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5 Construction Project Planning Tips for the Public Sector 2

5 Construction Project Planning Tips for the Public Sector

Summer isn’t just beach season — it’s peak construction season. For local, city and state officials, the planning stage of summer construction projects is already underway. Here’s what public sector professionals can do now with construction project planning to set themselves up for success in the summer.

Top Resources of 2018: Building Insights 3

Top Resources of 2018: Building Insights

As we prepare for a new year, we want to countdown our top ten resources for 2018, to make sure you didn’t miss out on our most popular topics and insights. We put our hard hats on, counted on the data and asked a lot of questions to provide you with more answers than ever before.

Public Procurement Insights from Tammy Rimes 4

Public Procurement Insights from Tammy Rimes

Tammy Rimes, Executive Director of the National Cooperative Procurement Partners (NCPP), has spent many years in public procurement. She discusses changes in the procurement landscape and how to handle those challenges through innovation.

Army Procurement Insights from Ken Davis 5

Army Procurement Insights from Ken Davis

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.

Cooperative Purchasing Insights from Sourcewell Executives 7

Cooperative Purchasing Insights from Sourcewell Executives

In this Executive Interview, Sourcewell Executive Director/CEO Chad Coauette, Ph.D., and Jeremy Schwartz, Director of Operations and Procurement/CPO, discuss the organization’s recent re-brand, different ways cooperatives assist their members and how Sourcewell deploys Gordian’s ezIQC® solution.

Housing Authority Insights from José Alvarez 8

Housing Authority Insights from José Alvarez

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.

Higher Ed Construction Insights from Robert Unger 9

Higher Ed Construction Insights from Robert Unger

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.

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