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Procurement Compliance in the Construction Industry: Best Practices

Building Radar

Procurement compliance is a crucial aspect of managing construction projects. It ensures that the procurement process adheres to legal requirements, industry standards, and best practices, thus mitigating risks and promoting efficiency. Understanding Procurement Compliance 1. What is Procurement Compliance?

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What is the Difference Between ‘Hard Costs’ and ‘Soft Costs’ in Construction: A Detailed Comparison

Building Radar

Common Examples of Soft Costs: Architectural Fees : Payments to architects for design services. Permits and Legal Fees : Costs related to obtaining necessary permits and covering legal requirements. Using construction management software like Procore can streamline cost tracking and project management.

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LEAN Construction for Facilities Renovation, Repair, Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

Benefits of JOC: Reduced procurement costs and time. Virtual elimination of legal disputes. Value-based procurement. Enabling software. Using JOC as a method to bypass traditional procurement versus a best value delivery system. Shorter overall project delivery times. Faster response times. Financial transparency.

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LEAN Facility Renovation, Repair, & Construction

Building Information Management

Prevalent “low bid” design-bid-build construction procurement and delivery and it’s associated narrow consideration of “first costs”, is extremely wasteful and typically results in poor quality, project delays, excessive numbers of change orders, and overall higher costs. Shorter Procurement Times.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

Lets Build

In-depth technical insight, tools, software, techniques , and knowledge are required to deliver today’s complex and quality building projects. Additionally, the basics and essentials of budgeting, finance, organisation, scheduling, conflicts, and legal issues are also covered by the project manager. Procurement. The process.

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Enabling Job Order Contracting Through Training and LEAN Methods

Job Order Contracting

Research how your JOC affects legal liability and assure it is, and remains in compliance. Software and construction cost data should support the JOC process. In order reduce costs and add long-term value Job Order Contracts must be developed and implemented objectively and transparently.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

•Full modernization with a strict application of Historic Preservation Standards ( HPS) and other DoD facility design standards. Full rehabilitation/modernization but with strict application of Anti-terrorism/ Force Protection requirements through building hardening, seismic and other DoD facility design standards. LEED Silver.