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What is the Difference Between ‘Hard Costs’ and ‘Soft Costs’ in Construction: A Detailed Comparison

Building Radar

For more information, Fontan Architecture offers a comprehensive breakdown of hard costs in construction. Common Examples of Soft Costs: Architectural Fees : Payments to architects for design services. This not only increases the chances of winning bids but also allows for more proactive management of both hard and soft costs.

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LEAN Pre-Construction Services Considerations

Job Order Contracting

Bidding/Negotiating/Procurement. Both integrate design, construction, procurement, and all internal and external team members from conceptualize to hands-off, and even beyond. Common data environment, CDE – common terms, definitions, data architectures. Project Delivery Method Selection. Collaborative teams.

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Legislation would revamp federal contracting policy impacting small design and construction firms

BD+C

House of Representative this month to ban reverse auctions when an agency determines small businesses are qualified to bid on the solicitation. In addition, a bill to mandate the use of a two-step process to evaluate design and build procurements is up for debate. billion, of all federal procurement in 2012.

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

As a result of 1800+ tests, researchers have concluded that a primary cause in low project performance (time, cost and customer satisfaction) is the traditional owner-vendor relationship in which the owner uses a design, bid and build (DBB) approach. How many cycles were required for owner/contractor negotiations per task order?

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Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

Job Order Contracting for Owners – allows Owners to create more thorough project scopes, completer more accurate and transparent detailed line item cost estimates and bids, compare and select contractors that can work collaboratively to provide on-demand services, and monitor and reward performance. – Owner/Contractor Negotiations.

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Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

Job Order Contracting for Owners – allows Owners to create more thorough project scopes, completer more accurate and transparent detailed line item cost estimates and bids, compare and select contractors that can work collaboratively to provide on-demand services, and monitor and reward performance. – Owner/Contractor Negotiations.

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Job Order Contract Program Implementation

Job Order Contracting

Development of acquisition/procurement approach. JOC procurement/award process. Development of acquisition/procurement approach. The responsible procurement/contracting/purchasing (purchasing) personnel are also involved, however, in most cases, serves in a support capacity during this phase. Monitoring. Ongoing training.

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