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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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Built Environment Life-Management, BIM, LEAN, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Life-cycle Management 101. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. The following graphic portrays a perspective of the construction delivery method as a component of life-cycle management and/or a BIM framework.

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Construction Disruption – BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Project Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment. BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology.

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TFM Article – BIM, Cloud Computing, IPD and JOC

Building Information Management

Emergent disruptive technologies and construction delivery methods are altering both the culture and day-to-day practices of the construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability of the built environment. BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology.

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BIM at LOD400: Why Level of Development 400 matters for design and virtual construction

BD+C

By broadening design to anticipate construction issues and delivering a fabrication-ready model, engineers can create more certainty in cost, schedule, and design intent. In general, the higher LOD numeric value, the further along that element is on the spectrum from concept to fabrication ready.

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BIM Glossary Terms and Definitions – NBIMS-US – 2013

Building Information Management

Below, a list of terms and definitions being submitted for voting is just one of several important initiatives. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onwards. BIM Life-Cycle Views. Discipline.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Affordable Eco.

Natural Building

The definition used in this report is that an eco-building minimises resource use (in construction and life-cycle) while also providing a comfortable environment in which to live. Using pre-fabricated elements or existing structures. There is a diverse variety of eco-housing worldwide. Avoiding the use of experts.

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