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The first hallmark of sustainability: Put on a roof that lasts a long time

Construction Specifier

The first hallmark of sustainability: Put on a roof that lasts a long time. was charged with designing and overseeing the installation of a durable, sustainable and long-lasting roof for the arena. was charged with designing and overseeing the installation of a durable, sustainable and long-lasting roof for the arena.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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Lessons learned from 70 years of building cities

BD+C

Sasaki’s work is not only about planning environmentally and socially just cities, but also creating rich experiences for contemporary life. Architecture as a Building Block Photos courtesy Sasaki We experience cities at different scales—at the skyline and the sidewalk, for instance.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Affordable Eco.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Using pre-fabricated elements or existing structures. View my complete profile.

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BIM Guide for Owners – Building Information Management, Model, Modeling

Building Information Management

The benefits include centralized and visual communication, early exploration of options, sustainability, efficient design, integration of disciplines, site control, as built documentation, etc.–effectively Another important consideration it the type and granularity of information required at this stage of your life-cycle management strategy.

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Built Environment Life-Management, BIM, LEAN, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Life-cycle Management 101. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. 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.

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Top 30 Construction Classes at Autodesk University 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Sustainable building. The additional infrastructure needs or talent required to be successful in life-cycle data collection & analysis. By shifting from a “creating projects” mindset to one that’s focused on “creating products,” you can use business logic and fabrication rules to improve the construction process. .