Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Ed Carrigan asked: “Do you believe there is a savings between JOC program and a bidding process (design-bid-build)?” For multi-trade repair and improvement type projects, Job Order Contracting will win out on a savings analysis over design-bid-build. ” Thanks for the question, Ed.

Estimating 40

Estimating Bidding Negotiation Contract 40

Rory Woolsey

MARCH 10, 2012

Low Bid; Best Bid: Historically facility managers have had their hands tied with acquisition regulations that required the award of projects to the lowest bidding contractor. Too often the low bid winner would prove to be the contractor that made the most mistakes in their bid.

Estimating 40

Estimating Bidding Organization Construction 40

Rory Woolsey

JANUARY 30, 2012

All contractors have faced this at one time or another where they were low bid on a project and learn as the job unfolds why they were low bid. Rory is currently with The Gordian Group, leaders in expediting construction procurement through Job Order Contracting. It is painful and it all comes back to scope, scope, scope!!

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Engineering Structural Engineering 40

Rory Woolsey

MARCH 20, 2012

Successful "hard bid" contractors know very well that scoping construction goes well beyond the AE scope and must include field specific scope. Competitive bidding contractors will get their unit costs from subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, and their own cost records.

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Overhead Structural Engineering 40

Rory Woolsey

APRIL 24, 2012

All contractors have faced this at one time or another where they were low bid on a project and learn as the job unfolds why they were low bid. Rory is currently with The Gordian Group, leaders in expediting construction procurement through Job Order Contracting. It is painful and it all comes back to scope, scope, scope!!

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Engineering Structural Engineering 40

Rory Woolsey

APRIL 4, 2012

The first crisis will occur when the contractor bids are greater than the budget estimate. Published construction cost data is also very helpful for budgetary estimating and for checks and balances in bidding. Rory is currently with The Gordian Group, leaders in expediting construction procurement through Job Order Contracting.

Estimating 45

Estimating Construction Overhead Software 45

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Double Check Phase: All good cost estimates are checked and double checked prior to establishing it as the project budget or bid price for a project. Rory is currently with The Gordian Group, leaders in expediting construction procurement through Job Order Contracting.

Estimating 40

Estimating Cash Flow Budgeting Budget 40