Building Information Management

APRIL 28, 2014

Technology is not the primary obstacle to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment! AE’s, Contractors, Oversight Groups, Business Product Manufacturers, Users) determine the uses of technology, economic value and environmental impacts. Current focus upon first-costs vs. life-cycle costs.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 1, 2012

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Further life-cycle management of the built environment requires significant “change management” in most organizations whether Owners, AEs, Contractors, Oversight Groups, etc.

Life Cycle 61

Life Cycle BIM Environment Sustainability 61

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Alternative Project Delivery (APD) offers the opportunity delivers significant added value versus traditional design-bid-build, design-build, Construction Management at Risk (CMAR), Agency?CM Additionally, the knowledge of contractors is leveraged in design phase, drawing on their experiences to improve the proposed solution.

Resource 141

Resource Procurement Life Cycle Construction 141

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 13, 2017

See asset life-cycle model… A total cost of ownership perspective is also required as opposed to the more prevalent practice of first-cost dominance. Collaboration – involvement of all stakeholders – Owners, AE’s, Contractors, Oversight Groups, Community ….

Management 100

Management Life Cycle Estimating Comparison 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 7, 2017

To minimize the chance of favoritism or corruption, the sealed bid. Also referred to as the “Design-Bid-Build” process, this system has long been the most prevalent option for large and small public works contracts. contracting method was developed to award a contract on the basis of price alone.

Contract 100

Contract COAA Life Cycle BIM 100

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

4BT provides solutions to manage facilities repair, renovation, and construction throughout the project life-cycle, from concept through warranty and beyond.

Renovating 100

Renovating Budgeting Budget Life Cycle 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 8, 2017

Integrating operating, design and construction knowledge through broad based team meetings. helps drive better outcomes for owners, contractors, and subcontractors and better assure financial transparency as well as fiduciary responsibility. Alignment of risk and reward with a party’s ability to control risk.

Contract 100

Contract COAA Life Cycle BIM 100

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2017

. – A process whereby contractual agreements are designed, bid, and executed between real property owners and construction contractors for renovation, repair, or new construction services for buildings or any form of physical infrastructure. Services and/or work may include… .

Procurement 100

Procurement Construction Life Cycle Contract 100

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 14, 2017

Traditional design-bid-build, and even design-build are not capable of meeting this threshold, not providing appropriate levels of collaboration and financial transparency. Means Company, LLC), vendor quotes from general and trade contractors, and historical cost records. Integrated project delivery method.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Renovating BIM Environment 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

The way to deliver 96%+ of renovation, repair, and maintenance projects on-time, on-budget, and at the appropriate level of quality is to enable collaboration with contractors and other expert service providers. Overall focus must shift from first-cost mentality to life-cycle/total-cost-of-ownership.

Renovating 100

Renovating Life Cycle Contract Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2017

Remember that a Job Order Contract can be designed, implemented, and managed by the Owner, a combination of an Owner and a JOC Consultant, or JOC task orders can be executed leveraging a Cooperatives. Number of JOC contractors. Contractor requirements/qualifications/evaluation. JOC bidding process.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle BIM Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It is not design-bid-build, design-build, CM@R, LastPlanner(TM), black belt, kaizen, et al. BEST VALUE & COMPLIANT Construction Planning, Procurement, And Project Delivery can be deployed and managed today using a robust suite LEAN tools and services. the OpenJOC(TM) Solution). See: Simple Guide to LEAN Construction.

Procurement 100

Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

JULY 25, 2016

Real Property Owners, Contractors, Architects, and Engineers are under tremendous pressure to innovate, accelerate project delivery times, and minimize costs. They remain plagued by low productivity, a low-bid/change-order mentality, and adversarial relationships among all construction project participants.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Renovating Construction Bidding 40

Building Information Management

JULY 25, 2016

Real Property Owners, Contractors, Architects, and Engineers are under tremendous pressure to innovate, accelerate project delivery times, and minimize costs. They remain plagued by low productivity, a low-bid/change-order mentality, and adversarial relationships among all construction project participants.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Renovating Construction Bidding 40

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2017

An open, objective, independent and verifiable JOC Cost Estimating, Project Management, and Document Management System for real property owners, architects, contractors, facilities management, and oversight groups. Job Order Contracting done right, that’s what the OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Framework is all about.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Renovating Management 100

Building Information Management

MAY 15, 2012

First and foremost BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Construction cost estimating, and facility life-cycle cost estimating are critical components of any facility design, project delivery, repair, renovation, sustainability, or planning function.

Estimating 49

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Construction 49

Building Information Management

MARCH 17, 2016

UNIFORMAT, MASTERFORMAT, OMNICLASS) are critical to having Owners, Architects, Engineers, Contractors, and Subs on the same page. Owner must shift to BEST VALUE and a life-cycle costing approach versus the prevalent low-bid, first-cost mentality. A common glossary of terms, definitions, ways of organizing data (i.e.

Budgeting 40

Budgeting Budget Roads Life Cycle 40

Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Often, this makes it hard to find a solution—you have to handle a complicated blend of equipment, inventory, subcontractors, bids, and project management, just to name a few. Reflex’s Construction Management software provides project and asset-based life-cycle management in one fully integrated software package. Reflex ERP.

Software 200

Software Software Construction ProCore 200

Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

While a project’s ultimate goal is a successful completion, the steps it takes to get there are critical to profits and project’s life cycle. Five factors to consider before selecting project delivery methods for your projects include your budget, design, risks, schedule, and owner expertise. .

