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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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What’s Really Needed to Make BIM Work.

Building Information Management

Building Information Management (that’s right forget the “modeling” distraction), BIM, is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. What is required to accomplish BIM? change management JOC life-cycle metrics procedure STRATEGY tools' Simple right?

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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure for Facilities Management – Forget BIM!

Building Information Management

Forget BIM as you man now know it. BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. It is NOT 3D visualization, but visualization of all dimensions including time, cost, workflows, metrics, and specific competencies.

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Integrated project delivery method

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These benefits are largely derived through the use of a common data environment, CDE, which dramatically improves communication and collaboration throughout the project life-cycle. This, of course, must change to BIM. Within a BIM execution, the constructor is active part of the proceedings from the earliest planning stages.

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BIM and The Role of a Construction Cost Estimator

Building Information Management

Professional construction cost estimators are critical to any collaborative, transparent, and productive BIM solution. 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.

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The “I” in BIM, OMNICLASS, and the Criticality of Getting it RIGHT…. Now!

Building Information Management

In order to efficiently manage the life-cycle of the build environment, robust process, terms, and decision support tools are required that deal with physical and functional conditions, costs, priorities, risks, etc. A life-cycle vs. first cost mentality/approach for planning, decision-making, and resource allocation.

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BIM Basics 2014 – Building Information Modeling, Models, and Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by technology. It is a calculation of all facilities-specific costs (not including furnishings or non-facility specific equipment) divided by estimated lifespan of the building (30 or 50 years), and the total gross area. RSMeans Strategic Partner.