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Facilities Management – 2017 Best Practices

Job Order Contracting

Facilities Management – 2017 Best Practices. LEAN Collaborative Construction Delivery techniques are where organizations will “win” or “lose” with respect to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology, or BIM. Facilities management, practiced properly, is process-centered.

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Construction Project Management

Job Order Contracting

Construction Project Management activities, adequately supported by LEAN construction processes (JOC, IPD,PPP), a common data environment(CDE) , and technologies such as the Cloud and BIM allow savvy AECOO[1] organizations to more consistently achieve a higher quality and productivity gains. 2017, Cholakis, P. Four BT ) Moscardi, L.

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Construction Document Information Management

Job Order Contracting

2017, Cholakis, P. A Construction Document Management System must allow the visualization of the most common files used in the construction industry such as detailed line item construction cost estimates, required forms, drawings and BIM models. Construction Document Information Management is central to productivity improvement.

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Microbeads Ban in Maryland will be more Efficacious than Others

Green Building Law Update

The Maryland legislature passed and last month Governor Larry Hogan signed into law House Bill 216 , now enrolled as Chapter 409, prohibiting the manufacture of a personal care product containing “synthetic plastic microbeads,” beginning December 31, 2017, and the sale of such a product beginning December 31, 2018.

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How to Recession-Proof Your Firm: Best Practices for Construction Business Leaders

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Think back to the period between late 2017 and mid-2009 , when almost 2.5 Keeping your projects within budget consistently is undoubtedly a challenge, especially in today’s environment where firms struggle with financing, costs, and labor shortages. million jobs were lost, and 150,000 construction firms went under.

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Evaluating Natural Disaster Risk In Site Selection

Business Facilities

The Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite recorded the temperature at the top of Hurricane Harvey as the storm approached Texas on August 25, 2017. T he United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean have been bombarded by devastating and historic natural disasters the second half of 2017. Image: European Space Agency).

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Remodeling Growth Forum

Construction Marketing

Our newest sponsor, Renoworks – providers of market leading visualization solutions for the building products industry , are hosting the Remodeling Growth Forum. Topic : Improving the Metrics That Matter with Visualization. Expertise : Visualization Pro. Renoworks Pro, is the market leading visualization tool for contractors.