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Job Order Contracting: A Smart Alternative for Tenant Improvements - Construction Savvy - May-June 2013 - Commercial Tenant Improvements (TI) can range from minor updates such as a fresh coat of paint or new carpet installation to a major remodel or build-out. One thing all tenant improvement projects have in common, however, is that the faster the work gets accomplished, the faster the space can begin to earn a return on investment. More...

A Fast-Track Remedy for Ailing Hospitals - HC+O News - April 2013 - With repair, large maintenance and renovation projects plaguing hospitals and medical centers, hospital administrators search for alternative construction procurement methods that are efficient, effective and flexible enough to meet their needs. More...

The Gordian Group Taps Jones to Lead Great Lakes Region- MAULDIN, S.C., April 23, 2013 - The Gordian Group, a leading provider of construction-pricing data, procurement software and services for the construction industry and public agencies, announced today the appointment of Michael Jones as new Great Lakes Region Manager. More...

The Gordian Group Names Patin to Lead Pacific South Region- MAULDIN, S.C. - March 5, 2013- The Gordian Group, a leading provider of construction pricing data, procurement software and services for the construction industry and public agencies, announced today the appointment of Louis Patin as new Pacific South Region Manager. More...

The Gordian Group Taps Horn to Lead Pacific North Region- MAULDIN, S.C. - February 12, 2013- The Gordian Group, a leading provider of construction pricing data, procurement software and services for the construction industry and public agencies, announced today the appointment of Randy Horn as new Pacific North Region Manager. More...

The Gordian Group Hires Sales Team to Grow its Job Order Contracting Business- MAULDIN, S.C. - February 7, 2013- The Gordian Group, a leading provider of construction pricing data, procurement software and services for the construction industry and public agencies, introduced today a new U.S. sales team as part of its plan to expand its established Job Order Contracting business. More...

Window Restoration Project in Historic Northern California Courthouse Wins Mellon Award for Excellence- MAULDIN, S.C. - February 4, 2013- The Harry H. Mellon Award of Excellence in Job Order Contracting for 2012—a top annual award recognizing excellent and innovative uses of Job Order Contracting—was awarded to Mark Scott Construction, Inc. and the Administrative Office of the Courts for the State of California for the restoration of 200 windows at a Northern California courthouse. More...

Regional Winners Announced for Construction Industry’s Mellon Award of Excellence- MAULDIN, S.C. - January 8, 2013 - Nine regional winners in the construction industry’s program to recognize excellence are one step closer to being named the national winner of the Harry H. Mellon Award of Excellence in Job Order Contracting for 2012. The national winner will be announced Jan. 28, 2013. More...

Pollak to Guide The Gordian Group's Growth, Diversification- MAULDIN, S.C. - November 8, 2012 - The Gordian Group, a leading construction pricing data, procurement software and services business for the construction industry, today announced the appointment of William L. Pollak as chief executive officer (CEO) and member of the board of directors. Mr. Pollak will lead the ongoing development of the company's Job Order Contracting construction-procurement systems, which it pioneered more than 20 years ago, as well as its expansion into data publishing. More...

eGordian® Honored For Pioneering Use of Construction Data - MAULDIN, S.C. - October 11, 2012 - Just three months after launching eGordian, the world's first online, current and free construction-estimating tool, the InfoCommerce Group named the website a Model of Excellence for its ground-breaking foray into the data-publishing industry. More...

Navigating Job Order Contracting - Today's Facility Manager - August 2012 - Today, getting a construction job started takes more than the simple act of just putting hammer to nail. For maintenance and repair projects, there is an abundance of red tape and paperwork to wade through even before a contractor is hired. And all the while, condition could be changing or even getting a bit worse. More...

JOC Be Nimble, JOC Be Quick- CEFPI Educational Facility Planner - Vol. 46 Issue 1 - Given our aging and crowded schools, today’s administrators have to focus their attention on modernizing facilities. The Job Order Contracting (JOC) procurement method allows school administrators to complete a large number of high quality maintenance projects quickly with a single, competitively bid contract. The JOC process fits schools’ unique scheduling demands and has been proven to save time and money for all sizes of school districts. More...

