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Improving Construction Services Procurement – JOC

Job Order Contracting

JULY 17, 2024

Improving Construction Services Procurement is critical to sustainable facilities management. JOC, Job Order Contracting can play a major role, if , JOC Programs as not used to simply “speed procurement” and robust, collaborative processes are leveraged.

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GREEN Facilities Management and Procurement Practices

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 25, 2022

4bt.us – Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions for the built environment. Learn more… The post GREEN Facilities Management and Procurement Practices appeared first on 4BT. Rebuilding after a disaster has become prohibitively expensive. Via Four BT, LLC – www.4bt.us

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Traditional construction procurement methods can endanger building safety

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Traditional construction procurement methods can endanger building safety, while an integrated, less adversarial approach can consistently improve safety and quality, while significantly reducing cost and delivery time. Remember…Traditional construction procurement methods can endanger building safety!

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Public Procurement of Construction Services

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 28, 2024

Public procurement of construction services could be improved through the adoption of currently available best management practices. Lean Construction Journal The post Public Procurement of Construction Services appeared first on 4BT. References: AIA (2007). Matthews, O., and Howell, G.

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Manage Rising Material Costs: Strategies for Construction Leaders

This guide delivers actionable strategies to help you secure pricing, optimize procurement, and manage contracts effectively. Inflation, supply chain issues, and contractual constraints are squeezing margins and disrupting schedules. Learn how to use technology, streamline operations, and minimize waste to keep your projects profitable.

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Improving the PROCURMENT MODEL for Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance and Construction

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 31, 2022

Improving the PROCURMENT MODEL for Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance and Construction begins with a gap analysis, a quantitative review of the current situation and a target of how things can be when improved. The procurement model is broken. Current procurement models are inefficient due to the following… #1.

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The role of procurement in measurably improving construction productivity

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The role of procurement in measurably improving construction productivity is clear. Procurement must be part of a collaborative and integrated team that involves owner planning and project delivery staff members. The role of procurement in measurably improving construction productivity is critical to achieving best value outcomes.

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Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution

Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution. The post Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution appeared first on 4BT. Construction, 12(4), 05020014.

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Leveraging JOC as a SYSTEM not simply a Procurement Tool

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 8, 2023

Leveraging JOC as a SYSTEM not simply a Procurement Tool provides significantly greater benefits while also reducing costs. Many, if not most, current Job Order Contracting Programs simply use JOC to speed the procurement of repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction activities.

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The Ultimate Procurement Software Buyer’s Guide

Choosing the right procurement software is a crucial step in ensuring third-party risk management, process governance, and bidding efficiency. With so many procurement solutions to choose from, it can be overwhelming without a frame of reference and a solid starting point. Categories of Procurement software –– What’s available?

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Innovative Solution Integrates Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery to Improve Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The innovative 4BT OpenBuild/OpenJOC(TM) Framework integrates planning, procurement, and project delivery to improve construction productivity. The post Innovative Solution Integrates Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery to Improve Construction Productivity appeared first on 4BT. contact-form].

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Integrate Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery – An Efficient Approach to Facilities Sustainment

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

An Efficient Approach to Facilities Sustainment requires the Integration of Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Teams, a robust programmatic process, and a common data environment inclusive of locally researched granular cost data. Process must complement the product/service, as well as participant, stakeholders, and other resources.

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6 Steps to Construction planning, procurement, and project delivery integration and significantly improved outcomes.

Job Order Contracting

JULY 25, 2024

Construction planning, procurement, and project delivery integration is a prerequisite to the consistent delivery of quality facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build project on time and on budget. The post 6 Steps to Construction planning, procurement, and project delivery integration and significantly improved outcomes.

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Integrated LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery for Owners and Design-Builders

Job Order Contracting

MAY 18, 2022

4bt.us – Integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions. The post Integrated LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery for Owners and Design-Builders appeared first on 4BT. contact-form] www.4bt.us

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Roadmap to LEAN Construction – Existing robust integrating planning, procurement, and project delivery

Job Order Contracting

JULY 25, 2022

Implementing a roadmap to LEAN Construction and efficient planning, procurement, and project delivery is neither complex nor costly. Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery methods and teams on an early and ongoing basis. A defined programmatic process consistently applied to all programs, contracts, and projects.

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DoD’s reliance on RSMeans for FSRM

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 3, 2025

Procurement Focus DoD contracting processes have traditionally prioritized procurement tools over integrated cost management frameworks. However, unless the DoD transitions from a procurement-centric approach to one that prioritizes integrated project delivery and cost transparency, reliance on outdated methods will continue.

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A Solid Construction Project Delivery Framework to better address the complex problems of planning, procurement, and new builds.

