Remove Budgeting Remove Documentation Remove Subcontracting
article thumbnail

Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Consistently delivering quality projects on time and on budget simply requires leadership, accountability, and commitment. 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.

Travel 241
article thumbnail

What every Owner should know about Construction Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Budget and other factors. Competitive bidding with selection being the lowest cost selection of the bidder compliant with the scope of work and associated the bid documents. ? Risk dependent upon completeness and accuracy of construction documents within a relatively ‘ad hoc’ process. Design-Bid-Build. ?

Bidding 100
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Avoid Construction Disputes

Job Order Contracting

While the construction sector is notorious for its low productivity and waste, any facilities management team can consistently deliver project on-demand, on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. This is greatly aided by a cloud-based program/project/estimate/document management systems.

article thumbnail

5 Ways to Make Sure Your Data Workflows Meet Business Needs

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With higher-quality data and workflows to support that, your team can operate more efficiently, finish on budget, and within schedule. In the past, having to share relevant information with stakeholders in a timely manner would have required manual documentation and a more time-consuming process. Standardize your cost documentation.

article thumbnail

5 Types of Subcontractor Software Transforming the Trades 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Subcontracting is a time-honored tradition. They must coordinate some of the most complex aspects of the built environment, with ever up-to-date documents, or face the consequences. Every project has thousands of moving parts; from documents and processes to individual team members. Today, little is different.

Software 105
article thumbnail

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

Job Order Contracting

Time-consuming redesign and rebid, and over-budget, unsatisfactory outcomes are common. While high set up costs required larger projects, project types must be relatively straightforward, where requirements can be fully documented at request for proposals (RFP) stage. Owner can still be at odds with designers and builders. Advantages.

Design 130
article thumbnail

On-call Construction versus Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

In addition, applying the Job Order Contracting process to very small public works projects, where most of the work must be subcontracted, may not be as efficient as an on-call contract that is based on unit prices specifically bid for the work required. Legislation to address this gap is needed.

Contract 100