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BIM for FM

Job Order Contracting

Information and asset inventory can be viewed in a wide variety of ways depending upon user needs: displaying all the premises using pictures, 3D models, 2D CAD, detailed line items in list view, etc. In addition, many JOC contracts employ a negotiated source selection based upon best value procurement. info@4BT.US. [1]

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Pricing to Maximize Profits

PSMJ Resources

The productivity improvements from BIM, 3D CAD or 4D CAD have tended to benefit the client, with lower price and speedier delivery, more than they have benefited design firms. Design professionals must close the gap between their fees and those of other professionals.

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4 tips to optimize hotel construction costs

The Korte Company

This software combines three-dimensional CAD capabilities with an exhaustive database of construction materials and their costs. We’ll also help you navigate potential negotiations with local officials if costs can be saved through the creation of other tax incentives or local business districts.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

Whether you make crude plans in pencil on graph paper or use digital floor planning tools like CAD Pro , SmartDraw or LucidChart , turning ideas into visual assets you can share and discuss with stakeholders will help you (and us) hit the ground running. Easy access to transit is non-negotiable.

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BIM IP

Building Information Management

In a sense, because BIM contains more information that is structured more efficiently than traditional product like CAD files, spreadsheets and drawings. Some have concerns that if they provide their work in an editable format (whether BIM or CAD) some-one will make changes to their work without their knowledge and/or permission.

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How To Survive The Marketing Department of One

Help Everybody Everyday

I made technical writing and graphic design assignments (at first, the CAD folks helped with this) and set deadlines. In the actual proposal efforts, I served as proposal manager. In addition to writing non-technical text, I led proposal teams, including senior technical folks. I was with that firm for seven years.

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How to avoid being trapped by the British BS1192 and other immature BIM Standards?

DebunkTheBIM

But, think about, would you accept your 13 year old son coming home one day, with a set of rules headed ‘non-negotiable’ to run the entire household – and agree to implement them strictly without questioning? Put your dumbest, cheapest CAD people on it and let them plot along – or outsource the whole thing and forget, until it grows up.

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