally research, detailed construction cost estimates for repair, renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and/or new construction projects.
The use of standardized data formats and descriptions which can easily be understood by project participants is central to any successful construction project, and currently an industry void.
Construction cost unit price books should provide consistent clear descriptions of each line item in common terms that all parties can easily understand. Abbreviations should be avoided whenever possible.
Each line item task, in addition to being clearly defined in “plain English” should include any associated details such as material, equipment, and labor requirements.
• Simplify JOC management activities
• Maintain Job Order RFPs, Job Orders, Estimates, Reviews, and Documents… all in one place
• Comply with JOC best practices and audit requirements
• Assure you are always using the right coefficient and unit price book (UPB)
• Always use the most current information
OpenJOC Contract Management
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