Construction Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Resilience has become a bit of a buzz word around infrastructure over the past few years. Climate change is placing new strains on infrastructure like drainage and sewerage systems as they struggle to cope with the heavier rainfalls that global warming seems to be bringing. Public procurement in the UK is a mess.

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Procurement Infrastructure Deals Management 40

Construction Enquirer

JULY 5, 2023

Standards body BSI haslaunched a new whitepaper on how to minimise risks in infrastructure projects. Experts suggest that a better approach to scope development and managing risk and contractual change could save up to £25bn a year on projects. It includes case studies including of Whitechapel Station and Associated British Ports.

Infrastructure 82

Infrastructure Bidding Procurement Risk 82

Construction Law

MARCH 2, 2023

Science, technology and innovation are at the heart of the UK’s future and procurement and infrastructure policies have key roles to play in producing the necessary conditions for fostering them, say former Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Conservative Party leader William Hague in a joint report.

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Procurement Innovation Infrastructure Risk 52

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2017

Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

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Procurement Construction Life Cycle Contract 100

ENR Construction

MAY 1, 2022

Electronic bidding for infrastructure construction projects and general procurement is surging in popularity across the country.

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Procurement Bidding Infrastructure Construction 69

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While most of us are aware of the rampant economic and environmental waste associated with the repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction of buildings and other physical infrastructure, few understand that solutions are readily available or have the will and commitment to deploy them.

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Sustainability Management Renovating Procurement 192

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The fundamental requirements for achieving adequate cost management with respect to physical infrastructure sustainment and new construction are shown below. Physical Infrastructure Management – Requisite Tools. Tools and services to accomplish the goal are readily available.

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Renovating Procurement Infrastructure Foundation 228

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2021

Facilities and infrastructure project investments have long-term consequences. Procurement of built assets. (2005). Formulating Procurement Selection Criteria through Case-Based Reasoning Approach. Life Cycle Costing: For the Analysis,Management & Maintenance of Civil Engineering Infrastructure. Knowledge Problems.

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Life Cycle Management Procurement Construction 252

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. People, Process, Information, and Technology are central components to optimally planning, planning, funding, maintaining, and managing facilities and other forms of physical infrastructure.

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Procurement Plans Management CSI 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2023

BIM , Building Information Modeling, is the digitalization and 3D rendering of buildings or other forms of physical infrastructure. LEAN Construction and BIM are not the same. It’s really that simple. Learn more? contact-form] The post FACT CHECK: LEAN Construction and BIM are not the same appeared first on 4BT.

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BIM Procurement Construction Renovating 218

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There is overwhelming statistical significance and audit reporting that the cost estimates used to for physical infrastructure decision-making are highly and systematically misleading. ACFs are not a defensible method for adjusting for location-based and time-based variances in construction costs.

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Estimating Defense Procurement Budgeting 174

Construction Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The government intention is to embed net zero across government activity, with net zero taken into account during the procurement process, which it is hoped will lead to greener supply chains. It is also promised that training is to be developed to ensure public sector procurement professionals have the skills to grasp the new opportunities.

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Procurement Sustainability Conference Bidding 52

Construction Law

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The UK’s poor procurement practices are highlighted yet again by the news that the £19bn Crossrail project can’t be completed with the money available to the project. Another chapter in the long history of analysing why the UK’s procurement practices are so poor has just been produced by the National Audit Office (see News).

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Procurement Estimating Schedule News 52

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Proactive lifecycle management of planning, procurement, and project delivery internal and external teams, process, information, and enabling technologies would significantly reduce the level of traditional financial losses and legal conflicts and improve overall community and environmental impacts.

Project Management 207

Project Management Management Procurement Construction 207

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

LEAN Job Order Contracting – LEAN Job Order Contracting is the process of integrating planning, procurement, and project delivery for physical infrastructure repair, renovation, maintenance, or new builds, across disparate internal and external teams, within a common data environment (CDE) to consistently enable quality, on time and on budget (..)

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Contract Procurement Renovating Budgeting 196

Construction Law

APRIL 12, 2024

The Scottish Government’s carbon assessment of its flagship £26 billion infrastructure investment plan has been slammed for failing to provide ‘concrete evidence’ of how it will deliver the emissions cuts needed to hit net zero targets.

Infrastructure 52

Infrastructure Accounting News Concrete 52

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 11, 2022

JOC is both a procurement mechanism and a project delivery method. When designed and managed properly, JOC integrates planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and teams under a consistent programmatic workflow. Do I need to procure a set of technical specifications from a JOC products and services provider?

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Rampant economic and environmental waste remains the norm regarding lifecycle management of public sector physical infrastructure. Adoption of systems thinking and a fundamental change from current planning, procurement, and project delivery practices. Sustainable public sector facilities management is long overdue.

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Sustainability Management Procurement Renovating 181

Constructlaw

MARCH 29, 2023

trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is poised to change how the United States views and implements public-private partnerships (P3s). Congress has a strong interest in increasing P3s in the transportation infrastructure sector long after the IIJA phases out. And because Congress does not want U.S.

