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Construction Cost Optimization

Job Order Contracting

Labor Based upon contract requirements, local labor costs may be sourced from published Davis Bacon Wage Rates, or published state data sources, or directly researched local prevailing wage rates with appropriate inclusion markups for worker compensation, unemployment, liability insurance and allowance for small tools and consumables.

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Creating a JOC Coefficient?

Job Order Contracting

General / Prime Contractor Overhead. General / Prime Contractor Profit and risk. General insurances. Workmen’s compensations insurance. State unemployment insurance. Federal unemployment insurance. Payment Bond premium(s) (please note that Payment Bonds are required for task order.

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What Is an Insurance Endorsement? A Contractor’s Guide

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When working in construction, your insurance policy gets issued as a fairly standard contract. Like a basic construction agreement, you can upgrade or downgrade your insurance policy just as a customer might do with the fit and finish of a building. What is an insurance endorsement? How insurance endorsements work.

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2020 Guide to Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

liability insurance and allowance for small tools and consumables. Liability insurance based upon local contractor rates is also added as a percentage. Liability insurance based upon local contractor rates is also added as a percentage. The base rate does not include overhead and profit, however, can be added if needed.

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Unit Price Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

To mitigate variables, the unit price cost database should only reflect the direct costs of labor, material, and equipment, fringes, and insurance. Profit and overheads should be considered separately. for the local market. Cost must be updated regularly.

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What’s in a JOC Coefficient

Job Order Contracting

Here’s a listing of what is typically included in a construction contractor’s Job Order Contract coefficient… Contractor’s overhead and profit. Subcontractors’ overhead and profit. Employee payroll taxes, insurance, and fringe benefits. All waste and excess material.

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Understanding the Contractor’s Job Order Contract Coefficient

Job Order Contracting

Example include, general and administrative and other overhead costs, insurance costs, bonding and alternative payment protection costs, protective clothing, equipment rental, and contractor’s profit. Subcontractors’ overhead and profit. Employee payroll taxes, insurance and fringe benefits.

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