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This document outlines A Solid Construction Project Delivery Framework to better address the complex problems of planning, procurement, and new builds. A solid Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Framework – Characteristics, Capabilities, Tools, and Requirements – Outline. appeared first on 4BT.

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Alliance Job Order Contracting 2025

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 8, 2024

A fully support framework that focuses upon an integrated vs. current silo-based Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery approaches. A form of integrated project delivery specifically designed to maximize efficiency of repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build projects.

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Centralized Timely Construction Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Combining a single source of truth with a robust and integrated Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Framework can reduced costs by 30%-40% as well as reduce risk for design builders. Having a verifiable and granular source of labor, material, equipment, and productivity data greatly improves timely and cost effective decision-making.

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CSI Construction Procurement Organization

Construction Cost Estimating Guide

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 18, 2025

Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery: These processes significantly influence the final cost, so they should be factored into the estimation process. Actionable Estimates: The estimate should be reliable and actionable, used to inform procurement and project delivery decisions.

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Active Construction Cost Management – Government, Healthcare, Education, Transportation

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Questions every real property owners should ask before procuring a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service. #1 5 Do all planning, procurement, and project delivery teams understand and agree with the construction cost estimate? #6 1 Can I objectively validate the cost estimate? #2 2 Is the cost estimate objective? #3

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How Procurement and Payment Automation Can Make You Everyone’s Favorite Customer

Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Learn how to eliminate missed payments and keep your suppliers happy by automating your procurement process.

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Connecting Procurement and Payment: The Key to Streamlining Your Construction Business

Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Learn how connecting your construction procurement and payment can help your team stay in the black and increase productivity and profits.

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Construction TARGET COSTING – Should be required of all public sector real property owners

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Internal and external Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Teams should engage in thorough information sharing to ensure a cohesive approach. These requirements should be meticulously developed using precise labor, material, and equipment information sourced from the local market. Collaborative preconstruction activities are essential.

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Postive FM Change

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 5, 2025

Postive FM Change (Facilities Management) requires implementing a proactive and integrated Planning, Procurement, and Project Mangement Strategy.

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New Act no cure for procurement malaise

Construction Law

MARCH 3, 2025

New legislation aiming to modernise the UKs public procurement system doesnt come along very often. The Procurement Act 2023 has been some time coming, after being subjected to delays since being announced by the previous government, which said it would be one of the biggest changes in UK procurement history.

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Validate Subcontractor Bids – Construction

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

4BT exclusively offers this information for any location, with all line-items organized using expanded CSI MasterFormat, enabling clear communication, collaboration, and alignment with relative to all requirements throughout the planning, procurement, and project delivery lifecycle.

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Comprehensive Unit Cost Database – Construction

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Move beyond square foot and parametric estimating Stop using inefficient processes and get Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Teams on the same page via r obust programmatic frameworks. commerical cost Notes: Problems with using location and economic factors – Schedule an informational session.

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A Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Build Strategy

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 29, 2022

Savvy public sector procurement and facilities management professionals understand the need to integrate planning, procurement, and project delivery teams and processes to achieve best value outcomes. 1 Adopt proven LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery methods throughout your organizations.

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Renovating Sustainability Procurement Environment

Challenge and Improve Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Collaborative and integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and teams. #5. Standardization of terms, definitions, descriptions, and data architecture (sample data architecture: expanded CSI MasterFormat). #4. Experienced construction cost estimators. #6. Leadership support.

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From Paper to Perfection: The Digital Future of Construction Procurement

Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 17, 2025

Learn why a digital construction supply chain is crucial to your business.

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Dependable Cost Estimating Software for Construction

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2025

Ability to add mark-ups, fees, etc… Preconstruction Focus is critical Regardless of the activity, repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction, or project size, Integrated Planning and Procurement teams and processes within a robust standardized framework are essential to project success.

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The Best Way to Determine Your Total Cost of Ownership in 2022

Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 29, 2021

And since construction fleets have notoriously high procurement and operating costs, costs must be managed to maintain your bottom line. The success of your construction business hinges on the reliability of your assets. Both your productivity and ability to complete projects are reliant on the healthy functioning of such assets.

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Reliable Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It is the foundation of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build activity throughout associated planning, procurement, and project delivery. Reliable cost data is critical to efficient lifecycle total cost of ownership management for any built structure. What is reliable cost data?

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FAST and RELIABLE Cost Estimates

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 20, 2025

4BT exclusively offers this information for any location, with all line-items organized using expanded CSI MasterFormat, enabling clear communication, collaboration, and alignment with all technical domains and participants throughout the planning, procurement, and project delivery lifecycle.

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Estimating CSI Procurement Organization

Valid construction estimates

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

An experienced professional cost estimator that is involved throughout the project planning, procurement, and project delivery life cycle and relies upon current best management practices versus inefficient traditional methodology. #2 4bt.us – Robust, integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions.

