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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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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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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

Cost estimates and construction bid requests should include materials quantities in addition to costs to evaluate and validate GHG impacts. Incorporate life-cycle GHG emissions analysis into DoD MILCON and SRM programs. Energy Policy Act of 2005. Recommendations. Invest in formulation of carbon calculator system.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

Cost estimates and construction bid requests should include materials quantities in addition to costs to evaluate and validate GHG impacts. Incorporate life-cycle GHG emissions analysis into DoD MILCON and SRM programs. Energy Policy Act of 2005. Recommendations. Invest in formulation of carbon calculator system.

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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

We previously reported in 2018 on these unreliable data and made 15 SMS is a tool for asset life-cycle management that produces multi-year condition trends and investment requirements. released and first version commercially available 2003: NAVY funds development of BUILDER 3.0 (web-based

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Some exclusive journals containing useful information on construction

Construction Cost Estimating

Life cycle management: An integrated approach to managing investments. Dysert, CCC, United States “So You Think You’re an Estimator” (2005 – AACE International, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA). Some new technologies for Perfect bidding and esti. Journal of Cost Management (Summer): 35-48. Walewski, G.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

HVACie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed to describe Heating, Cooling, Ventillating (and Refrigeration) systems. Ontology for Life-Cycle Modeling of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems. 2012-03-01-CERL-CR-12-2-ModelView. March 2012.