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Construction is NOT complex…. People are. Successful Construction Project Delivery Requirements

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Only improved early and ongoing collaboration and communication across all participants and stakeholders has proven to reduce errors and omissions, minimize the number of change orders, shorten overall project delivery times, improve quality, and reduce total project costs.

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The TOP 10 Things ALL Facility Owners Need to Know – Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment –

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Many/most Owners do not have the knowledge, capability, or organizational buy-in to support life-cycle management of the built environment. Far too often focus is upon first-costs vs. life-cycle costs. Communicate that fact, and the associated major benefits of a life-cycle approach, or you aren’t doing your job!

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Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Basics

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As a result, staggering levels of economic and environmental waster are common across the architectural, engineering, construction, operations, and owner groups. There are currently at least three proven LEAN methods relevant to this discussion: Life-cycle total cost-of-ownership modeling and management. Job Order Contracting.

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Collaboration in Construction – From “ad-hoc” to “best process”.

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Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management. Change management implement, specifically shifting from ‘ad hoc’ methods to program and process-based workflows.

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Demand For Efficient Life-Cycle Building Management Processes – BIM, JOC, IPD – FIATECH PRESENTATION – 2012

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While 0ur AECOO (architecture, engineering, construction, operations, owner) sector is resistant to change and relatively adverse to technology, the convergence of worldwide market drivers and the disruptive technologies that will change the very way we do business. As an example of productivity improvements afforded by JOC.

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Job Order Contracting Done Right! Open, Best Value, Efficient

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OpenJOC uses common, standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures (CSI Masterformat licensee) to minimize cross discipline data gaps and errors and to improve collaboration. Proven collaborative LEAN Collaborative construction delivery best management practices, Standardized terms, definition, and data architectures.

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Integrated project delivery method

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These benefits are largely derived through the use of a common data environment, CDE, which dramatically improves communication and collaboration throughout the project life-cycle. A detailed, full transparent line item construction cost estimate is critical for improving collaboration and reducing change orders. .