Lake County, Ill. Receives National Honor for Innovative Construction Procurement - MAULDIN, S.C. - July 17, 2012 - A paradigm shift to a new construction procurement system led to Lake County, Ill., receiving a 2012 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties. County officials were honored at the association's annual convention July 15, 2012, in Pittsburgh, Penn. Lake County administrators implemented Gordian's JOC Solution™, three years ago to reduce a backlog of facility maintenance and infrastructure projects. More...

Website Places World's Largest, Most Current Database of Construction Prices Online - MAULDIN, S.C. - July 10, 2012 - The Gordian Group today unveiled eGordian®, the first online, current and free construction estimating tool for design, estimating and construction professionals. The website, www.eGordian.com, gives users access to the world's largest database of construction prices and tasks tailored to hundreds of U.S. localities. More...

Surviving Summer Break with JOC - School Construction News - April 2012 - As students count down to summer vacation, administrators and facilities managers gear up for the construction season — an ideal time to complete projects such as bathroom renovations, ADA upgrades, classroom conversions, and the paint and flooring jobs that pile up over time. Now is the ideal time to prepare. More...

A JOC Primer for Developing an Effective Scope of Work - Construction Executive Magazine - March 2012 - The old adage “a good beginning makes a good end” proves true in the construction process. The goal of any scope of work is to create a detailed account of the tasks, procedures and specifications for each construction process. A good beginning—clear communication between all parties involved and accuracy in the detailed scope of work and price proposal—will lead to a good end product. More...

Industry Panel Selects Facility and Infrastructure Projects Demonstrating Job Order Contracting Excellence - MAULDIN, SC - March 8, 2012 - Eight regional "Best of the Best" winners in the competition for the annual Harry H. Mellon Award of Excellence in Job Order Contracting were announced today, recognizing projects ranging from replacement of a boardwalk, to renovations of a subway station, to restoration of a mountain-side road. More...

Rapid Renovation of Post Office Destroyed by Fire Wins Mellon Award for Excellence - MAULDIN, SC - February 16, 2012 - Just two days after fire destroyed the Healdsburg, California, Post Office north of San Francisco, a temporary counter was set up to serve customers and provisions were in place to expedite renovations, thanks to its Job Order Contracting process. A new, permanent space was completed five months later, and residents hailed the swift, extensive renovation. Today, industry experts recognized the rapid renovation as winner of the 2011 Harry H. Mellon Award of Excellence in Job Order Contracting.  More…

All Grown Up: The Evolution of Job Order Contracting - Project Timeline Comparison: JOC vs. Traditional Design-Bid-Build - Owners Perspective Magazine - Winter 2011 -  Since its invention in the 1980s, Job Order Contracting (JOC) has grown in breadth and application from a novel innovation to a widely recognized alternative procurement tool. More...

The Gordian Group Services Now Easily Accessed on Federal GSA Schedule - MAULDIN, SC - December 7, 2011 - The Gordian Group announced today it has received its GSA Schedule 70 from the U.S. federal government, which allows federal, state and local government agencies to acquire the company's award-winning, Internet based construction procurement system. More...

The Gordian Group Expands Web Presence with www.JOC.co Address - MAULDIN, SC - October 18, 2011 - The Gordian Group recently acquired its newest website address, JOC.co in order to expand the ways in which its clients can access online tools. The acquisition of JOC.co is The Gordian Group’s latest move to solidify its brand’s presence online in the construction procurement market. More…

The Gordian Group Marks Third Anniversary of Innovative Construction Sourcing System - MAULDIN, SC - September 22, 2011- Three years ago today, The Gordian Group, Inc. introduced ezIQC©, a version of Job Order Contracting available through cooperative purchasing that provides clients great flexibility and ease in construction procurement. To mark the third anniversary of ezIQC, The Gordian Group released an online video demonstrating the speed and convenience of the procurement service. The short video is a fast-paced, lighthearted look at how ezIQC helps simplify the somewhat complicated world of construction sourcing for public and private sector facility owners. More...

