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LEAN Job Order Contracting – What Public Sector Facilities Professionals Need to Know

Job Order Contracting

Do you manage your JOC Program directly versus outsource management to a JOC Consultant? Cam your JOC software view and access Revit drawings, images, documents, etc.? Do you have a written JOC Operations Manual or JOC Execution Guide? Have you selected JOC contractors based upon BEST VALUE?

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JOC Contractors

Job Order Contracting

Main DIRECT interaction between the awarded JOC contractor and the facility owner… without the additional “layer” of a “JOC consultant”… owner MUST have requisite JOC Program support staff: Program/Project Manager, Program/Project Manager, Inspectors/Project Coordinators (Fluctuating Capabilities), Administrative/Contract (..)

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Pebbles or breadcrumbs: Navigation through a set of typical building-project-drawings.

DebunkTheBIM

It is not, firstly because of the sheer number of drawings that are needed to be opened (or even worse, located, then opened), secondly the information is usually highly fragmented, duplicated and uncoordinated throughout the drawing-set. I expect many of you from the consultants’ side of the fence will be offended, possibly outraged.

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I challenge building owners to challenge their consultants

DebunkTheBIM

A soft, non-threatening challenge, can be done on any scale of building; Point: For owners to get an appreciation of how well their consultants know the buildings they are in charge of. Try it: Book a time with your main consultant, the main person in charge.* Most importantly, observe your consultant.

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JOC Tutorial #71 – Terms

Job Order Contracting

(a) “Adjustment factor” / “coefficient+ – job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the organizations prices as published in the current unit price book. b) “Indefinite quantity” means one or more of the construction tasks listed in the unit price book. (c) Typically within a range of 0.80

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LEAN Job Order Contracting – What Public Sector Facilities Professionals Need to Know

Job Order Contracting

Do you manage your JOC Program directly versus outsource management to a JOC Consultant? Cam your JOC software view and access Revit drawings, images, documents, etc.? Schedule a 15-minute introductory call , or visit www.4bt.us Job Order Contracting Program Checklist Do you have a written JOC Operations Manual or JOC Execution Guide?

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Design is in the process: Early consultant collaboration drives better teams, designs, and buildings

Construction Specifier

Some days, one might spend three hours on a conference call addressing consultant coordination, all while requests for information (RFIs) and client comments accumulate in the inbox. Transparent, even-handed communication between the architect and consultants is the key to prompt, low-stress design processes. The best designs?