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Sustainability and Efficient Facilities Lifecycle Management

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Sustainability and Efficient Facilities Lifecycle Management go hand in hand. They simply do not appreciate the fundamental requirement to apply apply collaborative principles to construction processes and activities. The current average waste invovle in facilities management “construction” ranges between 40% and 60%.

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Sustainable Public Sector Facilities Management

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Sustainable public sector facilities management is long overdue. Rampant economic and environmental waste remains the norm regarding lifecycle management of public sector physical infrastructure. The reality is that, relative to other industries and activities, construction and FM are not complex. Why systems thinking?

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Effective Public Sector Construction Project Management

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Effective public sector construction project management requires an understanding of the requisite role of owners as stakeholders. Sustainable Facilities Management “A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:30 Biophilic Design Biophilic design in the built environment supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, as they spend most of their time indoors. In Los Angeles, our 13,482-sf office is LEED and Fitwel certified.

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Why Now is the Time for Sustainable Construction

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But when it comes to construction, any building or infrastructure project completed today will most likely still be operational in 2050. The push for sustainable construction. In the next few years, spending on infrastructure by Australia’s state and federal governments is expected to top $166 billion.

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Technology will NOT SOLVE Construction Productivity Woes.

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Despite the hype of many vendors, Technology will NOT SOLVE Construction Productivity Woes. Those doing the work do far more than complete repair, renovation, maintenance, of new construction tasks, they manage quality and develop creative solutions to ever-present variables. – Krafcik, 1998. appeared first on 4BT.

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Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems

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Facilities and infrastructure project investments have long-term consequences. Failure to require common terms, definitions, and data environments Failure to leverage locally researched detailed line item cost data ‘Ad-hoc’ data management resulting in duplication of effort, errors, and omissions. Knowledge Problems.