Learn Civil Engineering

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It might be time for an office renovation if your workspace […] Because it’s where your employees spend the majority of their working hours, the way it’s designed has a substantial impact on both their general health and productivity.

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Renovating Office Innovation Products 52

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 5, 2023

Current Situation #1 Initial budgets for Repair, Renovation, Maintenance, and New Builds are almost always exceeded. #2 3 Granular scope of work with full labor, material, equipment, and productivity requirements defined in a common data architecture/format. 2 Redesign, rework, and change orders are the norm vs. exception. #3

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Environment Procurement Change Orders Renovating 174

BD+C

JULY 9, 2021

campus of Smith College, reopened to students after a four-year, $120 million renovation and expansion that reimagine the library’s 200,000 sf, in the conception of its architectural designer Maya Lin, as an intellectual commons. On March 29, Neilson Library, on the Northampton, Mass.,

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Renovating Architecture Design 98

Pro Builder

APRIL 6, 2022

How to Preserve Character When Renovating Historic Homes. These tips from Housing Design Matters ensure that historic alterations don’t turn into architectural aberrations. One of our recent renovations in downtown Charleston had obviously been altered over time. Wed, 04/06/2022 - 10:27. That may mean closing in a front porch.

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Renovating Remodeling Architecture Housing 52

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

IFMA – Efficient Repair, Renovation, Sustainability Project Delivery Methods. Improving facilities management in terms of efficient repair, renovation, sustainability practices required a pinpoint focus upon change management with respect to LEAN collaborative construction delivery methods.

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Renovating Sustainability Life Cycle CSI 100

BD+C

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Disability and architecture: ADA and universal design at college campuses 0 qpurcell Fri, 02/09/2024 - 11:30 Higher Education To help people with disabilities feel part of the campus community, higher education institutions and architects must strive to create settings that not only adhere to but also exceed ADA guidelines.

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Architecture Design Education Visualization 122

cnstrctr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

If you’re like me and your project experience has included renovation of a heritage building you’ll understand that there are some key challenges related to them. So what exactly is a heritage building, how does one go about renovating a heritage building and what are some of the complexities related to it?

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Renovating Permits Consulting Deals 88

CivilJungle

JULY 27, 2022

What Is Architecture? The techniques and art of making the layout of buildings and constructing the building are architecture. Designing and decorating, selection of furnishings, having supervision for construction, and renovating or remodeling a building. Architecture is an art. Architecture is just not only art.

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Architecture Design Visualization Drawings 52

BD+C

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Gensler, Jacobs, and STO Building Group head BD+C 's rankings of the nation's largest reconstruction sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2020 Giants 400 Report.

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Architecture Engineering Renovating Construction 98

BD+C

JULY 8, 2021

Shawmut Design and Construction has recently completed the $120 million renovation of Smith College’s Neilson Library in Northampton, Ma. The project took the original, outdated building and reimagined it as the energy-efficient, intellectual heart of the campus.

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Renovating Architecture Design Construction 64

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2018

Articulate the benefits of LEAN facilities repair, renovation, and construction across the entire life-cycle. Implement common data environments (CDE), especially for repair, renovation, and construction task at the detailed line item level. Focus upon BEST VALUE OUTCOMES. Assure compliance with regulatory frameworks.

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Renovating Life Cycle CSI Construction 100

Job Order Contracting

MAY 5, 2023

Construction cost management capabilities are critical to the success of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build activity. Questions every real property should ask before procuring a repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build service. #1 4 Is the cost estimate organized using a standard data architecture (i.e.

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Management Procurement Estimating Construction 207

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Real property owners, facilities management, contractors, AEs, and building users are rightly worried about the rising costs of getting the numerous renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects completed. The post LEAN Construction Delivery for Renovation, Repair, and Minor New Projects appeared first on 4BT.

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Renovating Life Cycle Construction Budgeting 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 19, 2018

5 Basic Steps to Efficient Repair, Renovation, and New Construction Project Delivery. It is organized via a standardized CSI Masterformat(TM) data architecture and locally researched (no use of cost factors/indexes). The post 5 Basic Steps to Efficient Repair, Renovation, and New Construction Project Delivery appeared first on 4BT.

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Renovating CSI Contract Construction 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Efficient management of the numerous repair, renovation, and construction project facing real property owners requires changing how owner, architecture, engineer, and builder relationships are structured. The post Performance-based Procurement & Project Delivery for Facilities Repair, Renovation, and More! Or work smarter.

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Procurement Renovating Life Cycle Risk 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The implementation of LEAN Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Basics can add significant value to physical assets, while also maximizing financial investments. . Current Approach to Facilities Repair, Renovation, Construction, and Facilities Management. LEAN Facilities Management / LEAN Construction Delivery.

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Renovating Life Cycle Construction Management 100

Job Order Contracting

MAY 11, 2023

Objectively VALIDATE Contractor and Subcontractor Construction Cost Estimates Construction cost management capabilities are critical to the success of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build activity. 2 Validating contractor estimates using a locally researched cost database can save 30%-40% of overall project costs. #3

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Contractors CSI Estimating Architecture 158

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A holistic view of facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction therefore involve consideration all factors and interactions impact the outcomes in terms of cost, quality, time, sustainability, community, and overall satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. Why systems thinking?

