Stok

APRIL 17, 2023

This blog post was co-authored by Stok’s Director of Carbon Services Colette Crouse and students in her Masters of the Environment Carbon Accounting & Management course at the University of Colorado, Boulder: Rebecca Billingsley, Andrea Green, and Kenny Prior (see bios below).

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 24, 2024

Embracing market demands for greater accountability, v5 will champion solutions to aligning the built environment with critical imperatives including decarbonization, ecosystem conservation and restoration, equity, health, and resilience. LEED v5 will drive real-world impact and positive change worldwide.”

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Equity Accounting Green Environment 155

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 26, 2024

Sustainable Facilities Management Practices involve a clear set of objectives, methods, and processes aimed at maximizing performance of the built environment with respect to economic and environmental resources in concert with meeting organizational mission needs.

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Sustainability Management Renovating Environment 200

ENR Construction

AUGUST 3, 2021

Although construction activity itself accounts for less than 2% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., construction firms often possess the practical expertise and knowledge about how to reduce emissions in the built environment.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 22, 2023

Characteristics of Best Value JOB ORDER CONTRACTING… Real proper owner capability, leadership, commitment, and accountability Integrated internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams within a standardized programmatic process Clear set of objectives and workflows for the all aspects of the programmatic process – (..)

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Public sector facilities management is particularly wasteful due to the pervasive lack of capable, committed, and accountable leadership. 1 Real property owner leadership via direct involvement, capacity, commitment, and accountability. #2 4 Mandatory initial and ongoing training for all participants. #5

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Sustainability Management Renovating Procurement 192

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 2, 2017

I spoke to a gathering of construction industry attorneys the other day about that t he changing environment of Federal government regulation portends huge business opportunities for green building. This blog post is my prepared remarks for that talk. Billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, a reduction of $2.6

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Green Environment Sustainability Budgeting 176

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For decades attention has failed to focus on the need for continuous, competent, and accountable leadership and the effects upon finances, reputations, relationships, communities, and overall organizational missions.

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Project Management Management Procurement Construction 207

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Due to increasing concern about sustainability and productivity issues, there is a demand for public sector real property owners to significant boost productivity and overall stewardship of the built environment. Any significant improvement, however, will require LEADERSHIP, COMMITMENT, CAPACITY, and ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Efficient management of the built environment is critical to the environment, economy, and our overall well being. Owner and design-builder planning, procurement, and project delivery teams MUST work together within a common information environment and share clearly defined, mutually beneficial goals. NEXT STEPS.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 9, 2023

Commit to and support a collaborative work environment among internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams. Enter long-term mutually beneficial performance-based projects that have integral operations manuals/execution guides and associated standardized workflows and quantitative metrics.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 3, 2023

The requirements are as follows: #1 Owner leadership, commitment, competency, and accountability #2 Robust process focused upon people achieving well defined, mutually beneficial goals within a positive environment. #3

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 2, 2017

I spoke to a gathering of construction industry attorneys the other day about changing environment of Federal government regulation portending huge business opportunities for green building. These were my prepared remarks for that talk. Green building can save the planet. To the contrary, President Donald J. TRACI lead us to LEED.

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Green Environment Sustainability Budgeting 120

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Real property owner leadership, competency, accountability, and commitment – Owners pay the bills are utimately responsible for stewardship of the build environment. The four primary failure points associated with facilities management and construction.

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Management Procurement Construction Organization 130

Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 17, 2022

With buildings accounting for nearly 40 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), it is understandable why such an immense focus is being placed on them in the quest to achieve net-zero emission targets by 2050.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 25, 2022

Improving public sector facilities life-cycle management is critical to the economy, the environment, and to our safety. What changes are necessary for improvements in repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build policy and practices are required? Can currently available alternative methods provide measurable improvement?

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Construction Law

JANUARY 26, 2024

New government rules for biodiversity net gain (BNG) will come into force on 12 February 2024, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Accounting News Site Environment 52

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

While the rampant economic and environmental waste is unsustainable, it continues unabated with virtually zero accountability or oversight. Common data environment, including current, l ocal market granular line-item cost data and associated descriptions and details for labor, material, equipment, crews, productivity and involved tasks.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 16, 2023

JOC Programs must be collaborative with all parties working in a compliant, fully transparent environment, and towards mutually beneficial well-defined goals. Owners must provide leadership and accountability and not excessively rely upon “JOC consultants” #2. In many instances, this has simply not been the case. #1.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 24, 2020

Real property owner leadership and competency is a prerequisite for efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Create an environment that rewards new ideas and action, and empowers those actually doing the work. Create a culture of accountability. Focus upon continuous improvement and not the status quo.

