Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 27, 2017

Last week the Maryland Green Building Council voted unanimously to recommend that Green Globes, at the two Green Globes level, be approved by the Maryland Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services as a “high performance building” as defined in Maryland law. The current law, in State Finance and Procurement, § 3-602.1,

Maryland 189

Maryland Green Guidelines Budgeting 189

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Actionable Information – A common set of terms and definition and a locally researched detailed line item unit prices JOC construction cost database (versus a “national average” reference cost book with or without cost factors or other economic indices). *JOC A JOC unit price book (UPB) is the key element in this regard.

Renovating 100

Renovating Contract Construction Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

– The application of system thinking to facilities management (FM) and the AECOO sector, and associated tools and support processes, can consistently ensure the delivery of quality, sustainable outcomes, on time and on buget. A common data environment (CDE) inclusive of 1.

Construction 130

Construction Procurement CSI Innovation 130

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Despite the fact that construction cost knowledge management is a required component for assuring consistent on-time and on-budget project delivery, fewer than 5 per cent of five percent of owners are qualified to address it. It is required in order to consistently achieve best value repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes.

Management 260

Management Construction Procurement Defense 260

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 25, 2018

Operations (utilization, utilities, security, safety, sustainability, waste, cleaning, grounds management ). LEAN Job Order Contracting is a collaborative, integrated project delivery method that can consistently assure that 90% of repair, renovation, and minor new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and meet required specifications.

Life Cycle 100

Life Cycle Commercial Renovating Contract 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The LEAN OpenJOC Framework(TM) is a proven method for developing, delivering, and sustaining consistent planning and execution of quality, on-time and on-budget repair, renovation, and new construction projects. 4BT.US … Efficient LEAN Construction Delivery Solutions.

Contract 100

Contract Architecture Organization Procurement 100

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

From concept to completion and beyond, LEAN alternative delivery, including IPD and LEAN JOC, improves the efficiency and effectiveness of virtually any repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, or new construction task. 2) Do you have definite LEAN workflows within a collaborative cloud environment?

Resource 141

Resource Procurement Life Cycle Construction 141

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2020

Consistent on-time, on-budget delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects is possible only when owners have the requisite levels of leadership and competency. Project definition of the Scope of Work is critical.

Procurement 151

Procurement Plans Construction Environment 151

Construction Specifier

JANUARY 5, 2024

If the four steps work together in concert, the outcome is low porosity, strong, sustainable concrete. However, make changes to one step and not judicious adjustments to the others, and one will find themselves out of step, over budget, and in trouble. Those steps are: mix design, consolidation, finishing, and curing.

Concrete 63

Concrete Design Materials Budgeting 63

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN JOC (Job Order Contracting) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. A LEAN JOC implementation integrates People, Process, Information, and collaborative Technology to consistently yield quality projects on-time and on-budget.

Contract 132

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 132

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. LEAN JOC integrated People, Process, Information, and collaborative Technology to consistently yield quality projects on-time and on-budget.

Contract 165

Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 9, 2019

Defined, written, roles, responsibilities, processes, required documentation, information/data sets (common terms/definitions, data formats), enabling technologies, and locally researched detailed unit price book cost data. Mutual respect and trust for all participants and stakeholders. Shared risk/reward.

Renovating 100

Renovating Procurement Construction Risk 100

Building Information Management

MAY 28, 2014

Sure, you can tweak a few things here to attempt be more efficient with respect to your numerous renovation, repair, sustainability, and construction projects, but substantial productivity gains require fundamentally changing how you do things. In addition, owners, contractors, and AEs tend to get more work done on-time and on-budget.

Renovating 51

Renovating Sustainability Contract Products 51

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2017

OpenJOC uses common, standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures (CSI Masterformat licensee) to minimize cross discipline data gaps and errors and to improve collaboration. Proven collaborative LEAN Collaborative construction delivery best management practices, Standardized terms, definition, and data architectures.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Renovating Management 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 16, 2016

Procurement must be based upon BEST VALUE, and also used standardized terms, definitions and data sets, and rely upon the support of internal and external teams, as well be integrated with collaborative construction delivery methods such as Job Order Contracting, JOC.

Site 40

Site Renovating Sustainability Life Cycle 40

Job Order Contracting

JULY 1, 2019

The benefits of LEAN process adoption consistent include the optimized delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. The only prerequisites are minimum thresholds of leadership and competency and the support of the associated organization. LEAN Processes Embedded with Enabling Technology.

Procurement 100

Procurement Plans Management CSI 100

Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 26, 2018

BIM will help coordinate the project’s complex schedules and budgets so it’s completed in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Cities Are 3D Printing Their Way to More Sustainable Futures. It’s definitely worth seeing whether this trend gains traction in the future, though. percent between 2016 and 2022.

Industrial 214

Industrial BIM Construction United States 214

Natural Building

MARCH 29, 2011

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

Green 61

Green Sustainability Architecture Travel 61

Building Information Management

JULY 30, 2015

In short, Owners can achieve their goals and actually accomplish more projects on-time and on-budget for the same level of funding or less. Better definition, establishment, and attainment/reduction of schedules. Even in this instance, however, and owner MUST conduct regular audits to assure program viability and performance).

