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2021 Facilities Repair Renovation and New Construction Cost Management

Job Order Contracting

With appropriate levels of owner leadership and competency and currently available tools and support services efficient facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction (life-cycle management) can be achieved.

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IFC, Cobie & Why the Autodesk / Trimble Interoperability Agreement Won’t Matter

Building Information Management

That said, common terms, definitions , and data architectures are just one of several components of collaborative LEAN construction delivery. Until Owners require collaborative construction delivery and are capable of leading the shift toward built environment life-cycle management, all the technology in world will not make a difference.

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BIM Glossary Terms and Definitions – NBIMS-US – 2013

Building Information Management

Below, a list of terms and definitions being submitted for voting is just one of several important initiatives. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onwards. BIM Life-Cycle Views. Discipline.

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LEAN Construction and OPEN Standard Data

Building Information Management

LEAN CONSTRUCTION 101 – Common Terms, Definitions, and Data Formats. Efficient, early, and ongoing communication from concept through a structures complete life-cycle is impossible without common and OPEN data.

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The Value of Lean Construction

Job Order Contracting

Procedural best practices, leverage of diverse knowledge resource, internal and multi-party agreements are core components and are fully defined within written set of processes via a JOC Operations Manual / JOC Execution Guide. Similarly, established workflows must be maintained and supported. Improved use of limited financial resource.

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A Step Closer to BIM? NIBS and AIA Working toward Centralized Building Information Resource

Building Information Management

It’s simple, collaboration and improved “cradle to cradle” facility life-cycle management approaches will be required for survival. The signing of an agreement between The American Institute of Architects and the. It’s amazing how many in our industry are not even aware of NIBS or Smart Building Alliance.

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European Facility Management Data Standard – EN 15221 – 3

Building Information Management

E N 15221-1: Facility Management – Part 1: Terms and Definitions Version EN 15221-1:2006. This draft European standard gives relevant terms and definitions in the area of Facility Management. Terms and definitions. It also provides a structure of facility services. It offers headings, which are not exhaustive.