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Picture book documenting: a good way to ease into BIM!

DebunkTheBIM

Traditional working drawing methods were based on the idea that the designer has developed a solution to a problem and that needed to be turned into a reality by people of varying skills and most not party to the initial brief or the reasons that were behind the solution.

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

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It involves taking a quality-focused, hands-on approach to all stages and aspects of design, construction, and client relations. A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. Book a demo to find out more. What is construction quality management?

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

a comprehensive rating system that provides strategies and tools for resilient building and design, is expected to be launched on Monday, November 12th. Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 The launch of RELi 2.0 not RELi’s 500 year storm).

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LEAN Job Order Contracting Intro 3

Job Order Contracting

Scope validation phase is longer and more intense than traditional design bid build, or other “so-called” JOC programs. All tasks are fully defined by detailed locally researched unit price line items from the accepted unit price book. Each team member is responsible for their area of competence, task, and documentation.

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How to simplify your daily construction reports

Lets Build

Delays can occur due to various reasons, such as unforeseen circumstances, changes in the design or scope of work, or issues with the construction materials or equipment. Equipment used: Document any equipment or machinery present, how many hours they were used, and if any heavy machinery was left idle that day.

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LEAN Facilities Management Roadmap

Job Order Contracting

A LEAN Facilities Management Roadmap (LeanFMR) is document that outlines the plan to achieve short and long-term goals for facilities leveraging total cost-of-ownership life-cycle asset management and LEAN construction delivery methods. An example of a CDE is a locally researched detailed line item unit price book (UPB).

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Closing the Gap Between Buyers and Builders

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Third-party contractors: Research + design + renderings + plan stamp/liability. Software: Home plan creation/management + option database + architecture modification tools + purchasing/estimating tools + sales/marketing tools + document storage + project management. Time: Meetings + waiting + interest/carry cost + opportunity lost.