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Efficient Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Basics

Job Order Contracting

Even though the majority of costs (approximately 80% of total life-cycle costs) occur during the operational and maintenance (O&M) phase, decision-making is largely made based upon lowest bidder versus best value as well as current year impacts versus multi-year considerations. Integrated Projects Delivery. Job Order Contracting.

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BIM Evolution

Building Information Management

BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology, requires a fundamental change in how the construction (Architects, Contractors, Engineers) and facility management (Owners, Service Providers, Building Product Manufactures, Oversight Groups, Building Users) sectors operate on a day-to-day basis. .

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BIM Evolution

Building Information Management

BIM, the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology, requires a fundamental change in how the construction (Architects, Contractors, Engineers) and facility management (Owners, Service Providers, Building Product Manufactures, Oversight Groups, Building Users) sectors operate on a day-to-day basis. .

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Collaborative, Efficient Construction Delivery Methods – The Real Obstacle to BIM

Building Information Management

The Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner (AECOO) sector must engage in collaborative construction delivery methods in over achieve any measurable performance improvement in the life-cycle management of the built environment. Forget design-bid-built, and even design-built. So, why is BIM not taking off?

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What is the Single Most Disruptive Force in Construction? and why BIM won’t solve it.

Building Information Management

Job Order Contracting (for renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction projects) and Integrated Project Delivery (for major new construction), are examples of readily available, proven solutions to the construction sectors lack of productivity and legacy of legal disputes. Shared risk-reward. We MUST change.

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BIM Collaboration – Fact or Fiction?

Building Information Management

BIM Collaboration – Fact or Fiction. The design-bid-build construction delivery method and associated practices such of awarding contracts to the lowest bidder do little more than a fuel to the fires of waste, protracted project timelines, change orders, and legal disputes.

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BIM Strategy, Collaboration, and Interoperablity… Getting it right from square one.

Building Information Management

Construction delivery methods are at the center of this ongoing transformation as they dictate the structure, tone, and legal requirements of any project. BIM is “the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technologies” BIM Framework. Job Order Contracting Process.

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