Posts Tagged ‘SABER’

SAME Aricle by 4Clicks – September/October 2010 Issue

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

The Sept.-Oct. TME/SAME issue focuses on Asset Management. And, what better way to efficiently manage facility renovation, repair and sustainability project than with JOC and SABER, as well as IDIQ, SATOC, MATOC, MACC, POCA, and BOA. The article, “Integrated Order Contracting” outlines a business process embedded in software which enables DOD owners, contractors, and AE’s to better manage estimates, bids, projects, and contracts for multiple construction delivery methods within one software solution.
(“Integrated Order Contracting”, pgs.77-78, TME, The Military Engineer, Society of Military Engineers, September-October 2010, Volume 102, Number 667.)

www.4-clicks.com/dl/nl/IntegratedOrderContracting-SAME-TME_SeptOct2010.pdf

JOC and 4d, 5d BIM

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

4d-5d BIM will support facility management and associated construction projects, however, more efficient construction project delivery methods MUST be linked to your BIM strategy.

Whether integrated with 4d, 5d BIM or stand alone, Job Order Contracting – JOC / SABER – is the standard for facility renovation, repair, and sustainability construction project control and transparency.

Whether you’re in higher education, K-12, state/local government, DOD, or healthcare, the need to increase construction project efficiency has never been greater.

JOC reduces costs and increases quality by fostering collaboration, rewarding performance, and cutting through the archaic, ad-hoc processes associated with traditional DBB (design bid build) and provides additional benefits vs. design build.

From concept, through close-out, proven software www.4Clicks.com available to embed and assure the JOC process and it is populated with an exclusive 400,000 line item extension of the RSMeans cost database. Features and benefits include in the JOC software technology deliver robust performance and “real-time” visibility for managing construction projects, programs, and contracts including JOC, SABER, IDIQ, SATOC, MATOC, MACC, POCA, and BOA. With features including collaboration, cost control, automated technical evaluation, document management and full reporting capabilities.

Project-based organizations within AEC, Commercial, and Public sector industries use e4Clicks to reduce capital construction time and costs. General contractors, sub-contractors, A/E’s and owners owners and public institutions efficiently manage billions of dollars of critical facilities repair, renovation, and sustainability project data in one central software system, where process management best practices are supported. Project team members collaborate to scope projects and avoid potential areas of risk before they impact project delivery performance and cost.

JOC / SABER – The Solution for “GREEN”, “Sustainability”, and LEED EB

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Sustainability and Green refer to the designing and maintaining the built environment to in concert with economic and ecological needs.

Federal agencies are required to achieve 30% energy and water reductions by 2015 and zero use of fossil fuel by 2030 with schools and municipalities facing similar requirements.

JOC (Job Order Contracting) and SABER (Air Force equivalent of JOC) are optimal methods for efficiently planning, bidding, and executing sustainability projects with the funding available from billions of dollars via the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Many “green” projects, however, suffer from poor planning and costly paperwork/contract document and project management issues largely associated with outdated contracting methods.

JOC offers a remedy for EB (existing buildings) / LEED EB green renovation projects.

JOC allows the owner and contractor to work together from the beginning, scoping the project, and developing the plans, specifications and requirements to complete the sustainability / green renovation, repair or minor construction projects, on time and within the approved budget. If owners decide to go the LEED® certification route, they can review current conditions with contractors and discuss construction concerns and associated remedies to reach established targets – up-front – with a firm fixed price for each delivery order, prior to issuing a notice to proceed.

Peterson Air Force Base Honors Victims of 9-11

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

A long time 4Clicks’ client, JBI Construction, was asked to build a 9-11 Memorial for the Peterson Air Force Base, as part of a joint venture partnership with SB Construction.

On April 30, 2010 a piece of damaged steel was delivered to the JBI Construction warehouse, a floor beam from the World Trade Center.

Designed and managed by the 21st Civil Engineering Squadron via a SABER contract, construction was a collaborative effort fortified with a spirit of dedication and remembrance.

The memorial dedication ceremony was May 18, 2010. The plaque reads:

“In Remembrance of the nearly 3,000 innocent lives lost at the hands of terrorists on September 11,2001.

This steel beam – recovered from the remnants of the World Trade Center – is pointing towards New York, and pays respect to the lives lost there.

The Pentagon-shaped planter honors our fallen comrades and friends at the Pentagon. The Pennsylvania soil in the planter pays tribute to the brave passengers of Flight 93.

From the ashes of the terrorists attack on September 11 arose U.S. Northern Command, a combatant command ready to defend the homeland and support civil authorities.

This memorial is for all to know that U.S. Northern Command stands ready to defend liberty.

Let us never forget.”

See us at SAME

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Visit us this week at booth #1357 at the Atlanta SAME conference on May 5 and 6, 2010.