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LEAN Construction Project Delivery and Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and Life-cycle Management

Job Order Contracting

Promoting awareness and education with respect to LEAN O&M best management practices would drive significantly improved outcomes. LEAN Practices Asset Competency Model. Procurement/bidding. Life-cycle Management. Cost Estimating, Procurement, & Construction Project Delivery and Management Systems.

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Define Construction Procurement

Job Order Contracting

Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. Federal, State, County, and Local Government, as well as Education, Healthcare and Transportation Departments and Agencies have a responsibility to create cost visibility and cost transparency and drive improved construction productivity.

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

BD+C

He has guided the sustainability process on over 30 million square feet of projects across many different building types and sizes, including K-12 schools, higher education facilities, mid-rise and high-rise residential, commercial interiors, retail interiors, and commercial office buildings.

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2018 – LEAN Facilities Management Trends

Job Order Contracting

Life-cycle asset management focus versus myopic first cost driven decision-making. Innovative procurement and management models with balanced risk sharing. Focus upon continuous education, training, and improvement. Front-loaded, cost transparent, project planning within a comment data environment (CDE).

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A Fresh Approach to Efficient Construction Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Revamp talent recruitment and development with a focus upon building collaboration, leadership, and overall life-cycle management competencies. Engage in ongoing education and training. ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management. Job Order Contracting – A Procurement Success Story, 1998.

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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.