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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

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Organizations that provide leadership and commitment to collaborative environments are rare. Common data environment (glossary of terms and definitions, locally researched detailed unit price cost data). Partnering in a unit price environment. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(4), 342-368.

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Energy efficiency: The heat is on

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The impact of buildings on the environment is surprising, but nonetheless, critical. Dollar for dollar, the best place to invest is in the architecture. The genesis of the movement for environmentally friendly architecture started out, oddly enough, on the basketball courts of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in the 1960s.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

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Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 8 (4,), 292-303. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 8(5/6), 403-417. South East Centre for the Built Environment. London,UK: South East Centre for the Built Environment Limited. Lean Construction Journal 2(2), 22-50. Bramble, B. L., & Li, H.

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CMMS Facilities Operations Maintenance Best Management Practices

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Facilities operations and maintenance encompass a broad spectrum of services, competencies, processes, and tools required to assure the built environment will perform the functions for which designed and constructed. that support a common data environment (CDE). Introductory and ongoing education and training. Energy Usage. ??

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Government-Owned Facilities and The Continued Lack of Stewardship

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Government owners are the stewards of the federal/state/county/local built environment, yet many, if not most, have generally not taken responsibility for their respective roles. Common terms, definitions, and data architectures are not required, nor is BEST VALUE procurement the norm.

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

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Common terms, definitions, & data formats — Common data environment (CDE). Standardized data architectures (Cobie, Masterformat, Uniformat, Omniclass). A basis of timely, accurate, repeatable, and verifiable information based upon standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures. Shared, performance-based risk/reward.

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Facilities Operations & Maintenance Management

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Common Data Environment (CDE). Promoting awareness and education of LEAN construction practices and associated construction delivery methods among Owners, Contractors, Engineers, Architects, and Oversight Groups is key to efficient management of the built environment. Multiple Competencies, Business Processes, and Activities.