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Good Faith and Fair Dealing: The Essence of Construction Agreements

Constructonomics

Everybody loves to get hung up in contract language. On construction projects, contractors, owners, and subs will fire contract language back and forth like missiles in what gets to be an arms race of legalities that negatively affects projects by creating panic and anxiety. Absolutely not.

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Rethinking Job Order Contracts

Job Order Contracting

If you are a public sector owner looking to put an end to underperforming facilities projects and excessive administration costs, rethinking job order contracts might be a good idea. Rethinking Job Order Contracts to drive best value facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes. Rethinking Job Order Contracts.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

Army Job Order Contracts fail to meet critical AFARS requirements most of the time. The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price.

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A Real Property Owner’s Guide to Improving Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

The guideline comes in the form of an Operations Manual/Execution Guide as a component of a long-term multiparty agreement between owners and design-builders. From a required information standpoint, a locally researched detailed unit price book, organized by standards data architecture (i.e.

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What is a JOC Unit Price Book

Job Order Contracting

A JOC Unit Price Book is a fixed list of detailed construction tasks and associated pricing/costs that is used to estimate costs for individual JOC projects/job orders, associated with a JOC Program. This is the factor(s) that was approved when the JOC contract was approved and typically ranges between 0.80 on an general basis.

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Test the Bounds of Job Order Contracting?

Job Order Contracting

California Contractor Tests the Bounds of Job Order Contracting. There’s one project delivery method you may not be as familiar with though: Job Order Contracting, also known by its acronym JOC. JOC contracts are administered by public entities issuing a request for proposals. Think periodic maintenance of facilities.

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Job Order Contracting Basic Definitions

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting BASIC DEFINITIONS. The one-year period, beginning with the date of Job Order Contract award, during which the Owner may issue and/or implement Job Orders to the Contractor. CONTRACT / JOB ORDER CONTRACT. The written Agreement between Owner and the Awarded JOC Contractor(s). DEFECTIVE WORK.

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