Risk 52

Risk Schedule Design Budgeting 52

Building Information Management

MAY 23, 2012

Owners, AEs, Contractors, Sub-Contractors, Oversight Groups, Business Product Manufacturers- BPMs, and the Community will all gain higher visibility into life-cycle needs and impacts of the built environment.

Estimating 45

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Renovating 45

Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2014

One thing is clear, the construction sector (architecture, engineering, contractors, owners, operators, users, suppliers) has been lagging virtually all other business sectors for decades with respect to productivity improvement. Forget the traditional strategy-design-construction-demolish approach.

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Products Estimating 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 15, 2016

’s AEC sector is impeding BIM (efficient life-cycle management of the built environment), just as it has in the U.S. These and other alternative construction delivery methods resolve the fundamental flaws associated with design-bid-build, lowest bidder, and even design-build.

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Procurement Bidding 40

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 30, 2017

T r aditional Design-Bid-Build. Concerns of all stakeholders are considered throughout the process – owners, building users, contractors, oversight groups… Generally rigid process, little interaction, few checks and balances. Cross-functional Teams & Systems Throughout Project Life-cycle.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Procurement Environment 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Actionable, transparent information, collaboration, and supporting technology are requirements in reaching the goal of more efficient construction project delivery and life-cycle management of the built environment. Focus is required upon fundamental life-cycle management and total cost of ownership business processes.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Construction Education Contract 40

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Also, the “let’s keep the Owner in the dark” or the “let’s not work together”, and the “bid low and make it up in change orders” , or “let’s accept the lowest bid and hope for the best” approaches to ruin. Building Information Management Framework - BIMF.

Life Cycle 61

Life Cycle BIM AIA Resource 61

Building Information Management

MAY 25, 2016

Job order contracting provides distinct advantages to traditional design-bid-build, design-build, or CM@R. Job order contracting is NOT for everyone as it requires a shift is Culture and Behavior as well as a minimum set of capabilities on the part of the Owner, Contractor, and other stakeholders.

Education 40

Education Contract Life Cycle Bidding 40

Building Information Management

MAY 20, 2015

By Massachusetts Contractors on May 19, 2015 – [link]. Estimation is an important aspect of the bidding process. We’re having lots of great discussions between our office (base CE) and our 2 SABER contractors. Can you talk a bit about how that experience plays into 4Clicks design and software? Contact Us.

Estimating 40

Estimating Massachusetts Contractors Life Cycle 40

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2021

Furthermore, of this 5%, most of the applications have not leveraged, or even been designed to leverage the full valued of Lean. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. Design and Construction: Building in Value. Predicting performance of design-build and design-bid-build projects.

Construction 164

Construction Procurement Contract Management 164

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 5, 2013

My thought is that many construction cost estimators, just like many architects, engineers, contractors, and owners are “victims” of their environment. That environment is shaped by impractical, inefficient, and antagonistic construction delivery methods such as design-bid-build, and even the somewhat improved design-build.

Estimating 40

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Construction 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 26, 2013

BIM is the life cycle management of the built environment, supported by digital technology. The shift from a “first cost mentality” to a life cycle cost or total cost of ownership is a huge change for many. Design-bid-build, the traditional construction delivery method for decades, is inherently flawed.

BIM 45

BIM Life Cycle Construction Estimating 45

Building Information Management

JUNE 19, 2016

Internally, owners must be skilled at all aspects of managing the life-cycle of physical structures from concept through warranty, with particular emphasis upon LEAN, collaborative best management practices. High levels of quality and overall satisfaction can also be achieve via owner implemented and managed job order contracts.

Renovating 40

Renovating Contract Life Cycle Budgeting 40

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

All stakeholders – Owners, Contractors, A/E’s, Facility Users, Oversight Groups, ant the Community benefit from IPD (integrated project delivery) and “IPD-lite” which is JOC (Job Order Contracting). Design-bid-build and low bid practices have created adversarial relationships in many/most cases.

BIM 49

BIM Life Cycle Contract Bidding 49

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 3, 2018

LEAN Job Order Contracting deployed via the OpenJOC(TM) Framework provides all the processes, tools, and information to assure best value outcomes for you and your construction contractors! For example, best in class JOC Cooperatives, such as the Allied States Cooperatives, require a third party review of every contractors JOC proposal.

New Mexico 100

New Mexico Contract Procurement Software 100

Building Information Management

JULY 31, 2014

Key characteristics of productive and collaborative construction delivery methods are as follows: Early involvement of project participants (architects, owners, building users, contractors, engineers, business product manufactures, oversight groups). Life-cycle cost vs. first-cost focus. Performance and value-based vs. low-bid.

Products 40

Products Life Cycle Procurement Construction 40

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Life-cycle Management 101. A sample list of stakeholders includes Owners, Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Subcontractors, Build Product Manufacturers, Technology Providers and Oversight Groups. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology.

BIM 40

BIM Environment Management Life Cycle 40

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

While its true that cloud computing is an enabler, with its role to support the cost effective integration of various knowledge domains and technology silos; the underlies processes linked to a collaborative project delivery method focused upon life-cycle management is the critical aspect. They can’t… and they don’t.

Renovating 45

Renovating Life Cycle Sustainability Products 45

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

•Full modernization with a strict application of Historic Preservation Standards ( HPS) and other DoD facility design standards. Full rehabilitation/modernization but with strict application of Anti-terrorism/ Force Protection requirements through building hardening, seismic and other DoD facility design standards. LEED Silver.

Sustainability 45

Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating 45