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Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment – BIM – Current Status

Building Information Management

That is to say that the “life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology” is not being practiced in an efficient, transparent, consistent manner by many, if any, public or private sector Owners. The question is why? Using Cycles and Quasi-Cycles to Disambiguate Dictionary Glosses , Proc.

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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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The high cost of low maintenance

BD+C

In 2001, an engineering team was hired to conduct a full-scale review of the garage in regard to maintenance issues. The best strategy would also include a life cycle cost analysis using proprietary software in order to determine the service life and life cycle costs of maintaining the protective waterproofing components of the structure.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

These factors include… poor formal and professional education in the domain, low investment in research and development, deep rooted project culture, perceived long life-cycle of associated return on investment, resistance from construction projects’ participants and stakeholders, and lack of real property owner leadership and competency.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Also, Igor co-founded Latista Technologies, the leading provider of field management software for construction, in 2001. That said, major cultural change must occur in order to make significant progress.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Also, Igor co-founded Latista Technologies, the leading provider of field management software for construction, in 2001. That said, major cultural change must occur in order to make significant progress.

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BIM Glossary Terms and Definitions – NBIMS-US – 2013

Building Information Management

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. procedure that had been used 2001-2010. (6) Life-cycle Assessment. Life-cycle Costs. Discipline.

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