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Preparing Independent Government Estimates – IGEs , IGCEs

Job Order Contracting

The usefulness of an IGE to a contracting officer and other Government interest depends largely upon its supporting documentation. Unfortunately, most Government agencies use “historical information”, “parametric modeling”, or national average cost data and associated construction cost indexes and/or area cost factors.

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Englewood Commercial Construction News: Two of the Best Words in Business…We’re Hiring

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As commercial construction news reports say business continues to pick up, we are happy to see some new faces around the office at Englewood Construction. At the start of the downturn, we saw a lot of commercial construction firms abandon their business models and cut staff.

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School Board Business Officers Better Serve Facilities Requirements with Innovative Tool Kit

Job Order Contracting

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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. Data and documentation have always been important to work done in the office, but having access to electronic information is becoming more of a necessity at the job site and in the field. Cost of Ownership.

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Best Practice Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

d) An indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (task order) contract which provides for the use of negotiated, definitive, bilateral orders (i.e., The Small Business Specialist must send a copy of the DD Form 2579 to the Director, Office of Small Business Programs. (e) through discussions and negotiations. See (e)(2).). (b)

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Thinking outside the big box (store)

BD+C

The solutions have been as elegant as to reposition the empty boxes to offices, and as creative as indoor go cart tracks. Creative design and planning around the tenant, cooperation with the tenant, and negotiating a buy out of the tenant are all viable options available to developers to execute a worthwhile and effective repositioning.

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Secrets of a structural engineer

BD+C

After a time I transferred to the firm’s Raleigh, North Carolina office to build a structural engineering department in their MEP focused office. Many details of the project and coordination between different trades have yet to be worked out, but the price is still being negotiated with the owner.