Everywhere I go, I hear the same story:

• We can’t do best value here.
• It is illegal.
• Our organization is too political.
• We are different.
• We can’t understand why contractors, professional services, and vendors do not act in our best interest.

Most organizations don’t have a legal problem, they have a cultural problem. Continue reading...

Dean T. Kashiwagi, PhD, PE,
Director of PBSRG

This conference is an excellent opportunity for those who want to learn how best value works and what it takes to get started. The CIB TG 61 meeting will also take place the day before the Best Value Conference begins.
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When Sharp Electronics Corp needed a “class 10,000 clean room” built quickly, their original intent was to hire an architect and consulting engineer to utilize a standard design, bid and build process (DBB). Richard Goulet was confident that he could obtain similar results through the best value PIPS system by solely using its manual (book), without direct assistance from the experts at PBSRG. This is his story. Continue reading...

Clean Room

The UM research program has been one of the most successful efforts with regards to the best-value program. Due to the exceptional performance results, the University of Minnesota (UM) has renewed their research grant agreement for the third consecutive year. The cost of the research program (about the cost of one manager per year) was insignificant. Contractor performance and accountability have increased to the point where the UM has decided to transition the pilot program into a standard procurement method for a majority of their projects. Continue reading...

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