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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. Data Problems.

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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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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

DoD hasn’t achieved a clean audit since independent audits were initiated in 2017. Because we found the components’ facility condition data were unreliable due to missing and inaccurate entries, as noted above, we were unable to analyze the relationship between facility sustainment funding and facility condition. Howieson, V.

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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. They also select the construction delivery method.

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Hempcrete Used for Public Housing in Paris

Natural Building

John Washington says sustainability is “not just saying we want homes that have solar panels and that require less fossil fuel in the heating system,” he said. Hemp’s real edge when it comes to fighting climate change, though, is in the carbon it absorbs throughout its life cycle. to Asheville, North Carolina.

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LEED v4.1 Announced by USGBC at Greenbuild

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council was no doubt the biggest story at Greenbuild 2017 in Boston last week. There are also changes proposed in the Sustainable Sites category. The announcement of the upcoming release of the new LEED version 4.1 by the U.S. The largest number of changes will be in the Materials And Resources category.

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Pros and Cons of Straw Bale Building

Natural Building

Overall, straw is a sustainable material that has plenty of redeemable features when it comes to construction, though it may not be suited for everyone or every situation. Since the straw bales are tightly packed, there isn’t much airflow available to sustain a fire.

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