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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Sharing actionable, transparent information with all construction project participants and stakeholders early on, and throughout the construction and operations life-cycle of a built structure, would measurably mitigate change orders, legal disputes, and waste. and maintenance information into the building knowledge base.

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Forget “BIM”, and Get on Board with BLM – Building / Built Environment Life-cycle Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. BLM – Building Life-cycle Management requires fundamental process changes within all participating organizations / stakeholders and the associated integration and use of multiple competencies, processes, and technologies.

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

BD+C

The building design and construction industry has an embodied carbon problem. San Francisco International Airport used Kingspan’s Designwall 2000 insulated metal panels to create an architectural look for its Consolidated Administration Campus. Contractors also play an essential role in helping to decarbonize the built environment.

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Digital Builder Ep 60: How Innovation and Technology Intersect

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This is especially true in transportation centers like airports, cruise ports, and terminals, where clear navigation and user-centric design are paramount. A well-designed environment not only enhances travelers' comfort but also ensures their safety as they navigate through complex routes and procedures.

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Major Risks Facing Public Real Property Owners

Building Information Management

Improperly designed or managed renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction. Design, selection, and management processes that are inefficient and/or unfair. Unfortunately, I am reminded of the story about the emperor with no clothes. Do real property owners and facility managers actually think they are doing a good job?

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Lessons learned from 70 years of building cities

BD+C

Airports Laboratories Office Buildings Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Architects Adaptive Reuse The Changing Built Environment Urban Planning As Sasaki looks back on 70 years of practice , we’re also looking to the future of building cities. This is our mission: Better Design, Together.

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1,500th Envision Sustainability Professional Credentialed

Green Building Law Update

It has been used for nearly every type of project imaginable from roads to Brownfield redevelopment, from airport expansions to fisheries, from wastewater to drinking water treatment plans, and from pipelines to transmission lines. The emergent rating system is in use, but not regulatory, in over 150 U.S.