Job Order Contracting

MARCH 26, 2024

Sustainable Facilities Management Practices involve a clear set of objectives, methods, and processes aimed at maximizing performance of the built environment with respect to economic and environmental resources in concert with meeting organizational mission needs.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 25, 2023

Embrace the next generation of Construction and Sustainable Lifecycle Facilities Management! Move all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects forward with proactive, informed decisions. Exclusive locally researched granular line-item repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build cost data. (No

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Sustainability Management Renovating Construction 263

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Improving facilities sustainment outcomes is critical to meeting mission, environment, and financial requirements. What is facilities sustainment? Sustainment includes all maintenance and repair activities necessary to keep an inventory of facilities in good working order. Learn more?

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Sustainable public sector facilities management is long overdue. All the methods, processes, tools, and technologies are readily available to support efficient, sustainable lifecycle management of the built environment. Why systems thinking? achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. A common, shared technical and cost data environment.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Collaborative repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction, sustainability and the life cycle management of buildings are interrelated. Collaborative repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction, sustainability and the life cycle management of buildings are interrelated.

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Sustainability Management Life Cycle Procurement 246

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Sustainable Public Sector Facilities Management is unattainable if current practices are not fundamentally changed. The current mindset across all public sector organizations is not conducive to sustainable facilities management from either economic or environmental perspectives. appeared first on 4BT.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Sustainability and Efficient Facilities Lifecycle Management go hand in hand. Until there is significant improvement in professional and formal education, the barriers to the successful implementation of efficient repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction will not be overcome.

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Sustainability Management Renovating Procurement 245

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 3, 2024

There is a direct linkage between the concept of a circular economy and sustainable FM. The applicability of these to sustainable FM is clear. Improving the efficiency of facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects is fundmental to attainment of both a circular economy and sustainable FM.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 2, 2024

Fact: DoD Facilites Sustainment Practices NOT KEEPING PACE with Changing Landscape Delivering integrated and transparent Sustainment Capability must be a priority! This is only possible with the full support accountable leadship leveraging existing robust governance frameworks, s throughout the DoD Sustainment enterprise.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 30, 2024

Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modification (FSRM) Peter Cholakis Improve facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes and reduce costs July 30, 2024 WHAT? Facilities sustainment – The maintenance and repair activities necessary to keep an inventory of facilities in good working order.

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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. The post Effective Strategies to Improve Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Build Outcomes appeared first on 4BT. Quantitative metrics. Reach out to learn more.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 19, 2022

Optimizing Construction, Repair, Renovation, and New Build Outcomes requires a robust programmatic process that is consistently applied and continuously improved. Provides sufficient granularity to monitor and improve sustainability. The post Optimizing Construction, Repair, Renovation, and New Build Outcomes appeared first on 4BT.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2022

A Relationship-based Approach to Sustainable Facilities Management is needed to meet current and emerging economic and environmental requirements. Traditional methods for planning, procuring, and delivery repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction are incapable of consistently delivery of quality outcomes on time and on time.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Underperforming Public Sector Facilities Renovation Repair and New Builds – Time for Change. Whether a Federal, State, County, or Local Government, most public sector organizations underperform when it comes to planning, procuring, and executing facilities repair, renovation, or new builds. Introduction. Learn more?

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Comprehensive Unit Cost Database Easily estimate the any type of commercial repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project. contact-form] Advancing construction cost estimating data, tools, communications, and technology is central to achieving sustainable facilities management.

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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. create a built environment for the future. Elevating Procurement & Change Management. Robust Process Drives Best Value.

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Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

At some point, whether during construction or renovation, building owners rely on their architects and contractors to select materials that will help them achieve their goals and maximize ROI. Most commercial building owners want their buildings to have “curb appeal.”

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 3, 2025

The DoD’s reliance on “RSMeans “for FSRM (Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization) cost management, despite the availability of current and verifiable local cost data , likely stems from several historical and institutional factors: 1.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Do you agree that the following are pillars of sustainable facilities management? Robust LEAN programmatic processes are used to efficiently manage all repair, renovation, and new build requirements. Robust LEAN programmatic processes are used to efficiently manage all repair, renovation, and new build requirements.

