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Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems

Job Order Contracting

Lack of recognition by senior management of the linkage between between the built environment and organizational mission Low level of understanding of both life-cycle total-cost-of-ownership management and integrated lean planning, procurement, and project delivery principles and processes. Service life planning.

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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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BIM, LEAN Construction, and a Common Data Environment (CDE)

Job Order Contracting

Definition of the roles and responsibilities of team members, with respect to CDE, throughout the life-cycle of a built structure… from Planning, to Design, Project Delivery, Operations & Maintenance, to Decommissioning/Recycling, and its integral relationship with LEAN Construction Delivery methodology are key requirements.

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LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 4

Job Order Contracting

Delivering Better Facilities through Lean Construction and Owner Leadership NIBS 2017 – The ability to significantly improve how facilities are constructed, managed and operated depends largely on whether owners provide high levels of leadership, knowledge and collaborative support.

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Construction Document Information Management

Job Order Contracting

2017, Cholakis, P. Here are a few essential points to consider when planning a collaborative documents and LEAN construction delivery strategy. Consideration of Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment and Asset Total Cost of Ownership. Construction Document Information Management. Four BT ) Moscardi, L.

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Pros and Cons of Straw Bale Building

Natural Building

A 2017 study in the Journal of Building Engineering performed a Life Cycle Assessment with a straw bale wall to investigate its energy and environmental performance. Whether or not your state has a building code for straw bale construction depends on the region.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Each county (including Baltimore City) must prepare a recycling plan that addresses how the jurisdiction will achieve its mandatory recycling rate. Senate Bill 370 (passed) requires that each county recycling plan address the collection and recycling of recyclable materials from specified large office buildings by October 1, 2020.

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