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How to BENEFIT from Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 17, 2022

4 JOC should NEVER be used to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction project. JOC can integrate siloed planning, procurement, and project delivery teams and processes to maximize productivity and drive down total costs %20-30%. #5 via Four BT, LLC – www.4bt.us

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Understanding the Value of JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – JOC

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 14, 2022

Many owners simply view Job Order Contracting (JOC) as a means to speed the procurement of repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds that require minimum design. JOC is a process that integrates “construction” planning, procurement, and project delivery leveraging robust LEAN methods and workflows. What you can do.

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Improving Job Order Contracting Outcomes

Job Order Contracting

MAY 27, 2024

We have yet to reach a point where JOC is valued for more than simply speeding procurement times. To date, most public sector owners use JOC to shorten procurement timelines without sufficient consideration of cost, quality, relationship building, or risk mitigation.

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Benefits of Collaborative Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Benefits of Collaborative Job Order Contracting far exceed the traditional JOC Programs and their sole focus upon procurement. Most current JOC Programs focus exclusively on procuring construction services faster.

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Contract Procurement Management Equipment

LEAN Construction for Dummies

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A LEAN construction solution integrates People, Process, Information, and Technology throughout planning, procurement, and project delivery, to consistently enable best value outcomes for all participants and stakeholders in terms of quality, time, and cost. They are philosophies, techniques, and can be components of a broader solution.

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Procurement Construction Renovating Plans

Construction Cost Management Capabilities 2023

Job Order Contracting

MAY 5, 2023

Questions every real property should ask before procuring a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service. #1 5 Do all planning, procurement, and project delivery teams understand and agree with the construction cost estimate? #6 1 Can I objectively validate the cost estimate? #2 2 Is the cost estimate objective? #3

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Management Procurement Estimating Construction

Unit Price Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 26, 2022

Unit price construction cost estimating is the foundation of every reliable cost determination prior to procurement. Systems level estimating, historical data, assemblies, or square foot calculations should never be exclusively used to procure a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service. Contact Us.

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Estimating CSI Procurement Construction

Balancing Job Order Contracting Objectives and Costs

Job Order Contracting

JULY 21, 2024

Are you using just to simply speed the procurement process? Far too often, however, JOC is viewed simply as a means to speed procurement resulting in excessive costs and little strategic value to an organization. Do you have full, verifiable, objective cost visibility? Learn more?

Contract

Contract Procurement Organization Renovating

Improving Construction Services Procurement – JOC

GREEN Facilities Management and Procurement Practices

Trending Sources

Traditional construction procurement methods can endanger building safety

Public Procurement of Construction Services

Manage Rising Material Costs: Strategies for Construction Leaders

Improving the PROCURMENT MODEL for Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance and Construction

The role of procurement in measurably improving construction productivity

Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution

Leveraging JOC as a SYSTEM not simply a Procurement Tool

The Ultimate Procurement Software Buyer’s Guide

Innovative Solution Integrates Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery to Improve Construction Productivity

Integrate Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery – An Efficient Approach to Facilities Sustainment

6 Steps to Construction planning, procurement, and project delivery integration and significantly improved outcomes.

Integrated LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery for Owners and Design-Builders

Roadmap to LEAN Construction – Existing robust integrating planning, procurement, and project delivery

DoD’s reliance on RSMeans for FSRM

A Solid Construction Project Delivery Framework to better address the complex problems of planning, procurement, and new builds.

Alliance Job Order Contracting 2025

Centralized Timely Construction Cost Data

Construction Cost Estimating Guide

Active Construction Cost Management – Government, Healthcare, Education, Transportation

How Procurement and Payment Automation Can Make You Everyone’s Favorite Customer

Connecting Procurement and Payment: The Key to Streamlining Your Construction Business

Construction TARGET COSTING – Should be required of all public sector real property owners

Postive FM Change

New Act no cure for procurement malaise

Validate Subcontractor Bids – Construction

Comprehensive Unit Cost Database – Construction

A Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Build Strategy

Challenge and Improve Construction Cost Estimating

From Paper to Perfection: The Digital Future of Construction Procurement

Dependable Cost Estimating Software for Construction

The Best Way to Determine Your Total Cost of Ownership in 2022

Reliable Cost Data

FAST and RELIABLE Cost Estimates

Valid construction estimates

How to BENEFIT from Job Order Contracting

Understanding the Value of JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – JOC

Improving Job Order Contracting Outcomes

Benefits of Collaborative Job Order Contracting

LEAN Construction for Dummies

Construction Cost Management Capabilities 2023

Unit Price Construction Cost Estimating

Balancing Job Order Contracting Objectives and Costs

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