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

BD+C

As part of this initiative, the General Services Administration is proposing a “substantially lower” standard for materials and products as defined by a global warming potential. billion is earmarked to procure low-embodied-carbon materials for construction and renovation projects. Of that amount, $2.15

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Productive Construction – Traits of Collaboration

Job Order Contracting

Productive construction and collaboration go hand in hand. productive environment. Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? commitment. multidisciplinary work.

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Digicon India: Enhancing the Workforce’s Capability Seen as Greatest Priority by Indian Construction Leaders

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Leaders agreed that this would help support the business with an appropriate return on their investment aligned to measuring productivity improvements. Finally, procurement came in last – primarily because of the time it would take for the Government at all levels to open dialogue with the industry. Methodologies was third.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and team. The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., Rhetorics and realities in new product. Shared boundaries. 2004; Black et al.,

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Features or benefits: Remembering the marketing foundations

Construction Marketing Ideas

Bernie Heer , in a blog posting for residential contractors , reminds us of a marketing and sales fundamental — if you focus on the (emotional) benefits, you’ll more likely sell the service than if you allocate your communications to product/service features.

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A Robust Framework for Improving Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

Robust processes have been proven and available for decades and have now evolved into full solution frameworks for improving construction productivity. Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery frameworks enable multidisciplinary individuals to work together efficiently in support of multifunctional tasks. REFERENCES.

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Autodesk Construction Champions 2023: 25 People Powering the Future of Construction 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Alec has a passion for creating systems and processes that enhance production efficiency, and under her leadership, MPS saw vast improvements in system consolidation, cross-departmental efficiency and the customer experience. His leadership helped Messer adopt and roll out Autodesk products, fundamentally enhancing their business model.