Blog: Trends & Insights

Faced with challenging enrollment trends and ever-shrinking public contributions, higher educational leadership must focus on what uniquely creates that quality experience for their institution. Pete Zuraw, VP of Market Strategy and Development for Sightlines, a Gordian company and former facilities manager, explores the balancing act institutions face between students, funds and facilities.

Construction cost overruns are a serious risk that can send ripples throughout an organization’s budgets and operations, and while all would agree these mistakes must be avoided, leaders don’t always have the robust estimating data needed to plan and budget with confidence.

As Procurement Month winds down, our Enterprise Business General Manager, Scott Smith, who also serves as Vice Chair for The Institute of Public Procurement (NIGP) Business Council, applies his lessons learned as a naval aviator to best practices in public procurement.

Read through our best blog posts from the past year, as we count down the top seven topics of 2017, including industry best practices, success stories and solutions for common construction challenges and concerns.

What is Vizient Job Order Contracting? Vizient Job Order Contracting is a construction project delivery solution designed to reduce the time and expense associated with construction work. Job Order Contracting (JOC) establishes local, competitively-awarded prices upfront and eliminates the need to bid each project separately. JOC utilizes local Vizient awarded contractors who have agreed to […]