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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.

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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Any real property owner can control construction costs for facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects. Validate Contractor and Subcontractor Quotes Obtaining comparative bids on all subcontracted work will not provide sufficient cost visibility. Controlling Construction Costs is not rocket science 1.

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IDIQ Construction Contract Guide

Job Order Contracting

Multi-year contract where both the specific delivery times and value of individual renovation, repair, or new construction projects are not fully defined. No ability to subcontract—limited to trade specified in the contract. Prequalified shortlist of contractors that bid on multiple projects. T and M Disadvantages.

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$10 million Green Roof, photovoltaic, and air handling unit replacement project

Constructonomics

Bids will be collected December 30, 2009. . As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the General Services Administration is soliciting bids for design and construction of a replacement of air handling units, installation of photovoltaic arrays, and installation of a vegetative roof.

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What every Owner should know about Construction Delivery

Job Order Contracting

At a broad level, the following Construction Delivery Methods are available to Owners… Traditional Delivery Method- Design-Bid-Build. Design-Bid-Build. ? Design completed prior to bidding/pricing and construction. Unknown construction price until bids are received. Unknown construction price until bids are received.

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Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders.

Job Order Contracting

Design-Bid-Build. Traditional design-bid-build (DBB) delivery process with design, bidding, and construction in separate, sequential steps. Construction contract is generally awarded to the lowest bidder and/or lowest qualified builder, who then utilizes the subcontractors included in his or her bid. Advantages.

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What are Today's Best New Retail Developments? | Hard Hat Chat

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Construction Bids. construction renovations. Construction Subcontracting. Commercial Remodeling. Construction. construction approval process. Construction contractor. construction management. construction news. construction safety practices. Constructions best-practices. Construction strategies. Construction Trends.

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