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Collaboration in Construction – From “ad-hoc” to “best process”.

Job Order Contracting

Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management. Change management implement, specifically shifting from ‘ad hoc’ methods to program and process-based workflows.

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Getting buy-in from the field for digital project management

Fieldwire

Not only does it greatly simplify drawing and revision management, it enables the ability to use greatly improved digital workflows for things like submittals , requests for information , change orders , and task management. Consider these solutions to involve the field and get their buy-in to help make the change.

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

Building Information Management

Field specific variables, such as weather, on-going operations, soils conditions, security, safety, site lay-out, environment protections and other contexts must be considered as well as the means and methods of work execution. A “FACEBOOK for Facilities Construction and Life-cycle Operations” is on the horizon.

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Facilities Management Key Performance Indicators

Job Order Contracting

The following terms, definitions and KPI’s are relevant to life-cycle management of the built environment and may be useful to your organization. Number/percentage of change orders. Total value of change orders. Number of service requests per time period. Quality/satisfaction of work performed.

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Improving Construction Productivity – Collaboration and Lessons Learned

Building Information Management

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. On-Time Completion.

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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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Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, BIM, and Efficient Project Delivery

Building Information Management

It promotes collaboration and partnership; it is about integrating design excellence with a constructor’s expertise during the conceptual stage of a project life cycle. Accordingly, the risk profile and allocation change significantly from other traditionaldelivery methods. Building safety into the project.