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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

BD+C

The built environment generates 42% of annual global CO 2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. Photo: Courtesy Kingspan HOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMES INTO PLAY To significantly reduce embodied carbon in the built environment, the private sector must also do its part to decarbonize buildings.

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Construction Collaboration Requires Common Terms

Job Order Contracting

agreement: a fully executed (signed by appropriate parties) between the demand organization and the provider of services and products that clearly describes requirements in sufficient detail, including conditions, costs, resources required, desired outputs, and associated workflows. measurement: process to determine a value.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The Governor has until May 28, the 30th day after presentment to sign or veto bills. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) may adopt regulations to implement the bills. However, the State may only withdraw from such an initiative, agreement, or compact with statutory approval from the General Assembly.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, is where the latest progress will be presented and the course of information exchange development will be set for the year.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, is where the latest progress will be presented and the course of information exchange development will be set for the year.

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BIM Glossary Terms and Definitions – NBIMS-US – 2013

Building Information Management

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. The closeness of agreement within individual. Life-cycle Assessment. Life-cycle Costs. Discipline.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

Standardizing the presentation of renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction tasks and costs improves communication and collaboration among all parties, as well as helps to assure financial transparency/. 00 52 00 Agreement Forms. 00 52 13 Agreement Form – Stipulated Sum (design/bid/build or. Requirements.