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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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Implementing LEAN Construction

Job Order Contracting

OWNER COMMITMENT, COMPETENCY, AND LEADERSHIP – The implementation of LEAN construction requires that owners both fully understand and are committed too its fundamentals and also the concept of life-cycle total cost of ownership management (TCO). LEAN consultants and service provides can assist in training on ongoing support.

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Strategic Construction Marketing Tools

Construction Marketing

Below we will share several popular strategic marketing tools including internet-based competitive intelligence, market segmentation, perceptual maps, the growth-share matrix, and product life cycle analysis. This examples compares product range and level of innovation between companies. Product Life Cycle Analysis.

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LEAN Construction Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Consider life-cycle cost. All parties contribute to drive innovation & find cost savings and schedule improvements to bring the. Mutual Benefit: All members will benefit and use innovative business models to support, rather than discourage, collaboration and efficiency. Take ownership of the project.

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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

That said, focusing on waste alone is a very much last millennium idea involving only one late stage of life cycle analysis at a time when doing less harm is not good enough for most companies. And there are other third party verified programs, but we suggest GBCI’s TRUE is efficacious in helping a company achieve its Zero Waste goals.

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Facilities Management – 2017 Best Practices

Job Order Contracting

Asking the right questions is extremely difficult, and I would suggest a quote from a more relevant source, such as, “My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.” Is leadership involved in the decision-making process and is committed to innovation? ” – Peter Drucker.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

BD+C

The IRA provides $3.375 billion for GSA to invest in federal buildings to help reduce carbon emissions and catalyze innovation. A report by the WBCSD and global sustainable development consultancy Arup estimates that less than 1% of building projects currently calculate and report their full carbon footprint. Of that amount, $2.15