Building Information Management

MAY 23, 2012

Professional construction cost estimators are critical to any collaborative, transparent, and productive BIM solution. Experienced cost estimators who appropriately leverage technology and embrace collaboration will excel.

Estimating 45

Estimating BIM Life Cycle Renovating 45

Building Information Management

APRIL 10, 2012

For example, estimating a job requires knowledge about about the impact that AE, context, and execution scope have on each unit, assembly, and system level cost. A “FACEBOOK for Facilities Construction and Life-cycle Operations” is on the horizon. Click to view slideshow.

Life Cycle 49

Life Cycle BIM Management Visualization 49

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 22, 2019

LEAN, BEST VALUE construction, planning, procurement, and project delivery is embodied with collaborative processes and frameworks such as integrated project delivery, IPD, and LEAN job order contacting (i.e. Both LEAN and OpenJOC Job Order Contracting go beyond identification of waste and definition of value.

Procurement 100

Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The Need for Credible Construction Cost Estimates. Education, key performance indicators, common terms and definitions, LEAN collaborative construction delivery methods and supporting technology can to be leveraged to enable significant productivity and quality improvement. Basic Characteristics of Credible Cost Estimates.

Estimating 40

Estimating Management CSI Life Cycle 40

Building Information Management

JANUARY 17, 2012

Both technologies also embed associated business process rules and components which will enable enhanced life-cycle management of the built environment, alignment of structures with organizational mission, and better consideration of general community impacts. Definition of BIM. . BIM can be applied at various levels.

BIM 78

BIM Visualization Life Cycle Software 78

Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2019

But when it comes to back-office technology, too many firms rely exclusively on elbow grease and hope—definitely not a strategy that works. Reflex’s Construction Management software provides project and asset-based life-cycle management in one fully integrated software package. Reflex ERP.

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Software Software Construction ProCore 200

Building Information Management

MARCH 3, 2014

We prefer to sue each other, write up change orders, and hoard information vs. collaborate from day one throughout the life-cycle of a project and/or built structure. So why don’t we change? The “culture” of our sector is embedded our minds and it will take a major event to enable change. Communication.

Products 40

Products Life Cycle Change Orders Construction 40

Building Information Management

MAY 29, 2012

The design-bid-build construction delivery method and associated practices such of awarding contracts to the lowest bidder do little more than a fuel to the fires of waste, protracted project timelines, change orders, and legal disputes.

BIM 55

BIM Life Cycle Contract Change Orders 55

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Also, the “let’s keep the Owner in the dark” or the “let’s not work together”, and the “bid low and make it up in change orders” , or “let’s accept the lowest bid and hope for the best” approaches to ruin. Building Information Management Framework - BIMF.

Life Cycle 61

Life Cycle BIM AIA Resource 61

Building Information Management

JUNE 27, 2013

An example is 4Clicks Project Estimator combined with RSMeans Cost Data, and/or organizational specific unit price books. the net result being more jobs being done on-time and on-budge with fewer change orders and virtual elimination of the legal disputes, the latter be unfortunately common with traditional methods.

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Contract Sustainability 40

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

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

While its true that cloud computing is an enabler, with its role to support the cost effective integration of various knowledge domains and technology silos; the underlies processes linked to a collaborative project delivery method focused upon life-cycle management is the critical aspect.

Renovating 45

Renovating Life Cycle Sustainability Products 45

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Life-cycle Management 101. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onwards.

BIM 40

BIM Environment Management Life Cycle 40

Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Laser scanning, high-definition surveying (HDS), or reality capture, is a type of laser survey done to map an area to a high level of accuracy. Laser scanning is used throughout a project’s life cycle in design, construction, operations, retrofits and renovations. Here’s a closer look at the emerging technology.

Construction 52

Construction BIM Site Renovating 52

Building Information Management

JUNE 8, 2015

Unproductive ad hoc processes traditionally associated with the design, construction and management of the built environment are being replaced by robust life-cycle management and efficient project delivery methods. management of the built environment are being replaced by robust life-cycle management and efficient project.

BIM 40

BIM Life Cycle Contract Environment 40

Construction Cost Estimating

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Our services can bring benefits to the customers to modify designs & reduce energy intensive processes which minimize the overall life-cycle costs to the extent of 15-30 percent. We thoroughly scrutinize the clarity of the project definition and diminish the ‘unknowns’ for which contractors may experience extra cost to their bids.

Engineering 40

Engineering Bidding Life Cycle Sustainability 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 24, 2016

A job order (JO) or task order (TO) is the contractual document issued by the purchasing/procurement or its designated representative to the Contractor. Copies of the subcontractor proposals are to be a part of the Task Order submittal, and shall be included as backup. Definition and refinement of requirements.

Contract 40

Contract Contractors Materials Site 40

Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

00 23 00 Procurement Definitions. 00 43 26 Estimated Quantities Form. 00 23 00 Procurement Definitions. 00 43 26 Estimated Quantities Form. 00 63 36 Field Order Form. 00 63 46 Construction Change Directive Form. 00 63 49 Work Change Directive Form. 00 63 57 Change Order Request Form.

Equipment 45

Equipment Construction Schedule Concrete 45

Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

00 23 00 Procurement Definitions. 00 43 26 Estimated Quantities Form. 00 23 00 Procurement Definitions. 00 43 26 Estimated Quantities Form. 00 63 36 Field Order Form. 00 63 46 Construction Change Directive Form. 00 63 49 Work Change Directive Form. 00 63 57 Change Order Request Form.

Equipment 40

Equipment Construction Schedule Concrete 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 22, 2012

o O perating, Maintaining and Testing Life Safety. o Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) o Life-­?Cycle Cycle Assessment (LCA). Prospectus) and funding thresholds to define project requirements, propose project site, estimate project. M echanical Systems. o G eneral Building Maintenance. o Best Practices and Innovation.

Management 45

Management Contract Sustainability Life Cycle 45