The Reality of Construction Cost Control / Public Sector

The reality is that any construction project, whether a repair, major renovation, or new build is only successful if it is based upon a robust, integrated, and collaborative process, including the use of current, actionable data.

Ensuring that all projects follow the same robust process is the only way to assure that information is effectively communicated on an early and ongoing basis throughout the planning, procurement, and project delivery life-cycle and beyond.

Project management optimization requires consistent leverage of a robust programmatic framework.   "Success" is a shared responsibility among internal and external project teams.  Leadership and participants work collaborative to set objectives, provide resources and establish and maintain the environment that supports effective performance.

But then, there is a well-kept secret regarding FM Technology - No technology is going to deliver a solution for your organization!

Software is only useful if it is based upon a robust process and current, quality, clear, objective, and verifiable data.  Furthermore, no software or consultant can solve your problems… without your team doing the work.

Your most valuable assets are your people and your team of service partner.  Empower them to solve the problems themselves. Your organization’s facilities management planning, and procurement professionals and your partners of architects, engineers, and contractors need to be on the same page.  Change management is critical and must be a primary focus. BIM, CAFM, CMMS, ERP, or any “alphabet soup” of technologies have not significantly improved construction productivity or quality outcomes.

The issues remain the same regardless of the technology, all the project participants continue operating in silos, duplicating information, using inappropriate, information that can’t be used by others.  Building users, your clients, remain less than satisfied, and resources are not optimized.

This is an opportunity to do something different.

What seems like "common sense", however, is foreign to many organizations. Furthermore, robust solutions, like Integrated Project Delivery and Job Order Contracting, were largely being supported by "consultants", instead of real property owners. The associated cost, and addition of a "third party" to the mix is both costly and incapable of optimizing outcomes.

4BT has built solution that was easy-to-use and implement directly by real property owners, that is cos effective, simple to deploy, and bulletproof!

So, together with Peter Cholakis formerly with 4Clicks Solutions LLC, The R. S. Means Company, and VFA, Inc., and Gene Spencer, formerly with The R.S. Means Company, we developed a collaborative LEAN Job Order Contracting and Integrated Project Delivery solution.

Members of our team have worked with real property owners of all sizes, and their AEC services providers…supporting single sites and entire organizations… including the General Services Administration, Public Building Services, Federal Aviation Administration, Clark County School District, MEDCOM, USACE, United States Air Force, and hundreds of others.

So, if you want a no BS solution to drive best value facilities repair, renovation, and new build outcomes that won't break the bank, and will be fully compliant, let's talk about how 4BT might be right for you.