Monday, 27 August 2018

The Finer Points Of A Job Order Contract

By Henry Hall


The world used to be empty. There is no denying that. There was plenty of life around, life did in fact abound, but all of it was under the sea. Until one fish line creature evolved with legs and then it shuffled on to some ancient beach out of the primordial waters. A beach that may not even exist anymore thanks to primordial drift. But there it was. In what could accurately be described as a brand new world, at least relatively speaking. There it was, feeling everything for the first time in the history of the planet. Before that, nothing had ever felt the heat of the sun without the filter of water. Nothing had ever experienced the breeze. That singular act set in motion a chain of events. It was unlikely that the primitive brain house inside that creature could fully understand just how important it was to the destiny of the planet. But had it not had the courage to leave its literal comfort zone, terrestrial life would have evolved very differently, if at all. It is a possibility that humans would have never evolved. Which means no cities, no houses, no shopping malls. But humans did evolve, so they can create all that and other things with a job order contract.

First off, a JOC is a type of mutual agreement. It is signed by two or more parties. Now, it is mostly applied to things like construction and renovations.

The main benefit of a JOC is how much it streamlines the process. As such, jobs get done quicker. It also formalizes the relationship between an owner and a contractor.

A contractor is someone who builds things. Now, they can range in specialty. Some can only do renovations. Others, however, are companies that can undertake full scale construction projects, which means that they can straight up build things.

Contractors are needed for one reason. Society has a division of labor. One person heals, another stops crime, another commits crime, and so on and so forth. As such, not everyone will have the skills needed to get a construction project done.

Mankind likes to record its information. The evidence for that can be seen in cave paintings. Well, the internet is the single greatest repository of information that mankind has ever put together. It has every scrap of knowledge stored in it, everything from how man first learned to control fire to templates for a JOC, so it can be an invaluable resource when looking for such a template.

A JOC has a lot to cover. One of the many things it does is the long term relationship between an owner and a contractor. Some of them will have a provision that the contractor be on call just in case any new construction needs pop up.

The main benefit to this is the working relationship. Also the efficiency. With a JOC, things just tend to get done a lot quicker. Some projects can even be completed nine months ahead of schedule.

Living in the modern world means being comfortable. But that comfort does not come about by magic. No, it has to be built and maintained.




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