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Category: Job Order Contracting
LEAN Job Order Contracting
LEAN Job Order Contracting enable real property owners to Consistently Procure and Deliver Quality Repair, Renovation, and New Construction Project On-time and […]
Job Order Contracting Review Best Management Practices 2019
Job Order Contracting: Everything Owners and Builders Need to Know Job order contracting is neither difficult to understand, nor costly to practice, […]
Best Value Job Order Contracting
LEAN Job Order Contracting delivers integrated planning, design, procurement, construction, and operations to virtually assure best value repair, renovation, and project delivery […]
Job Order Contacting is a Program not a Project
Job Order Contracting, JOC, can deliver major benefits to public sector real property owners and their service providers… if deployed and managed […]
LEAN Job Order Contracting – Today
Lean Integrated Project Delivery (Lean/IPD), and more specifically OpenJOC(TM) LEAN Job Order Contracting is a robust process and toolset that delivers significant […]
Do you really need Last Planner(R), Black Belts, and Senseis to Consistently deliver Quality facilities repair, renovation, and construction projects, On-time, and On-Budget ?
Last Planner(Registered Trademark of the Lean Construction Institute), Black Belts, Senseis, Six-sigma…. the list of acronyms, philosophies, consultants, books, goes on […]
Collaborative Job Order Contracting
Collaborative Job Order Contracting via the innovative OpenJOC Solution (TM) drives improved renovation, repair, and minor new construction outcomes. Any owner can […]
LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction
LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. It […]
Best Value LEAN Construction Delivery
Collaborative process and dialogue among Owner, A/E’s, and Contractors drive significantly improved outcomes. This can consistently be achieve through the us of […]
Stop Using Yesterday’s Job Order Contracting Methods
Discover the power of LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting. LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a robust LEAN construction delivery method that consistently […]
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Turn your JOC Program and JOC estimating into a truly efficient construction procurement and construction management asset.Turn your JOC Program and JOC […]
LEAN Job Order Contracting OpenJOC(TM)
OpenJOC(TM) LEAN Job Order Contracting brings a new level of transparency and best value outcomes to all repair, renovation, and minor new […]
The Benefits of LEAN Job Order Contracting
The Benefits of LEAN Job Order Contracting Bringing significantly higher Productivity, better Quality, full Financial Transparency and Compliance, and Continuous Improvement […]
Unlocking the Full Potential of Job Order Contracting
Unlocking the Full Potential of Job Order Contracting requires observance of fundamental LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) principles, owner leadership and competency, […]
Efficient, Proven Solution for Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction – Job Order Contracting via the OpenJOC(TM) Framework
Collaboration Drives Efficiency Creating a “best value chain” for renovation, repair, and construction must be a common focus for all participants and […]
LEAN Job Order Contracting
LEAN Job Order Contracting adheres to the fundamental principles of collaboration, transparency, and best value. All JOC Progams are not the sample […]
Job Order Contracting Basic Definitions
Job Order Contracting BASIC DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS All laws, statutes, recent building codes, ordinances, rules, regulations, and lawful orders of all […]
ERP, BIM … Are they really useful to Facilities Management
While at some high level integration, ERP is valuable to FMers, especially from a financials perspective, let’s face it… it’s just another […]
Job Order Contract – Who, What, How, Why, & Timing
Job Order Contract – Who, What, How, Why, & Timing The Who, What, How, Why, & Timing of a Job Order Contract requires […]
Job Order Contracting Consulting Services
Job Order Contracting (JOC) is both a LEAN construction delivery method and a method of procuring construction services through an indefinite delivery, […]
Job Order Contract Operations Guide
Every Job Order Contract should have an Operations Manual / Execution Guide. What’s in yours? Job Order Contract Operations Guide TABLE […]
Manage your Job Order Contract in the Cloud
Buildingin Cloud is a subscription based service (SaaS –Software as a Service) designed for customers who create, share and collaborate throughout a […]
Explaining Job Order Contracting and LEAN Efficient Construction Delivery
Explaining Job Order Contracting and LEAN Efficient Construction Delivery… Ok, so Job Order Contracting and LEAN construction delivery have little to do […]
Training Service – All Aspects of Job Order Contracting
Training for Job Order Contracting Introductory, Advanced, Regional, Virtual, On-site, & Certification Whether are an Owner with a current JOC Program in […]
Job Order Contracting – Cloud-based Solution
Job Order Contracting – Cloud-based Solution Project, Estimate, & Document Management. Work on your Job Order Contract from anywhere, at anytime with 4BT-CE […]
Collaborative Construction Contracts Drive BIM, not Technology
Collaborative Construction Contracts Drive BIM, not Technology Introduction BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies, holds promise, […]
Published Job Order Contact Unit Price Data – Objective, Independent, and Cost Effective – UPB
Objective, Independent, and Cost Effective Line Item Cost Data for Job Order Contracting – Unit Price Book – UPB Objective, Independent, and […]
Job Order Contracting by the Numbers
Best Management Practice (BMP) JOC by the Numbers Early engagement of contractors in a collaborative process. Transparent pricing. The costs of each project […]
Performance-based Construction Contracting
Performance-based Construction Contracting Performance Based Contract Management principles for Construction have existed for decades, and include Integrated Project Delivery and Job Order […]
Understanding the Contractor’s Job Order Contract Coefficient
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRACTOR’S JOB ORDER CONTRACT COEFFICIENT A Job Order Contract Coefficient is a numerical factor that represents costs (generally indirect costs) not included […]
JOC ‘Job Order’ process – Optimized execution of facility renovation, repair construction projects.
JOC Work Order Process / Job Order Process Work request Technical/engineering team reviews request for JOC suitability JOC Administrator (contracting/purchasing authority) works […]
The History of Job Order Contracting – BEST VALUE CONSTRUCTION
The History of Job Order Contracting BEST VALUE CONSTRUCTION Early 1980’s – U.S. Military Academy, West Point, facility engineers realized the disadvantages […]
Four BT Awarded JOC Consulting/Training Contract by ESC19 / Allied States Cooperative
ESC Region 19 Allied States Cooperative Awards Four BT Job Order Contract Consulting Nationwide innovative cooperative selects Four BT, LLC to provide […]
A Fresh Approach to Efficient Construction Delivery
A Fresh Approach to Efficient Construction Delivery The capture of integrated knowledge in an organized way should drive planning. -Alvin Toffler, Author […]
Job Order Contracting – Lean Construction History
The History of Job Order Contracting The LEAN Integrated Construction Project Delivery Method The United States Department of the Army is attributed with initially developing […]