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Adopting a Program versus a Project Approach Improves Facilities Management and Construction Outcomes.

Job Order Contracting

Program and outcome based coordination and collaboration between owners, design professionals, prime contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers involved during the life-cycle aspects of the project is accomplished via ongoing training, client specific workflows, and supporting Information environments accessible to all.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste. and maintenance information into the building knowledge base.

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JOC Contractor Evaluation

Job Order Contracting

JOC contractor evaluation is an ongoing process, begining with their response to a Job Order Contract Request for Propsals for design-builders and continuing throughout the life-cycle of the JOC Program. Projects are complete in a quality manner, per specfications, on time and on budget, without change orders.

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LEAN JOC – Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

The approach invests more resources earlier in the Project life-cycle. Work scope is developed and communicated is more detail and more effectively, resulting in the avoidance of traditionally prevalent delays, change orders, and associated skyrocketing costs. Asset Life-cycle Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) Management www.4BT.us.

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What is JOC / Job Order Contracting?

Job Order Contracting

Long-term mutually beneficial relationships are a hallmark of JOC. JOC Benefits.

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Construction is NOT complex…. People are. Successful Construction Project Delivery Requirements

Job Order Contracting

Only improved early and ongoing collaboration and communication across all participants and stakeholders has proven to reduce errors and omissions, minimize the number of change orders, shorten overall project delivery times, improve quality, and reduce total project costs.

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Demand For Efficient Life-Cycle Building Management Processes – BIM, JOC, IPD – FIATECH PRESENTATION – 2012

Building Information Management

A “FACEBOOK for Facilities Construction and Life-cycle Operations” is on the horizon. BIM definition, from NIBS, and I paraphrase, is the life-cycle management of facilities supported by digital technology. Higher Level FM Processes – LEAN, TCO / Total Cost of Ownership / Life-cycle Management.