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Sustainability Management Procurement Renovating 180

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Comprehensive and efficient capital reinvestment prioritization and execution for public sector real property portfolio repair, renovation, and minor new construction requires change management. Current antagonistic and ad-hoc methods have proven to be extremely wasteful.

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Renovating Construction Budgeting Budget 100

CivilJungle

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Introduction of Gothic Architecture. Since the day the human left caves and started living in houses, the birth of architecture occurred. Examples of some of these architectural styles include classic architectural style, Romanesque Architecture, Baroque Architecture, Brutalist Architecture, Neo-classical Architecture, and many more.

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Architecture Construction Site Foundation 52

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 12, 2022

LEAN Capital Project Delivery (LEAN CPD) creates a dynamic, collaborative environment in which repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds requirements can consistently be achieved in a quality manner, on-time, on-budget, and in full compliance. This ensures early and ongoing sharing of information within a common data environment (CDE).

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Procurement Renovating Budgeting Budget 219

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The ISO 50001-based energy management system is too little too late and fails to address the fundamental issue of rampant economic and environmental waste associated with facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new buildings. Key problems. #1 1 The program is self-paced. No timelines. #2 2 The program is no-cost.

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Management Renovating Organization Certification 188

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Measurable improvement in facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build efficiency involves strengthening the focus on implementation. From a required information standpoint, a locally researched detailed unit price book, organized by standards data architecture (i.e.

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Products Guidelines CSI Organization 242

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 18, 2023

The net result is an average economic waste factor of 30%-40%+ for every repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build.

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Procurement Renovating Estimating Architecture 213

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2019

Repair, Renovation, & Construction Project Cost Management. Prioritize and Budget Requirements Every real property owner is face with aligning organizational requirements with facilities repair, renovation, and construction needs as well as available current and projected multi-year resources. Learn more… www.4bt.us.

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Renovating Estimating Construction Budgeting 100

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Keeping up with the growing backlog of facility renovation, repair, sustainability, and maintenance is a never ending challenge for colleges and universities. The post Higher Education and Managing Repair and Renovations Efficiently appeared first on 4BT.

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Education Renovating Management Life Cycle 100

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Before the 16th-century Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara, Italy, could undergo architecturally sensitive modernization, its ancient walls demanded extensive repairs.

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Renovating Architecture 36

Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution. 12 Restructuration of architectural. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(1), 104–. Building Outcomes.

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Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 218

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 26, 2022

Here a list of the root causes of construction project variability resulting in 85% of ALL repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds being… late, over budget, unsatisfactory to one or more participants or stakeholders, or otherwise economically or environmentally wasteful.

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Construction Procurement Renovating Budgeting 215

Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Layouts should also be designed to last to avoid major renovations down the line. Tight Building Envelope A home’s building envelope is a critical part of green architecture. Plus, a right-sized (versus oversized) home saves on building materials and energy upfront.

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Green Architecture Materials Housing 40

BD+C

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Transforming workplaces for employee mental health 0 qpurcell Tue, 12/12/2023 - 11:15 Office Buildings Lauren Elliott, Director of Interior Design, Design Collaborative, shares practical tips and strategies for workplace renovation that prioritizes employee mental health. Remember, small changes can make a big difference.

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Renovating Indiana Michigan Environment 98

BD+C

MAY 21, 2014

In a special exhibit to open this summer, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will display the comprehensive plan that Frank Gehry has created for the renovation and expansion of its home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Body Image: read more.

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Philadelphia Renovating Plans Architecture 92

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 23, 2022

The process is complex and involves significant deep and breadth of knowledge and capability, including cost research, cost engineering, data architecture and database expertise, and an understanding of repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction techniques, materials, and equipment.

Construction 218

Construction Procurement Renovating Change Orders 218

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build activities however have been notoriously ill managed. Until information is shared in the above manner there can be no significant improvement of the extreme levels of waste associated with architecture, engineering, construction, or operations of the build environment.

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Procurement Construction Environment Renovating 212

Green Home Design Architect

AUGUST 31, 2011

We had the opportunity to complete a home renovation design for a 1970’s lake cottage with the intent of using it as a primary residence. Whole House Renovation Old-style wood paneling was replaced with attractive wainscoting to lighten the space.

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Renovating Architecture Vermont Housing 45

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

4BT.US – Our Team helps Owners, Contractors, Subcontractors, as well as Architectural&Engineering and Contract Management firms, to develop, deploy, and execute best practice Job Order Contracts. The post JOC ‘Job Order’ process – Optimized execution of facility renovation, repair construction projects.

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Renovating Contract Negotiation Construction 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 25, 2021

With respect to construction, renovation, maintenance, sustainability or repair procurements, lacking granularity results in a lack of cost visibility and transparency and financial management inefficiencies. The information provided should be in a standardized data architecture, such as CSI Masterformat.

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Procurement Plans CSI Construction 130