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Commercial Construction Delivery Methods: 3 Times To Go With A Negotiated Bid

HardHatChat

Any long-time readers of Hard Hat Chat have probably picked up on the fact that I’m a big fan of the negotiated bid. While there are valid reasons a client might go the competitive bid route, there are many more scenarios where the negotiated delivery method is better for all parties. There are several benefits to doing so.

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Granular Local Market Cost Data is Essential for Construction Cost Visibility & Management

Job Order Contracting

Real-time, granular, locally researched data is essential for Lean construction, JOC, and Progressive Design-Build to ensure cost transparency, prevent budget overruns, and enable informed decision-making. Inability to Track Cost Escalations and Market Volatility National cost models do not reflect rapid material and labor cost changes.

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Master Builder Concept, LEAN, and Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

The Master Builder concept is an ancient approach to construction, where a single individual or entity is responsible for both the design and the construction of a project. Historical Examples : Many iconic structures from ancient times including medieval cathedrals, Roman aqueducts, were built under the master builder model.

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Checking Under the Hood: What to Consider When Choosing Construction Software

Viewpoint Construction Technology

So off we went one Saturday to the dealership for an object lesson in the art of used car evaluation and negotiation. You may pay a little more for certain makes and models, but at least you won’t be buying cases of oil because the engine burns it up. Cost of Ownership. Here, software and cars share a bit in common.

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Thinking outside the big box (store)

BD+C

Anthony Sanchez Retail Centers Shopping Centers Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners For over a decade now, the talk of the mall industry has been largely focused on what developers can do to fill the voids left by a steady number of big box store closures.

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BIM for FM

Job Order Contracting

Distribution and sharing of information by the Facilities Management Team is crucial to achieving cost efficient and high performing facilities, however, 3-D BIM visualization and modeling software is generally very sophisticated, relatively expensive, and very complex. 8. Cost of implementation is insignificant versus cost savings.

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Expert Discusses BIM and Design-Bid-Build Project Delivery

Construction Dive

Here is the summary for the April 2014 addition: If an owner is restricted to a design-bid-build delivery method, can building information modeling (BIM) be advantageous for the project? ” Read more.'

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