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Infrastructure Transportation Finance Permits 52

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 30, 2023

As noted by Deming, 85% of all failures are due to management and lack of process versus those doing the work! 1998, Krafcik, The Triumph of the Lean Production System The post Technology will NOT SOLVE Construction Productivity Woes. appeared first on 4BT.

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Products Construction Procurement Management 183

Construction Law

MAY 3, 2024

Six of the UK’s biggest infrastructure companies have signed a pledge to decarbonise the construction sector by eliminating the most carbon intensive construction products from their projects. Signatories agree to procure for low carbon construction and provide incentives in their contracts.

Contract 52

Contract Procurement Accounting News 52

Construction Law

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has announced a Connections Action Plan in his Autumn Statement to tackle barriers in the system of infrastructure planning that are leading to long delays in connecting new generating capacity to the national grid.

Infrastructure 52

Infrastructure Plans Accounting News 52

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Job order contracting is program-based LEAN, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery method. A JOC Program can handle a wide range of facilities and/or infrastructure repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, or new build requirements. JOC is not a project, it is a program.

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Procurement Employment Environment Regulation 149

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 18, 2023

Galliford Try has signed an early contractor involvement deal with Gloucestershire County Council for the big upgrade of junction 10 of the M5 to the west of Cheltenham The scheme is being funded through the council’s successful bid to the UK Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund for £249m.

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Procurement Roads Plans Bidding 108

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Regional agency and firm officials offered updates on some major transportation capital projects, addressing pressing issues on procurement and project delivery methods.

NJ 69

NJ Infrastructure Procurement Transportation 69

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Regional agency and firm officials offered updates on major transportation capital projects, addressing pressing issues on procurement, project delivery and politics

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NJ Infrastructure Procurement Transportation 69

Construction Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The UK’s Labour party has appointed the former head of Siemens to lead a review into rail and other transport infrastructure. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Transportation Infrastructure Accounting News 52

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 1, 2022

Make critical physical infrastructure improvements that. Creating an efficient FM ecosystem is critical to fostering owner and design/builder alignment. benefit generations to come. Adopt a robust enterprise strategy.

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Design CSI Procurement Organization 199

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Improving facilities and maintenance outcomes begins with a strategic review of objectives and alignment with integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. They, when combined with integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes are the proven pathway to best value outcomes.

Procurement 149

Procurement Resource Organization Plans 149

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2023

Any real property owner with requisite leadership skills and the commitment to fundamental process change can mitigate the excessive financial and environmental waste endemic to the repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction of buildings and other forms of physical infrastructure. Reach out if you are ready for a change.

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Project Management Management Construction BIM 242

Construction Enquirer

AUGUST 14, 2023

The new framework agreement offers the NHS and other public sector organisations a compliant and cost-effective route for procuring construction-related services including architecture, civil and structural engineering and surveying. Previous iterations of the framework agreement have achieved 10-15% savings.

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Consulting Procurement Agreement Structural Engineering 65

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2022

There is overwhelming statistical significance and audit reporting that the cost estimates used to for physical infrastructure decision-making are highly and systematically misleading. 2018, Correlation between cost growth and procurement methods on USACE construction projects. The result is the misuse of billions of dollars.

Estimating 216

Estimating Construction Procurement Budgeting 216

Construction Enquirer

AUGUST 29, 2023

AMP 8 and AMP 9 Build-only framework Lot 1 Non-infrastructure: value £1.7bn – seven places Water and waste water Treatment, pumping stations & storage, reservoirs, bio resources and energy. To obtain documents click here for the United Utilities procurement portal.

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Documentation Infrastructure Procurement Bidding 80

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 7, 2022

The public sector could easily save 30%-40% of its budgets in this area with the basic implementation of robust, integrate planning, procurement, and project delivery methods. Adopt and implement robust LEAN, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. Path to Improvement. Measure productivity.

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Management Construction Procurement Renovating 226

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 29, 2020

Detailed line item construction cost estimating is a prerequisite to obtaining best value outcomes for facilities / built infrastructure repair, renovation maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. see LEAN construction guide ). see LEAN construction guide ).

Estimating 151

Estimating Procurement Life Cycle Construction 151

Construction Enquirer

AUGUST 7, 2023

Electricity network giant SSEN Transmission has confirmed ten preferred bidders for a £10bn onshore infrastructure upgrade. Following a competitive procurement process, Balfour Beatty, Siemens Energy BAM, J.

Electrical 86

Electrical Deals Overhead Negotiation 86

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

1 Job Order Contracting (JOC) is suitable for a wide range of facilities and horizonal physical infrastructure construction projects, including repairs, renovations, maintenance, sustainment, and new construction. Note: New construction is best limited to “minor” new construction requiring minimal design.). #2

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Contract Procurement Renovating Budgeting 209