Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 27, 2020

Without effective management processes it is impossible to consistently achieve best value outcomes, such as the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, or new construction projects on-time and on-time. In fact, less than 20% of all projects are delivered on-time and on-budget, or per stakeholder requirements.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 3, 2023

Consistently Implementing Facilities Projects ON TIME and ON BUDGET isn’t “ROCKET SCIENCE” Robust processes, tools, and support services are readily available to enable ANY organization to consistently delivery quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

System thinking is a practical approach to facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction, offering consistent quality delivery on time and on budget. System thinking is the simultaneous consideration of outcomes, means, methods, constraints, and team interactions in pursuit of continuous improvement.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 12, 2020

Delivering improved construction repair, renovation, and maintenance outcomes isn’t rocket science. Nonetheless, a small, but growing number of real property owners and facilities management teams have embraced changing to integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery processes.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Underperforming Public Sector Facilities Renovation Repair and New Builds – Time for Change. Whether a Federal, State, County, or Local Government, most public sector organizations underperform when it comes to planning, procuring, and executing facilities repair, renovation, or new builds. Introduction.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Construction Program Portfolio Management provides significant advantages to project management. The net result is 90%+ of repair, renovation, sustainability, and new builds are completed in a quality manner, on-time, and on-budget. Learn more about Construction Program Portfolio Management? What’s the difference?

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HardHatChat

JANUARY 15, 2018

As we flip the calendar over to 2018 this month, it’s a great time to share some of the commercial construction trends we predict will shape our work in the year ahead. #1: As the nature of shopping centers evolve, commercial construction firms will continue to be busy reworking existing mall retail space for new purposes. #3:

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 24, 2021

News Flash – Best value facilities repair, renovation work order delivery is now available to any real property owner. An integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution that drives consistent on-time, on-budget, quality outcomes at a fair price. Collaborative design for constructibility.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 14, 2020

Robust tools and services are readily available to support LEAN construction planning, procurement and project delivery. For example, the OpenBUILD Solution (TM) supports LEAN procedures and components associated with conceptualizing, designing, budgeting, and building. The post Why LEAN Construction Matters appeared first on 4BT.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2025

Granular Local Market Cost Data is Essential for Cost Visibility & Management (Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, & New Builds) Using current, verifiable, and detailed local cost dat a instead of national averages with adjustment factors ensures: Cost transparency All labor, material, and equipment costs are broken down and verifiable.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 29, 2022

The physics of efficient construction delivery are not complex; however, they are incontrovertible. The following 4 core elements are mandatory for the consistent achievement of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds on time and on budget. The Physics of Efficient Construction Delivery.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Innovative construction capital delivery for public sector owners can consistently enable quality, on-time, on-budget and fully compliant repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new build outcomes. 85% of all construction projects are over-budget, late, and/or poorly completed. Continuous improvement.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 15, 2022

Collaboration in construction is not a choice if your goals are consistent quality, on time and on budget repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes. The post Collaboration in Construction is NOT a CHOICE appeared first on 4BT. Learn more… www.4bt.us. contact-form].

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2023

A Transformative Approach to Construction Project Management that enables the consistent delivery of quality outcomes on time and on budget has been available for decades. First… forget all the misinformation about both BIM and LEAN construction. Reach out if you are ready for a change. contact-form].

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HardHatChat

MARCH 4, 2019

One of the biggest challenges for commercial construction firms today is the tighter project timelines that have become the norm at every phase of a project – from shorter deadlines for submitting initial bids and budgets, to quicker resolution on addendums and change orders, to compressed schedules for construction and delivery.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2023

LEAN Construction and BIM are not the same. contact-form] The post FACT CHECK: LEAN Construction and BIM are not the same appeared first on 4BT. BIM , Building Information Modeling, is the digitalization and 3D rendering of buildings or other forms of physical infrastructure. It’s really that simple. Learn more?

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 25, 2023

Embrace the next generation of Construction and Sustainable Lifecycle Facilities Management! Move all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects forward with proactive, informed decisions. Know exactly how your request for proposals, projects, approvals, budgets, and work orders are progressing — from anywhere, anytime.