Hopewell Redevelopment Housing Receives National Award for Use of Gordian Group’s ezIQC System - MAULDIN, SC - August 4, 2011 - When one housing authority had too many projects and too little time to complete them, it turned to ezIQC® from The Gordian Group, Inc. for a solution that turned out to be award winning and just what the Hopewell (Virg.) Redevelopment and Housing Authority (HRHA) needed. More...

A Garden Grows in Brooklyn - BROOKLYN, NY - July/August 2011 - The 500 pre K-5 students at Brooklyn, N.Y.’s P.S. 216 elementary school are the first students in the city to experience an Edible Schoolyard program.  For its efforts, the school won the 2010 Harry H. Mellon Award of Excellence in Job Order Contracting. More...

Job Order Contracting:  A Procurement Tool for Coping with Today’s Pressures - Atlanta, GA - July 17th - Presentation by Paul Schreyer given at the 2011 APPA Conference
Higher education’s needs vary widely depending on the institution, their priorities, size, and focus. One thing that remains true across the board is that budgets are tight and colleges and universities must find innovative ways to meet the sometimes opposing forces of time and cost constraints and the need to provide students a high quality. Job Order Contracting provides a balanced approach that allows higher education institutions around the nation to stay efficient and accomplish work. This session offers real world examples of how Job Order Contracting is driving value and helping institutions become more efficient and deliver a top quality environment to their students. More...

Ohio Is Latest State to Launch Gordian Group System to Speed Facility Repairs and Cut Costs - MAULDIN, SC - July 6, 2011 - The Gordian Group, Inc. announced today an agreement with the Ohio Dept. of Administrative Services making it more efficient and less costly for public agencies across the state to contract services for repair, renovation and minor construction projects on public buildings, schools, parks and roads. The system is available to approximately 2,000 state, county and municipal agencies, as well as public school districts, colleges and universities. More...

New York City’s First Edible Schoolyard Wins Top Honor - MAULDIN, SC - June 28, 2011 – As the 2011 school year ended, administrators, teachers and students at Brooklyn, NY’s P.S. 216 elementary school gathered with contractors, designers, fundraisers and project managers from The Gordian Group to share in the fruits of New York City’s first Edible Schoolyard Program and to recognize the outstanding achievement of the construction techniques used to build the project. More...

Lime Energy Completes Energy Efficiency Projects for the US Postal Service - CHICAGO, IL - June 6, 2011 - Lime Energy (Nasdaq:LIME - News) announced that it has recently completed energy efficiency upgrades at two of the largest US Postal facilities in the Mid Atlantic area utilizing The Gordian Group's Job Order Contracting system. More...

NYSDOT’s Use of Job Order Contracting for Preventive Maintenance Webinar
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:00am EST

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During this webinar, representatives from New York State Department of Transportation and the Gordian Group will provide an overview of NYSDOT’s use of Job Order Contracting for preventive maintenance activities including:
•       A discussion of the Job Order concept,
•       An explanation of NYDOT’s use of Job Order Contracting that relies on a construction task catalog using pre-set, locally-based, unit prices,
•       Competitive bidding using two adjustment factors (a bid for work during normal working hour and a bid for other than normal working hours),
•       NYSDOT’s experience with this method for general highway work, bridge repair, culvert repair and overhead sign structures, and
•        Advantages and potential shortcomings in using this method.

Portland, CT Using EZIQC to Install Pavilion at Riverfront Park – PORTLAND, CT - May 4, 2011 - The town of Portland is taking advantage of a centralized bid process run by the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CROG) to install an open pavilion in Riverfront Park. Construction is expected to start in late August with completion expected in time for the summer season in 2012. More…

U.S. Postal Service Honors The Gordian Group with Supplier Excellence Award - MAULDIN, S.C. - May 5, 2011 - The Gordian Group was one of two companies honored with a 2010 Supplier Excellence Award from the U.S. Postal Service for superior supply-chain performance. The company was recognized for making outstanding contributions to the success of the Postal Service. More...

