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Public Sector Facilities Stewardship and Data-driven Decision Making

Job Order Contracting

The fundamental reason the assumptions most public sector professionals have are incorrect when it comes to life-cycle management of the built environment. Low bid is an acceptable form of procuring repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction services. … Poor Assumptions Drive Disaster.

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Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management and improving AECOO outcomes for all participants and stakeholders. Job Order Contracting Life-cycle Facilities Value Management enables the efficient use of available funds targeted for executing renovation, repair, maintenance, and minor new construction projects.

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LEAN Construction Project Delivery and Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and Life-cycle Management

Job Order Contracting

Common terms, definitions, & data formats — Common data environment (CDE). Procurement/bidding. Life-cycle Management. COBie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed by facility managers. Shared, performance-based risk/reward. Cost estimating.

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BIM ONTOLOGY – Prerequisite to BLM – Built-Environment Life-cycle Managment

Building Information Management

Life-cycle management of the built environment is not mainstream due to the following factors. Collaborative construction delivery methods vs. ad hoc antagonistic methods such as design-bid-built. Focus upon life-cycle cost vs. first-costs. . Focus upon life-cycle cost vs. first-costs.

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How to efficiently perform ongoing facilities maintenance, repair projects and minor new construction projects!

Job Order Contracting

Both the 4BT OpenBUILD(TM) and 4BT OpenJOC systems incorporate the following within a collaborative, fully transparent, and compliant environment. Bid/Proposal Management – Lean is based upon several core elements, including a common data environment and early and ongoing communication between participants and stake holders.

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Enabling Efficient Life-cycle Managment of the Built Environment supported by Digitial Technology – BIM – 2014

Building Information Management

Technology is not the primary obstacle to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment! Current focus upon first-costs vs. life-cycle costs. Technology limitations/issues – come from people. Different meanings for the same parts. Economic impacts – based on people. Social Impacts – outcomes for people.

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Beyond Green – High Performance Buildings, BIM, and Life-cycle Facility Management

Building Information Management

Let’s face it, LEED is a great marketing tool, but NOT the solution. “Kudos” to LEED for building awareness and addressing the need to focus upon sustainability of the built environment! Efficient ongoing life-cycle management of facilities is the key to sustainability. Why not?