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Procurement Plans Life Cycle Construction 264

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Owners must lead a change in mindset and provide a consistently safe, welcoming, and collaborative environment. A common data environment (CDE) inclusive of 1. We all know that traditional planning, procurement, and project delivery practices are adversarial, and broken, yet we fail to address this basic issue.

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Management Construction Procurement CSI 179

BD+C

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s With an inherently low carbon profile, mass timber can make a big impact in tackling climate action in the built environment. The building industry accounts for approximately 39% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. What are we waiting for?

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Concrete Environment New York City Accounting 111

BD+C

JANUARY 19, 2021

A significant contributor to global CO 2 emissions is the built environment, accounting for 45% of total emissions through the energy it uses and the carbon emitted to create it. In 10 years, the world will have reached a tipping point where the negative impacts of climate change are irreversible.

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Banking Accounting Environment 125

Contractor Bookkeeping

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

High Technology Construction Accounting Offices Are No Longer A Luxury. High technology office environments are now as important as the Smartphone and tablet were several years ago. They Are Standard Operating Procedure Just To Keep Up With Your Competitors.

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Accounting Contractors Profitability Construction 48

Construction Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The UK’s built environment contributes significantly to its carbon footprint, accounting for 40% of the nation’s total carbon emissions. In recent years, the importance of sustainable home construction and energy-efficient housing has become increasingly prominent in the UK’s efforts to combat climate change.

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Sustainability Innovation Accounting Construction 52

Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Proper implementation and management of these superior project delivery methods requires fundamental change in the working environment. Furthermore, there is a pervasive lack of accountability and oversight. Therin lies the rub. Therin lies the rub. contact-form].

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Construction Bidding Renovating Budgeting 203

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 9, 2016

Early indicators suggest that 2016 will bring many challenges to environment, health and safety (EHS) professionals in the construction industry. In general, the industry continues its progress toward greater environmental obligations and EHS transparency.

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OSHA Safety Accounting Environment 212

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Economics, the environment, national security, and life/safety are all negatively impacted by the lack of a sustainable facilities lifecycle management strategy. Billions of dollars have been wasted due to lack of leadership and accountability while critical facilities are not being adequately maintained. Absolutely.

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Security Management Maryland Colorado 130

Construction Marketing

JUNE 6, 2014

Accounting for projected population growth, this means a shortage of 48,000 engineers, according to Randstad. The shortfall is due in part to tougher immigration laws preventing qualified applicants from entering the UK market; but it is also due in part to fewer graduates in engineering.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 22, 2016

Early indicators suggest that 2016 will bring many challenges to environment, health and safety (EHS) professionals in the construction industry. In general, the industry continues its progress toward greater environmental obligations and EHS transparency.

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OSHA Safety Accounting Environment 206

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 18, 2024

The APAC region accounts for more than half (53%) of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, producing 18.3 The manufacturing, construction and building sectors account for 17% and 4% of GHG emissions in the region respectively. billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2020. However, there are ways to mitigate these impacts.

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Materials Industrial Green Construction 84

BD+C

APRIL 28, 2020

For most of the last decade, emerging technologies designed to transform the built environment weren’t much more than fun toys to play with. They lacked sophistication and the ability to promote true efficiency and accountability or analyze data. Not anymore. Yesterday’s toys have become today’s tools. .

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Accounting Construction Software Software 135

Construction Enquirer

MAY 18, 2023

In its latest update Speedy said: “Following completion of the investigation the Board has concluded that the issue resulted from problems with the company’s controls and accounting procedures for non-itemised assets over a number of years, and in particular the reconciliation of such counts to the Group’s fixed asset register.

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Accounting Environment Management Site 77

Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 23, 2023

By Misha Nikulin and Michelle Meisels Everyone who cares about this planet likely wants a more sustainably built environment. In fact, the built environment accounts for 39 percent of gross annual CO2 emissions. 1 Emissions come in two general forms.

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Sustainability Design Environment Drawings 57

Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Such tools also make assigning duties to your team members and tracking execution easy, enhancing accountability. As the project manager, developing a safe and healthy work environment that empowers all team members to share their concerns and ideas without intimidation is essential.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 12, 2024

Attaining a sustainable built environment requires Facilities Leaders NOT Facilities Managers. #1. Leaders are accountable are all internal and external supporting teams. #5. Managers focus upon goals; leaders grow their people and perfect their systems. Leaders leverage systems-thinking and are process-oriented.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 27, 2023

JOC Program success is dependent upon direct collaboration between Owners and Design-Builders as well as Subcontractors. Developing and maintaining such a collaborative environment requires initial and ongoing training, an unbiased JOC Framework, as well as continuous team assessment and improvement.

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