Gordian Group Assists State of Arizona in Launching Job Order Contracting Program - MAULDIN, S.C. - March 30, 2011 - Hundreds of Arizona State Agencies and State Purchasing Cooperative Members (cities, counties, school districts and others) will be able to use The Gordian Group’s Job Order Contracting system beginning mid-May 2011 to complete maintenance, repair and alteration work on buildings, roadways and other government-owned facilities. More…

City Wins Award for Japanese Cultural Centre Renovations - RICHMOND, BC - March 11, 2011 - The path leading to the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre was completely covered in gravel less than a year ago, and in Richmond’s snowy winter weather, it was a life-threatening hazard to the seniors who attend the wellness clinic she hosts monthly. In a national first, the City of Richmond got in touch with U.S.-based Gordian Group’s job order contracting service last year to sign a three-year agreement. It began work on the culture centre in August. More...

Afghan Village In New Mexico Desert Wins Job Order Contracting Award - PLAYAS, N.M. - March 9, 2011 - The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) saved three months and at least $300,000 building a replica of an Afghan village and marketplace for anti-terrorism training in Playas, N.M. With clients registered to use the facility before construction began, its owner chose Job Order Contracting because work could begin quickly and a proven contractor working on another project could be used. More...

Seven Projects Named Best of the Best in National Competition Honoring Unique Uses of Job Order Contracting - MAULDIN, SC - February 17, 2011 - Seven regional construction projects were named “Best of the Best” in the United States and Canada as finalists for the prestigious Harry H. Mellon Award of Excellence in Job Order Contracting.  Representing facility owners from the United States and Canada, these winners competed in a field of thousands of 2010 projects that used the construction-procurement system, Job Order Contracting, to efficiently complete repair, alteration and maintenance projects. More…

Gordian Presents at Transportation Construction Management Conference – ORLANDO, FL – February 9, 2011 – Paul Schreyer, NE Regional Manager of The Gordian Group, and Gordian expert in Transportation Sector Job Order Contracts presented  “Job Order Contracting: Success with the New York State Department of Transportation” at the TCM2 conference. More…

NYC Department of Education Wins Harry H. Mellon Award of Excellence in Job Order Contracting – MAULDIN, SC – February 3, 2011- The 2010 winner of the Job Order Contracting Industry’s highest award was announced for innovative use of Job Order Contracting and the project’s educational impact. More…

Higher Education applications of Job Order Contracting presented to ERAPPA Conference– PITTSBURGH, PA – October 4, 2010 - Paul Schreyer, The Gordian Group & Vince Brennan, Safety Programs Manager, University of Vermont, present  “University Uses of Job Order Contracting… A construction procurement tool for coping with today’s pressures”. More…

National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) and The Gordian Group Enlighten Regional Housing Official Audiences on Job Order Contracting - DULUTH, MN – September 22, 2010 - Clint Owings, National Programs Manager at The Gordian Group & Matt Peterson, Contract Manager at NJPA present “Simplify the Procurement of Products & Services through Municipal Contracting & NJPA” at MN NAHRO Annual Conference More…

The Gordian Group Launches Social Media Forums for Job Order Contracting – MAULDIN, SC - August 17, 2010 – In a move to make access to job order contracting information as easy as possible, The Gordian Group formally joined the Facebook and LinkedIn worlds. More…

Public Works/Energy Efficiency Paper Presented on Job Order Contracting for Energy Retrofits -  Pacific Grove, CA - August 15-20, 2010 - Chris Vance, Terry O’Sullivan, et. al. of San Francisco PUC share their job order contracting success in a paper presentation at the 2010 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Titled, “Striking While the Climate is Hot: New Program Design for Accelerated Delivery of Energy Retrofit Projects"  More…

APWA Conference Listens to Presentation on Job Order Contracting for Public Works – BOSTON, MA - August 15-18, 2010 – Paul Schreyer, NE Regional Manager of The Gordian Group presented “Completing Construction Quicker and Better with Gordian Job Order Contracting” at the Public Works Conference. More…