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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.

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Relationship-based FM

Job Order Contracting

Relationship-based FM (facilities management) is a knowledge domain that is critical to improving associated environmental and economic outcomes. Real proper owners and FMers bear the responsibility for professionally managing processes and creating sustainable value via relationship management. Four BT, LLC. and Price, I.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Research has readily noted the causal factors for the relative lack of adoption of Lean across the construction and facilities management sectors. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 14(2), 73–78. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 8 (4,), 292-303. Retrieved July 12, 2010, from [link] Alinaitwe, H.

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Job Order Contracting Information

Job Order Contracting

Related Resources: ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management – A framework for facilities life-cycle management. Construction Cost Workbook – 2002 – Conference on the International Comparison Program World Bank. should not be considered LEAN efficient construction delivery methods.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4

Job Order Contracting

Delivering Better Facilities through Lean Construction and Owner Leadership NIBS 2017 – The ability to significantly improve how facilities are constructed, managed and operated depends largely on whether owners provide high levels of leadership, knowledge and collaborative support. They also select the construction delivery method.

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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Since 2002, I have contended that truly sustainable buildings would create net public benefits to over-compensate for their (currently) unavoidable material flows and embodied impacts. Since they were not measured, they could not be managed, so the whole idea was resisted by the management class.

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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. The topics include the use of BIM in: student projects, interdisciplinary collaboration in studios, scheduling and estimating classes, IPD projects and facilities management. Tom Gay, Chair. .

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