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Collaboration, Transparency, Accuracy, Process, and supporting Technology – The Keys to Improved Productivity for Building Construction, Renovation, Repair, and Sustainability

Building Information Management

And this is just one example of many…across multiple knowledge domains whether it be capital planning and management, maintenance and repair management, building automation systems, procurement, bidding, project delivery, … (Figure Source – White Paper on IDDS “Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions”, CIB Publication 328.).

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Using RSMeans Cost Data for Job Order Contracting – JOC – October 2013

Building Information Management

The follow are excerpts from a RSMeans White Paper. Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Job Order Contracting offers an alternative to traditional bidding processes. “Traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems.

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

ENR Construction

White Papers. Plus, users can search for information in models with the integration of visual context "linked directly to Newforma PIM data," Batcheler adds. Information is provided on construction projects in following stages in each issue of ENR: Planning , Contracts/Bids/Proposals and Bid/Proposal Dates.

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Pulse: 08/20/2012

ENR Construction

White Papers. Bids/Contracts/Proposals. The project includes the replacement of the buildings main electrical, telecommunications, plumbing and mechanical systems, the installation of new elevators to meet current building code requirements, and modifications to the visual art studios and labs to meet updated life safety codes.

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Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

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Project delivery methods must therefore be a component of BIM, a fact many/most 3D visualization software vendors appear to have ignored. Recently, several organizations collaborated together and published a white paper titled Integrated Project Delivery for Public and Private Owners. coefficient applied to a fixed price book.

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Best Practices for Multiple Award IDIQ – Task and Delivery Order Contracting

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Award determinations are made by selecting the mix of line items to be used for a project and multiplying the mix of line items by the coefficient bid by the offeror. Using automated evaluation tools which provided a quick, summarized, visual representation of the most qualified proposals.