Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 22, 2021

The consistent achievement of best value quality, cost, and schedule outcomes requires the strategic and tactical integration of planning, procurement, and project delivery in concert with the core organizational mission. These environments, when properly deployed and managed, drive unparalleled levels of efficiency quality.

Renovating 255

Renovating Management Procurement Life Cycle 255

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2021

Lack of recognition by senior management of the linkage between between the built environment and organizational mission Low level of understanding of both life-cycle total-cost-of-ownership management and integrated lean planning, procurement, and project delivery principles and processes. Procurement of built assets.

Life Cycle 255

Life Cycle Management Procurement Construction 255

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2022

Definition of VALIDITY – the quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency; the state of being legally or officially binding or acceptable. Final procurement of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service should always involve review of a detailed line time construction cost estimate and quantities.

Estimating 252

Estimating Construction Procurement Overhead 252

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Construction cost knowledge management is a component of integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. Information must be presented in plain English, using industry standard terms and definitions, and organized in a standard data format (CSI Masterformat). has proven relatively fruitless.

Management 262

Management Construction Procurement Defense 262

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. . The failure to use standard terms, definitions, and data architectures as well as objective local market data.

Estimating 191

Estimating Construction CSI Procurement 191

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Current actionable information and integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery teams are required to mitigate uncertainty. Fully transparent cost and scope of work definition supported by a granular, current, locally researched detailed unit price book , organized using a standard information architecture (i.e.

Renovating 227

Renovating Procurement Organization CSI 227

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Required components for a robust systemic FM solution include the following: Robust collaborative process integrating internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams on an early and ongoing basis, supported by a long-term, mutually beneficial multi-party agreements and an operations manual/execution guide.

Sustainability 243

Sustainability Management Organization Agreement 243

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2021

As real property owners, it’s your roles to encourage innovation and new approaches by prescribing means and methods of planning, procurement, and project delivery and requiring compliance. Individual projects WILL NOT consistently achieve bst value outcomes unless they are conducted within an overall programmatic environment!

Budgeting 182

Budgeting Budget Renovating Procurement 182

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 1, 2022

Don’t “reinvent the wheel”, take advantage of current available LEAN integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery tools for all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build requirements (examples: Integrated project delivery and LEAN job order contracting). Common Data Environment.

Design 204

Design CSI Procurement Organization 204

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2023

Attainment of sustainable facilities management involves creating an environment for internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams that fosters productivity, communication, collaboration, and innovation. contact-form] www.4bt.us

Sustainability 200

Sustainability Renovating Management Procurement 200

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 6, 2020

This is a primary factor causing the high level of waste and dissatisfaction associated with life-cycle management of the built environment. COMMON DATA ENVIRONMENT. A common data environment (CDE) is a requisite component of an efficient construction planning, procurement, and project delivery environment.

Modeling 192

Modeling Life Cycle Construction CSI 192

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

30%-50% OFF Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Maintenance Costs on an ongoing basis is possible for real property owners who elect to support integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. This can be achieved by implementing LEAN principles with readily available tools and services. via 4bt.us.

Renovating 158

Renovating Procurement Environment Change Orders 158

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 22, 2019

BEST VALUE & COMPLIANT Construction Planning, Procurement, And Project Delivery can be deployed and managed today using a robust suite LEAN tools and services. Both LEAN and OpenJOC Job Order Contracting go beyond identification of waste and definition of value. the OpenJOC(TM) Solution). the OpenJOC(TM) Solution). Want to talk?

Procurement 100

Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The fundamental reason for poor outcomes is the failure to implement and properly manage robust and integrated LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. All off the require tools and support services to create integrated environments, to address all of the above issues, and more, are readily available.

Schedule 165

Schedule Management Procurement Construction 165

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 26, 2024

To efficiently share cost information, organize data in a standard architecture, such as expanded CSI MasterFormat, and use industry standard terms, definitions, and units of measure. Collaboration in the above manner allows disparate groups, including owners, A/E’s, builders, and procurement professionals, to focus on common goals.

Industrial 188

Industrial CSI Estimating Construction 188

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 29, 2022

4 Common data environment (example: Locally researched granular construction cost data, organized by CSI Masterformat). Change management to address the fundamental evolution from traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methods. Common data environment (CDE). Common Data Environment.

Renovating 203

Renovating Construction Environment Procurement 203

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In order to provide current, actionable information and best support associated decision-making, construction cost estimating and cost analysis must be a collaborative process using a common data environment. Integration with planning, procurement, and project delivery professionals and domains is equally critical.

Estimating 147

Estimating Construction Procurement Environment 147

Job Order Contracting

JULY 1, 2019

Any real property owner can develop and deploy a robust Framework for Integrated Facilities Planning, Procurement, and LEAN Project Delivery. On example of share information within a LEAN common data environment (CDE) is a locally researched detailed line item unit price book (UPB). Simplifying a System to Meet Actual Facilities Needs.