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HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

For the most part, a commercial construction firm’s job is pretty straightforward. But because we have such a broad range of expertise and the know-how to weigh in or provide services for so many aspects of the construction process, there are times our clients don’t even realize they could and should be calling us for assistance.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With Baby Boomers aging, it is no surprise that Senior Housing construction and renovation are… well…BOOMING. In recent years, we’ve been working with Senior Housing developers and operators to update existing facilities, add new amenities, and retool common areas to be more competitive with new-construction senior housing options.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 25, 2020

LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery drives BEST VALUE first time, every time. Robust tools and services are readily available to measurably improve repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction outcomes. The post Just Do It!

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cnstrctr

AUGUST 30, 2020

The post Why Construction Projects Go Over Budget appeared first on cnstrctr. And what you can do to prevent them from going over.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 18, 2022

Improving Construction Project Delivery Outcomes. Improving construction project outcomes is critical from both economic and environmental perspectives. Efficient repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction of buildings, transportation systems, utilities, and bridges can become a reality with appropriate leadership focus.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2022

Should Areas Cost Factors be used for Construction Cost Estimating? As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the federal government is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) variances.

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Construction Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Finding your dream home with all the unique features within your budget and in the perfect location can be challenging. However, with a construction loan , you can build your dream home from scratch without making compromises. A construction loan is high-interest, short-term financing that you can use to custom-build your home.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 5, 2023

Alliance Construction Project Delivery is critical to public sector stewardship of the built environment. Current Situation #1 Initial budgets for Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Builds are almost always exceeded. #2 Arguably, positive financial and environmental outcomes are impossible without it!

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 5, 2024

Robust construction productivity tools are now available to measurably reduce overall costs by 30%-40%+. Deploy an appropriate collaborative construction delivery method and associated processes consistenty for ALL projects. Learn more… [contact-form] The post Robust Construction Productivity Tools appeared first on 4BT.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The innovative 4BT OpenBuild/OpenJOC(TM) Framework integrates planning, procurement, and project delivery to improve construction productivity. The post Innovative Solution Integrates Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery to Improve Construction Productivity appeared first on 4BT. contact-form].

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 26, 2022

Here a list of the root causes of construction project variability resulting in 85% of ALL repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds being… late, over budget, unsatisfactory to one or more participants or stakeholders, or otherwise economically or environmentally wasteful.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution. Budget and Schedule. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(1), 104–. Lean Construction Institute and.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 23, 2022

Understanding the value of a locally researched detailed construction cost database is important to any real property owner, architect, engineer, or builder. Construction Cost Data. Construction Cost Changes. The post Understanding the Value a Locally Researched Detailed Construction Cost Database appeared first on 4BT.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 22, 2024

TRANSPARENCY-COLLABORATION-ROBUST PROCESS Imagine that the the person who owns the facility and the one designing, engineering, repair, renovating, maintaing, or building it had the same information. Programs vs. Projects – Addressing Construction Productivity What’s the difference between a project and a program?

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 28, 2024

While we are all aware of the high levels of financial and environmental waste associated with the construction and sustainment of the built environment, very little has been done to address the issue at the root cause level. . What’s needed to improve construction cost estimating? Join the converstation and make a difference!

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Greater focus is required upon Construction Project Delivery Leadership in the public sector. Repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build activities however have been notoriously ill managed. The post Construction Project Delivery Leadership – Public Sector appeared first on 4BT. SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Facilities management activities such as quality, on time and on budget repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction require STAKEHOLDER CONTINUOUS PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT. Who are the stakeholders? Owners, design-builders, building users… Learn more?

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 28, 2024

Public procurement of construction services could be improved through the adoption of currently available best management practices. How Organizational integration and alignment of cultural, professional, management, and commercial interests is also required, both internally and with construction services providers. Ballard, G.,

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A Real Property Owner’s Guide to Improving Construction Productivity. Measurable improvement in facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build efficiency involves strengthening the focus on implementation. CSI Masterformat) is mandatory to ensure cost and technical visibility and transparency.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 25, 2024

Construction planning, procurement, and project delivery integration is a prerequisite to the consistent delivery of quality facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build project on time and on budget. Failure to achieve the above is the #1 reason for the rampant waste endemic to public sector organizations.

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