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 11, 2023

Kitchen Renovations Pair Sustainability With Wellness in 2023. Homeowners are prioritizing sustainability and wellness when selecting home products for their kitchen remodels in the year ahead. According to a recent Kitchen Renovations Trends Survey by Houzz, homeowner priorities are beginning to shift.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Centralized Timely Construction Cost Data is a “single source of truth” that is mandatory for improving cost visibility and management for any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The net result is 90%+ of repair, renovation, sustainability, and new builds are completed in a quality manner, on-time, and on-budget. Program management applies a robust process to each project and/or work order. This programmatic approach mitigates miscommunication, waste, and change orders.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Sustainable Facilities Management will require a fundamental change in mindset. Even though tools and services are readily available to consistently deliver quality, on time and on budget repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes, real property owners and facilities management professionals have yet to adopt system thinking.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 22, 2024

TRANSPARENCY-COLLABORATION-ROBUST PROCESS Imagine that the the person who owns the facility and the one designing, engineering, repair, renovating, maintaing, or building it had the same information. By adopting a programmatic approach, we can address these issues and ensure that every project is completed efficiently and sustainably.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Repair, Renovation, and New Construction can be COMPLICATED, but should NOT be COMPLEX or CHAOTIC. Examples include integrated project delivery, IPD, for major new construction, and lean job order contracting for repair, renovation, and minor new construction. 2021 PMI Survey 1.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Repair, Renovation, and New Construction can be COMPLICATED, but should NOT be COMPLEX or CHAOTIC. Examples include integrated project delivery, IPD, for major new construction, and lean job order contracting for repair, renovation, and “minor” new construction. 2021 PMI Survey.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2024

FM productivity constraints remain a barrier for most public sector organizations, presenting barriers to efficient sustainment & new builds. [contact-form] FM productivity constraints remain a barrier for most public sector areas.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 2, 2021

It simply requires owner leadership, commitment, and support to implement and maintain a robust programmatic approach for all facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new build projects. 2012, Dehdasht/Zin – BARRIERS OF SUSTAINABLE LEAN CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION: HIERARCHICAL MODEL.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Leverage robust lean processes, locally researched detailed line item construction cost data, support services, and enabling technology to consistently delivery quality repair, renovation, sustainability, and new build projects on-time and on-budget at the lowest possible cost and with full financial visibility and transparency.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 28, 2023

Cost effective facilities FSRM, Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization can now be accomplished with the integration of robust process and planning, procurement, and project delivery teams within a common data environment (CDE) inclusive of current, local market, granular line item construction task data. Sustainment.

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Sustainability Life Cycle Estimating Management 130

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 18, 2023

The net result is an average economic waste factor of 30%-40%+ for every repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build. Validating FM decisions with verifiable cost data is critical to facilities sustainability and stewardship, [contact-form] The post Validating FM Decisions with Verifiable Cost Data appeared first on 4BT.

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Procurement Renovating Estimating Architecture 263

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 25, 2022

What changes are necessary for improvements in repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build policy and practices are required? Improving public sector facilities life-cycle management is critical to the economy, the environment, and to our safety. Can currently available alternative methods provide measurable improvement?

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 14, 2021

Owner leadership and commitment remain the only solution to rampant facilities repair, renovation, and new build waste. Rethink, rebuild, and improve your repair, renovation, and new build activities and reduce costs 20% – 30%+ by implementing robust, integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery.

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Procurement Renovating Construction Budget 202

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The ISO 50001-based energy management system is too little too late and fails to address the fundamental issue of rampant economic and environmental waste associated with facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new buildings. Key problems. #1 1 The program is self-paced. No timelines. #2 2 The program is no-cost.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Repair, renovation, maintenance and new build planning, procurement, and project delivery professionals and associated processes operate independently. An integrated approach, with all parties focusing upon shared best value outcomes, is a sustainable and advantageous environment for everyone.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The DoD has NEVER implemented a robust, system-wide process to monitor and manage planning, procurement, and project delivery for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction. The DOD’s failure to implement a sustainment management system remains an unacceptable reality.

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HardHatChat

APRIL 30, 2012

What made this peephole so interesting was that it was salvaged from the hotel construction renovation we did of a HoJo in Chicago. Reusing the work stations, file cabinets and chairs from our old office also kept down renovation costs. More specifically it was from the room where O.J. As did using the building’s existing HVAC units.

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