Georgia Southern University is the state’s largest public university south of Atlanta. However, it faces fierce competition for quality contractors and subcontractors. Learn how the university prioritizes its maintenance projects and gets contractors on campus fast.
The Parma City School district needed to complete a series of money-saving projects during the summer break; there was no way to execute them around working buildings full of students, faculty and staff. Learn how they completed the work in time for the new school year.
Ken Davis spent 43 years as a civilian employee for the U.S. Army at Fort Stewart, Georgia and helped install and maintain its Job Order Contracting (JOC) program. In this interview, he discusses the Army’s early use of the program and how it evolved over the years.
Duluth Public Schools sought to relocate students, faculty and staff to an improved location and identified a closed school as the ideal space. The district set a hard deadline for January (approximately a six-month timeline) and an all-in budget of $3 million to complete the project.
Watch this video to hear from Chicago Housing Authority COO Jose Alvarez and contractors participating in the JOC program.
The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) operates a unique program under Section 3 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Using Job Order Contracting (JOC), CHA issued more than $80 million of construction work in 2017 to improve living conditions for its 62,000 low-income residents. Plus, through a partnership with Gordian, the CHA is providing training, guidance, and mentorship to area contractors—some of whom are Section 3 residents themselves. CHA Chief Operating Officer Jose Alvarez discusses CHA’s Section 3 JOC program in this month’s Executive Interview.
As Director of Construction for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), Robert Unger is responsible for guiding and assisting 14 independent universities with their facilities construction and maintenance needs. In this month’s Executive Interview, he discusses the challenges facing public universities as operating budgets shrink and student enrollment drops.
Terry Lusby, Jr. serves the Village of Tinley Park as the Facilities and Fleet Superintendent. He brings over a decade of experience in project management, and during this month’s interview series he shares insight into how he provides the 57,000 residents the best possible facilities.
For nearly three decades, Francis Hoar has worked for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Currently serving as the district's Administrative Director, in this edition of our monthly interview series, he shares past experiences, what he expects to see in the future and best practices going forward.
The University of North Texas (UNT) leverages Job Order Contracting (JOC) program to streamline work and get construction completed quickly.