Renovating 40

Renovating Sustainability Contract Estimating 40

Building Information Management

JULY 8, 2016

Common terms, definitions, and data architectures… all in plain English. Per the above definition, BIM has not moved from theory to reality to any significant extent. Improving facility and infrastructure construction, management, operations, and sustainability is indeed possible, if Owners provide competent leadership. .

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Construction Management 40

Building Information Management

JULY 30, 2015

Public sector and multi-building facility routinely scope, procure, award, and execute thousands of renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction projects. Owners can achieve their goals and actually complete more projects on-time and on-budget for the same level of funding or less.

Renovating 40

Renovating Sustainability Contract Construction 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 21, 2016

The most widely used and successful LEAN construction delivery methods are Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, for major new construction, and Job Order Contracting, JOC, for renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction. Characteristics of LEAN Construction Delivery. Collaboration. Mutual Respect & Trust.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Construction Education Visualization 40

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 26, 2017

Budgeting/Capital Planning. Budgeting/Capital Planning. Post construction costs average 80% of total facilities investment thus emphasis upon O &M budgeting and capital planning provides major benefits. Common and shared standards for terminology, definitions, conduct and application of all procedures and policies.

Management 100

Management Life Cycle Education Organization 100

Building Information Management

JUNE 16, 2016

The simple truth is that without detailed line time descriptions of construction task and requirements, communicate in plain English, is it impossible to collaboratively communicate and fully understand budget needs. Multiple factors impact renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction budgets: Productivity.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Renovating Budgeting Budget 40

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors There are multiple false assumptions associated with Military Construction Budgeting and Area Cost Factors. Definition of Area Factor – A multiplicative value used to reflect relative geographical cost differentials.

Estimating 174

Estimating Defense Procurement Budgeting 174

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

The way to deliver 96%+ of renovation, repair, and maintenance projects on-time, on-budget, and at the appropriate level of quality is to enable collaboration with contractors and other expert service providers. Timely, accurate, repeatable, and verifiable information based upon standardized terms, definitions, and data architectures.

Renovating 100

Renovating Life Cycle Contract Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 5, 2019

Federal agencies generally do not employ a best practice of “structuring budgets to identify the funding allotted (1) for maintenance and repairs and (2) to address existing backlogs.” – GAO Report – GAO-14-188. Common terms, definitions, and data architectures are not required, nor is BEST VALUE procurement the norm.

Inventory 100

Inventory Management Comparison Environment 100

Fieldwire

AUGUST 2, 2023

The common misconception is that only big companies with flexible budgets can afford it, but that’s not true. Sustainability: As consumer attitudes about the environment change for the better, transitioning to more eco-friendly technologies will help your business resonate with the next generation of homeowners.

Management 52

Management Certification Construction Education 52

Building Information Management

APRIL 22, 2016

are REQUIRED in order to deliver quality renovation, repair, sustainability, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. LEAN best management practices and associated collaborative construction delivery methods (Integrated project delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, etc.)

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Infrastructure Management BIM 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 22, 2016

are REQUIRED in order to deliver quality renovation, repair, sustainability, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. LEAN best management practices and associated collaborative construction delivery methods (Integrated project delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, etc.)

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Infrastructure Management BIM 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 26, 2016

LEAN construction delivery focuses upon building processes to delivery more quality projects on-time and on-budget. Standardize – Use common terms, definitions, and data architectures (Uniformat, Masterformat, OMNICLASS). Standard / Common Terms, Definitions, and Data Architectures. Best Value Procurement. Quality-by-Design.

Contract 40

Contract Life Cycle Construction Resource 40

Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2012

Sustainability. Policy makers and members of the building community are encouraged to use a common definition for sustainability. budgets, insurance and tax incentives) to help finance sustainable life-cycle performance for buildings and related infrastructure. Defining High-Performance and Common Metrics.

BIM 81

BIM Life Cycle Consulting Sustainability 81

Building Information Management

JULY 22, 2015

Efficient management of the renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, operations, construction, and deconstruction of the built environment requires global oversight and local implementation of transparent LEAN business practices in order to simply get more project completed on-time and on-budget.

Environment 40

Environment Life Cycle Management Products 40

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 8, 2019

Definition of a construction change order: A construction change order is work that is added to or deleted from the originally agreed upon and contracted scope of work which alters the original contract amount and/or completion date. Change Order Impacts.

Change Orders 100

Change Orders Contract Negotiation Management 100

Building Information Management

APRIL 15, 2016

Jacob Kashiwagi , PhD , – Program Manager/Lecturer, Performance Based Studies Research Group, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment , Ira A. WebCast Outline: Definition of JOC (Termed SABER / Air Force). Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University. JOC Best Management Practice Areas.

Contract 40

Contract Engineering Management Arizona 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 15, 2016

Jacob Kashiwagi , PhD , – Program Manager/Lecturer, Performance Based Studies Research Group, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment , Ira A. WebCast Outline: Definition of JOC (Termed SABER / Air Force). Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University. JOC Best Management Practice Areas.

Contract 40

Contract Engineering Management Arizona 40

Green Home Design Architect

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Kyle’s interest in sustainability and attention to detail will definitely add to the high level of customer satisfaction we strive to achieve in all of our projects.” Each person brings their specific personal strengths and professional experience, creating an exceptional design for every project.

Architecture 45

Architecture Green Travel Sustainability 45