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Public Sector Facilities Stewardship and Data-driven Decision Making

Job Order Contracting

Low bid is an acceptable form of procuring repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction services. Lumps sum bids from contractors or subcontracts, historical costs, or benchmark cost data are reliable forms of cost estimation. Large, traditional software/services providers provide the best solutions.

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Are You Holding Back Your Company's Growth?

Construction Business Owner

You priced estimates yourself, presented bids in person, signed every contract, made all the important decisions, negotiated subcontracts, ordered materials needed, supervised most jobs, handled all the paperwork, created invoices, paid the bills, met with customers and handled all the problems.

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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) for major new construction and LEAN Job Order Contractin g for repair, renovation, maintenance, and less design intensive new construction are proven programmatic processes that can save 30%-40%+ versus design-bid-build (DBB), CM@R, design-bulder (DB) and other more traditional forms.

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Construction Estimator and Bidding mobile app

Construction Cost Estimating

The Construction Estimator and Bidding mobile app is designed for contractors , service companies, salespeople and estimators to quickly create on-site estimates for construction and repair projects. The app allows to quantify material , labor, subcontract and other costs needed to complete a construction project.

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Looking to partner on $20 million school project in Chester County, PA

Constructonomics

I attended a mandatory pre-bid meeting for a new elementary school in the Kennett Square School District. The project is broken down into 10 subcontracts. I am willing to perform estimating and pre-con services at no-cost in exchange for being used as a PM or APM on the project. The project bids on January 5, 2009.

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IDIQ Construction Contract Guide

Job Order Contracting

No ability to subcontract—limited to trade specified in the contract. Prequalified shortlist of contractors that bid on multiple projects. Similar to traditional design-bid-build thus no additional training or enhanced skills required. Streamlines post-bidding award, security clearances, etc. T and M Disadvantages.

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Competitive Bid Estimating for construction - A brief overview

Construction Cost Estimating

A competitive bidding process, the most prevalent procurement method, used to control construction costs for owners. In traditional design-bid-build, price is considered to be the primary factor for determining who will win the project. Construction bidding process starts with a set of contract documents.

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