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How to Achieve 25%-30%+ average construction Savings

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Proceedings of the 2003 ASCE Construction Research Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii. Guidelines for implementing total quality management in the engineering and construction industry”, CII Source Document 74, report to the Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX, 1992. Set up a 15-minute introductory discussion. References: Ballard, G.,

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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FAILURE FACTORS

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Contruction failure factors are have been fully documented. Recognizing these causal factors and implementing available solutions can substantially reduce the number of failed projects, and more efficiently achieve other project objectives. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. Cooke-Davies, T. The “Real” Success Factors on Projects.

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Bluebeam Acquires Map-Based Data Navigation Startup

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creator of a widely-used, PDF-based construction document synchronization and collaboration system founded in 2003, has made its first technology acquisition, buying Project Atlas, a bootstrapping startup that stitches project data into a map-like, location-based data navigation system. Bluebeam Inc.,

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LEAN Construction Framework – A Robust Solution fully supported by tools and services

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Defined workflows, stages/phases, documentation, approvals. Project team members are selected through value-based proposals and associated rankings/metrics. Written long-term multi-party agreement with integral operations manual/execution guide. Focus upon mutually beneficial outcomes. Slagmulder, R. Productivity Press, Portland, 510 p.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

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Communication and knowledge exchanges and growth are enabled by an underlying common programmatic process for every project and activity that eases knowledge transfers and is dependent upon strength of relationships between individuals and the type of knowledge exchanged (Reagans & McEvily, 2003; Hansen, 1999). Mutual trust and respect.

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You Need a Green Building Consultant (Who Speaks for the Trees)

Green Building Law Update

Okay, the single best way to mitigate risk in a green building project are properly drafted contract documents.). By analogy, the Parthenon or for that matter the Taj Mahal and Borobudur would not have been built without skilled stone masons.

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2018 will be a Year for New Green Building Standards, Codes and Rating Systems

Green Building Law Update

Following ICC’s drafting of the administrative procedures for the technical content, the document that will be the 2018 – IgCC will be published in June. will be published in that same document as an alternative compliance path. The 2018 version of the IgCC has been characterized by the ICC as being powered by 189.1. ASHRAE 189.1

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