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Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!

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Improving public sector facilities life-cycle management is critical to the economy, the environment, and to our safety. How can formal and professional education be improved? contact-form] The post Improving Public Sector Facilities Life-cycle Management – Hard Questions MUST be asked and ANSWERED!

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.

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LEAN Asset Life-cycle Management – Achieve Optimal Construction Outcomes

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The path to improvement has been available for nearly 30 years… collaborative LEAN construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery, IPD (for major new construction) and Job Order Contracting, JOC (for renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction).

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BIM & Efficient Life-cycle Management of Facilities & Infrastructure

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Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.

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BIM & Efficient Life-cycle Management of Facilities & Infrastructure

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Efficient life-cycle management of facilities and other physical infrastructure is impossible until real property owners are better educated and truly capable in their role as stewards of the built environment.

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Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently

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Keeping up with the growing backlog of facility renovation, repair, sustainability, and maintenance is a never ending challenge for colleges and universities. Knowledge of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment, supported by LEAN construction delivery, and enabling technology is not.

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Big data, LEAN Construction Delivery, High Performance Buildings = Productive Life-cycle Facility Managment

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Our education and professional development systems are failing to properly address the fundamental concepts of life-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership management specific to the built environment.