Procurement 100

Procurement Plans Management CSI 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 18, 2021

While clearly each project is different, it is important that each is in overall alignment with a robust program (a defined and integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery programmatic process).

CSI 151

CSI Procurement Renovating Environment 151

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2020

IPD software and support services provide an environment with a collaborative focus upon requirements definition and successful repair, renovation, and new construction project completion. Defined common data environment. Common Data Environment. Key performance indicators. Sample High-level Workflow.

Software 150

Software Software CSI Life Cycle 150

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The innovative 4BT OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Solution, introduced in 2017, is an example of a suite of tools and services that enables owners to cost-effectively and consistently deploy LEAN procurement and construction delivery and achieve resultant benefits.

Procurement 100

Procurement Renovating Life Cycle Risk 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 8, 2023

Standardized Work is Critical to Construction Outcomes Standardized processes and workflows are critical to establishing collaborative work environments with full technical and cost transparency. Rather than limiting innovation, they enable those doing the work and associated contribution of their expertise. It is quite simple.

Construction 218

Construction Comparison Organization CSI 218

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 15, 2020

JOC Program development involves a strategic analysis of current and planned capabilities and a clear definition of desired outcomes. These tools enable transparent, compliant, and high performing JOC planning, procurement and project delivery environments. JOC Program Development.

Procurement 149

Procurement Change Orders Renovating Innovation 149

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A Common Work Environment for Real Property Owners, AEs, Builders, and Building Users. Best value facility and asset management can be achieved through the application of LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery methods.

Life Cycle 137

Life Cycle Procurement Environment Risk 137

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We all know that traditional planning, procurement, and project delivery practices are adversarial, and broken, yet we fail to address this basic issue. Owners must lead a change in mindset and provide a consistently safe, welcoming, and collaborative environment. A common data environment (CDE) inclusive of 1.

Management 184

Management Construction Procurement CSI 184

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 24, 2021

An integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution that drives consistent on-time, on-budget, quality outcomes at a fair price. A common data environment supports collaboration. The environment retains sufficient flexibility to enable local/on-site decision-making within global parameters.

Renovating 185

Renovating Life Cycle Visualization Environment 185

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework. Public and private sector real property owners and facilities management professionals can leverage LEAN JOC to achieve more efficient use of existing capital resources in a full transparent and compliant planning and operating environment.

Contract 165

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Real property owner leadership, competency, accountability, and commitment – Owners pay the bills are utimately responsible for stewardship of the build environment.

Management 130

Management Procurement Organization Construction 130

Job Order Contracting

JULY 30, 2024

Most public sector agencies fail to achieve optimal performance and cost-efficiency due to a lack of understand of implementation of robust and integrated Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery frameworks. Internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams must work in a complementary manner.

Sustainability 188

Sustainability Procurement Plans Management 188

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 18, 2020

LEAN construction can refer to a “philosophy” (examples: Last Planner, Kaizen, 5s, six sigma…), or a LEAN project delivery methods or LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery method (integrated project delivery, LEAN job order contracting…). ” Austin 2016. via Four BT, LLC, www.4bt.us

Contract 140

Contract Construction Procurement Agreement 140

Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 27, 2017

We are appreciative of the many dedicated volunteers on the Maryland Green Building Council that have reviewed Green Globes and others that have used Green Globes over the years and recognize its ability to contribute to improving the built environment in Maryland. The current law, in State Finance and Procurement, § 3-602.1,

Maryland 189

Maryland Green Guidelines Budget 189

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Leverage LEAN Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery to Consistently Achieve Best Value. We have assisted numerous public sector agencies in exploring options for more effective project delivery, in developing the systems and processes to add these more efficient methods of planning, procurement, and project delivery to their programs.

Resource 142

Resource Procurement Life Cycle Construction 142

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 10, 2021

JOC, in this case is an acronym for Job Order Contracting JOC is a integrated planning, procurement, and construction delivery method that, depending upon applicable regulations/statues, can be used for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction for facilities and/or horizontal physical infrastructure. JOC Benefits.

Contract 130

Contract Life Cycle Procurement Change Orders 130

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 1, 2022

Make critical physical infrastructure improvements that benefit generations to come.

Design 130

Design CSI Procurement Organization 130

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2022

productive environment. The good news is that any public sector entity can reduce waste and save 30%-40% of its resources through the implementation of robust processes that integrate planning, procurement, and project delivery across internal and external teams. Integrated Project Delivery: A Working Definition (2nd ed.).

Products 205

Products AIA Construction San Francisco 205

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

Planning, procurement, and project delivery are all included with the LEAN JOC framework. Public and private sector real property owners and facilities management professionals can leverage LEAN JOC to achieve more efficient use of existing capital resources in a full transparent and compliant planning and operating environment.

Contract 132

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 132

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Efficient planning, procurement, and project delivery are intertwined and invovled real property owners and services providers. 2 Common data environment (CDE) Use of industry standard terms and definitions , all in plain English without excessive use of acronyms or abbreviations.

Accounting 130

Accounting Products Procurement CSI 130