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Top 10 ERP Solutions for Construction Firms

Construction Marketing

Business management software like ERP is built to handle this—but who can deliver? To answer this question, we’ve partnered with analysts and technology experts, the Business Software Education Center , to explore the top ERP solutions for growing construction firms. Who’s Delivering ERP Solutions for Construction? Reflex ERP.

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Where will BIM / Efficient Life-cycle Management Supported by Digital Technology Be in Five Years

Building Information Management

” BIM management is misunderstood by some clients who regard it as purely a technological challenge which can be simply be solved by a software purchase and training, others are intimidated by a perceived complex restructuring of management processes. ”, and both IPD and JOC enforce this behavior.

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BIM is NOT 3D Visualization – 4D, 5D ….

Building Information Management

Building Information Modeling, BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. However, life-cycle and/or ongoing facility management using BIM? Let’s face it, BIM continues to languish. No so much.

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Productivity improvement in Construction must be Owner driven – BIM, IPD, JOC

Building Information Management

If one looks at capability and knowledge specific to life-cycle / lifecycle facility management from an industry perspective, most has originated with the government sector, followed by higher education, state government, healthcare, process-based industries, etc. STOP reinventing the wheel.

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Construction Cost Estimators, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

Are you a cost estimator, a software developer, or a cost estimator that develops software for others to use? Good dedicated cost estimating software programs are successful for a reason. Google Spreedsheets, et a - and dedicated cost estimating/project management software do not have limitations.

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Construction Disruption – BIM, Cloud Computing, and Efficient Project Delivery Methods

Building Information Management

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.

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A Step Closer to BIM? NIBS and AIA Working toward Centralized Building Information Resource

Building Information Management

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.