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The true excitement and value of a professional Job Order Contracting program are the wide variety of results for owners and users. These successful projects demonstrate the on-going, practical performance and value to many different organizations and needs.
K-12 Public School
JOC User/Owner:
Santa Fe Public Schools, Santa Fe, New MexicoAgua Fria Elementary School Repairs and Upgrades
Project Description: The school had undergone a recent renovation, but the results were an illustration of all that can go wrong with traditional delivery methods and low-bid contracting—a poor design resulting from last-minute revisions to get the project within budget, change orders and legal fees caused by a lack of collaboration, delayed school opening, poor quality workmanship, and ultimately a contentious relationship among the parties involved. When additional funding was allocated to fix the problems very late in the construction planning season, Deputy Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez turned to the collaborative, performance-based contracting model of JOC to ensure a successful and timely project.
Santa Fe Public Schools accesses Job Order Contracting through Cooperative Educational Services, a purchasing cooperative servicing educational institutions and local governments throughout New Mexico. It is an important part of this mid-size district’s facilities renovation and upgrade program. The school upgrades to took place during the summer of 2007, working with a forensic architect utilizing a quick and responsive "on board" design and construction process to ensure that the buildings would be ready for the start of school in August. The fast-paced process was made possible through Job Order Contracting.
The project started with a Consensus Planning process, led by E/CA Architects. The Job Order Contracting process allowed the JOC contractor to be an active participant, who helped the construction team understand the school’s priorities and concerns, and ensured that the day-to-day decisions about how work proceeded would reflect those priorities. The major themes that emerged from the planning process were acoustics, water quality and accessibility, increased security, and an underlying focus on aesthetics that was strongly tied to the greater mission of the school.
The scope of work that was developed out of collaborative planning included a major HVAC ductwork overhaul that reduced noise levels by 17 decibels, providing hot water and drinking water to all classrooms, a major IT upgrade, and exterior hardscape and landscape, as well as innumerable small miscellaneous improvements that the school community identified. The schedule was very tight since the planning process was condensed into the last month of the school year, and a permit set of drawings still needed to be produced. The results were the completed work was done on time and demobilized before the school year began, and accomplished its goal of zero punchlist on the project. And they turned a very dissatisfied school community into a satisfied user of JOC.
The performance-based Job Order Contracting process made a believer out of the Deputy Superintendent, and she sees it as an important part of future facility construction in the District: “I would like to explore more opportunity for JOC once we get into the 2009 GO Bond funds. I believe it would be more efficient for many of our renovation projects in terms of time and money.”
Project Duration: 70 days completion time
Submitted by CJE Member Organization:
Centennial
