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The TOP 10 Things ALL Facility Owners Need to Know – Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment –

Building Information Management

Many/most Owners do not have the knowledge, capability, or organizational buy-in to support life-cycle management of the built environment. Far too often focus is upon first-costs vs. life-cycle costs. Communicate that fact, and the associated major benefits of a life-cycle approach, or you aren’t doing your job!

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Demand For Efficient Life-Cycle Building Management Processes – BIM, JOC, IPD – FIATECH PRESENTATION – 2012

Building Information Management

A thorough understanding and visualization of a project among Owners, Architects and Engineers, Contractors, and other shareholders defines scope, specifications, and is is the project delivery method that set the overall tone of interrelations ships among the project participants and shapes final outcomes.

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Integrated project delivery method

Job Order Contracting

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. A detailed, full transparent line item construction cost estimate is critical for improving collaboration and reducing change orders. .

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BIM and Cloud Computing – Get Beyond 3D Visualization and Focus Upon the “I”

Building Information Management

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.

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BIM and The Role of a Construction Cost Estimator

Building Information Management

A team approach, support by technologies such as domain-specific cloud-computing solutions (cost estimating, capital planning, maintenance/repair, …) integrated with 3D visualization tools.aka Revit will become commonplace.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Mike White, Director of Design and Construction at North Point Hospitality

Autodesk Construction Cloud

I also oversee the development life cycle, starting with due diligence, all the way up through the end of construction and through the warranty period. As construction evolves, how do you see the role of Director of Design and Construction changing? It'll be a challenge in terms of plan management on how to fit that in.

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Best Project Delivery Method

Autodesk Construction Cloud

While a project’s ultimate goal is a successful completion, the steps it takes to get there are critical to profits and project’s life cycle. During this process, consider how much wiggle room is available for change orders, most likely an inevitable occurrence once a project is underway and can be costly if not well planned.

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