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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Conceptual model of partnering and alliancing. Development of a practical model of partnering for construction. Application of ANP in process models: An example of strategic. Proceedings of the. ICE-Municipal Engineer, 160(1), 37-44. Anvuur, A. M., & Kumaraswamy, M. Army Corps of Engineers. E., & Sanders, S. Bresnen, M.

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What the Future Holds for Single-Family Rentals

Pro Builder

million from 2010 to 2020—a rate lower than in any other decade between 1950 and 2010. . There are simply too many groups pouring money into this asset class seeking short-term gains, a dynamic that is not sustainable. Others label their business model “built-for-rent” though they don’t actually build anything at all.

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Is a BIM Mandate Coming to the US?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As we discussed in a recent blog post , the JBKnowledge 2017 Construction Technology report found that building information modeling (BIM) adoption in the United States has been fairly slow, with only 27 percent of construction companies having a BIM department. We have seen steps at the local level to increase BIM use, though. The U.S.

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

BD+C

Marc Asnis, AICP MFPRO+ Blog University Buildings Healthcare Facilities Mixed-Use Apartments Retail Centers Shopping Centers Designers Architects Adaptive Reuse Exterior Restoration Interior Architecture Sustainability Sustainable Development The death of the 20th century shopping mall is evident all across the country.

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Congress requires the Department of Defense to do a cost-benefit analysis of LEED and ASHRAE 90.1-2010

Green Building Law Blog

The NDAA, however, does provide that the Secretary of Defense can certify a building under LEED gold or platinum standards if certification imposes no additional cost to the DoD, or if the DoD conducts a cost-benefit analysis of the project and there is a demonstrated payback for implementing energy improvements or sustainable design features.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Adobe Homes.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Retrieved July 12, 2010, from [link] Alinaitwe, H. Development of a conceptual model of construction partnering. Lean Construction: arenas of enactment, models of diffusion and the meaning of ‘leanness’. Lean Maturity, Lean Sustainability. References: Abdelhamid, T. Lean Construction Reading Primer. NY: Aspen Publishers.